From Triumph to Twilight

Polls are like mirrors: they do not always reflect what people want to see. And for Donald Trump, the image is becoming increasingly uncomfortable.

The latest Reuters/Ipsos survey shows the U.S. president’s approval rating lingering near historic lows, with a particularly sharp decline among Hispanic voters, a group that once played a crucial role in his political comeback.

Popularity is borrowed, and reality eventually comes to collect.

For Trump, the problem is not merely the numbers. It is something far more dangerous: the erosion of the myth.

For years, he transformed every controversy, every accusation, and every confrontation into political fuel. Each attack reinforced the narrative of an outsider fighting the establishment. But when disappointment begins to emerge from those who once stood behind him, there is no external enemy left to blame.

History is filled with leaders who mistook electoral victories for blank checks. Power has a way of creating a dangerous illusion: the belief that applause is permanent. It never is.

Trump remains one of the most influential political figures of his era. Yet he is confronting a truth that has humbled countless leaders before him: popularity is borrowed, and reality eventually comes to collect.

And when reality starts casting ballots, no president is powerful enough to ignore it.