GET ME REWRITE: New York Times goes to the experts for thoughts on America's place in the world

 

Headline:  New York Times, 2/15/2024

But not in South Carolina. At least not in the room that day. The crowd of Trump supporters decked out in “Make America Great Again” T-shirts and baseball caps reacted to the notion of siding with Moscow over longtime friends of the United States with boisterous cheers and whistles. “Delinquent” allies? Forget them. Not America’s problem

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Peter, here's the level and thought and insight that goes into a MAGA opinion, as summarized in a Monmouth University poll.

Eighteen percent of Americans surveyed believe in the conspiracy theory and 71 percent of those Americans identify with or lean toward the Republican Party. Eighty-three percent indicated they are likel0 

Notably, 42 percent of those who believe in the Swift theory also say they had not heard about it before being contacted for the poll.  [emphasis added]