Running against corrupt Washington is always a great strategy. Trump's best message was "I'm going to drain the swamp." His message was that he was too rich to be corrupted. That really resonated with those who thought the system was rigged against them.
Since then, all we have seen from Trump is a nexus of corruption and self-dealing, combined with massive giveaways to the rich. Jon Chait notes that this message is a perfect roadmap for Democrats to regain control of the government. Corruption is widely regarded as a universal evil in American politics. If there is anything that can get the MAGA crowd to abandon Trump, it's a universal message of Trump's corruption.
UPDATE: Josh Marshall notes that many liberals tend to lose the thread (unsurprisingly) when dealing with Trump's corruption.
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