Hillary Clinton’s campaign bus rattles over potholes and bumps in the US Rust Belt while Donald Trump flits around on his private jet.Such optics never seem to hurt Trump or, conversely, to help Hillary, but much depends on voters in the Rust Belt, notably in Ohio and Pennsylvania.Trump may be a master of branding but his cobranding with Russian President Vladimir Putin will damage him where he needs the most support. A voter living in Ohio or Pennsylvania doesn’t have to be Ukrainian to understand that Putin and his nuclear arsenal is more dangerous to the United States than ISIS. …read more
Source: Atlantic Council
