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‘He’s underwater on everything:’ Fox News host breaks down Trump approval polling
(www.independent.co.uk)
He's not underwater where it really matters, physically.
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Right? Now do his head.
When the UK last had a moron setting everything on fire she was outlasted by a lettuce.
Americans need to up their game.
On the one hand, I support a politician who does the right things despite public opinion. Fuck approval ratings. On the other hand, how can a single person be wrong about fucking everything? Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
I mean depends on how you look at it. In many ways, the world NEEDS to get off it's dollar addiction. Having a hegemonic currency isn't great for humanity as a whole. And Trump is doing the very best I've ever seen at helping the world cure itself of this problem. Not great for USA, but an important step for how geopolitics will work moving forward. Unless you meant doing everything wrong for Americans, then yes, Trump is awful.
It’s pretty destabilizing globally too. I don’t see the dollar addiction going anywhere; it’s just changing currencies.
We really don’t need China or Russia (or KSA or EU) calling the shots globally either.
There is a reason central banks are buying gold, and that it is making new all-time highs, and recently breached $3K/oz. They're anticipating the demise of the dollar, and minimizing their exposure to the chaos from the U.S. and buying gold instead of U.S. bonds. Look for this trend to accelerate, especially once the U.S. reaches the point where it can't sell enough bonds to finance it's budget deficit, leading to a massive debt crisis and the collapse of the dollar. Gold is already on track to be up >50% this year (up 13.7% so far ytd), and the consistent rise in gold while stocks and other investments fare poorly will only fuel the stampede. I'm confident that gold will end 2025 over $4k/oz, and that 2026 will be even crazier.
Dammit, I should have never dropped out of my Applied Alchemy Program at the University of Phoenix.
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He stopped penny minting. I'm sure he accidentally did one other good thing for the adage to be true
He destroyed the American Empire too, but that feels like giving Hitler credit for shooting Hitler.
But he did it in the worst possible way, with massive avoidable collateral damage.
No he didn't. The worst possible way would be to drag the rest of the western world into fascism with him, which he could've done if he'd just spaced out his horrible actions and used a bit of bureaucrat-speak to hide the full impact of what he was doing. Instead, the rest of the democratic world is forming a new economic and diplomatic structure that leaves America out.
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'He's underwater on everything' - except the one way that matters the most.
I’ll take “Things you can’t say on Reddit” for 200
But seriously, even if he was sleeping with the fish the r’s are still a huge a problem. He’s just the front guy, he’ll be replaced with another clown.
Sadly, yes. I mean, Trump knows he's 'close' to his grave and needs to leave some kind of legacy - even if it's the Hitler kind of one - his narcissistic self just wants to enter them history books as one of the big humans instead of 'another rich guy' as a footnote.
Pretty sure either Elon or Vance are already lined up for when the time comes. When Trump leaves the world, and when there's no longer actual rules preventing them from taking over and 'fixing' under martial law what big bad orange wrecked. At least according to them, that is.
No matter how bad what they're doing seems this is just the preparation stage. Things can become so, so much worse, and the more we let them consolidate power the tougher it'll be to fight it later.
Someone should start telling him no one has visited the titanic and he could be the first.
Call OceanGate. They can provide the submarine. They have the EXACT experience we need.
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I'm pretty sure his approval rating in Kremlin is soaring.
He just bought a Tesla, and with any luck that'll drown him like it did Angela Chao, the billionaire magnate whose brother in law is Mitch McConnell.
Angela Chao: Shipping billionaire intoxicated when she drowned in Tesla, police report shows - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68622898
The American taxpayers just bought a Tesla, you mean. Cheeto will never set foot in that, and he sure as hell didn't pay for it himself.
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Am I the only one who thinks 53% of people disapproving of his performance is actually a pretty good record for him. This number should be in the 90's.
People when the world's most illiterate celebrity does all of the dumb, racist shit he says he is going to do:
Approval ratings only impact elections
Yes and no. It's really hard to boast about your "mandate" when a large and still increasing portion of the population publicly hates your guts and thinks you're doing a shit job. It's not enough by itself to meaningfully hurt him, but it does make him look bad and undermine his leadership. It is bad for his image, and image is an important component of power.
It's also bad for his ego and could potentially lead him to behave even more erratically in ways that are ultimately self-destructive. Narcissists famously don't do well in the face of being perceived negatively. The worse his ratings get, the more humiliating it will be for him. It is important to hurt their morale at every opportunity, even if it's not nearly enough to stop them on its own. Demoralized, defensive MAGA will always be a weaker foe than energized, popular MAGA.
Idk I've always noticed he doesn't give AF about reality. He just lies and if called out he just doubles down on his lies until he breaks the electorate and he gets elected again.
I used the same strategy to hide that I was smoking weed to my parents.
He's a narcissist. Trust me, he cares. Yes, he will lie. He will lie to the world and to himself. Because he literally CANNOT cope. But that isn't going to serve him. The more he lies to the world, the more deranged he will look, and the more he lies to himself, the more he will crash out mentally and self-destruct.
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His next plan will be to start a war
Invading panama
Or Greenland, or Canada, or Mexico... Truly a winning strategy to threaten everyone all at once. 🙄
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What's absolutely crazy is he just signed an EO to get rid of USAGM...
For those who don't know, that's basically the propaganda arm of the US government and has been for a very long time.
This is probably the most surprising thing so far for me, I really thought he'd expand that to do more work domestically to counteract all the bad press and approval loss his actions are resulting in.
Like, I get why Putin doesn't want the rest of the world to like us, but it's just crazy they're getting rid of USAGM instead of just changing the propaganda it spreads.
Actually kind of relieved to see it shut down, this is a weird morning.
he's very dumb
Genuinely, though, it is hard to gauge at times which actions are:
- Genuinely malicious plans to increase his and his cronies' wealth
- Confused, because Elon or Trump were in a specific mood that particular day
- Some actor behind the scenes manipulating them by taking advantage of their impulsivity
- The genuine incompetence of the newly appointed loyalists (or the algorithms/AI they use) within the new deep state
- Genuinely ideologically motivated stupidity, from Libertarians that drank their own cool-aid within the administration.
It is genuine chaos. But overall, the effects are pretty disastrous, no matter what exactly causes which actions.
It’s narcissism all the way down. His sole motivation for anything is ego stroking. He lacks self esteem and the ability to value himself. His self worth only exists in validation from others.
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Sounds like Elon is eliminating competition to his propaganda machine.
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I wonder - what is the actual audience for approval rating polls?
The folks most affected by high prices or mass layoffs are probably struggling too much to have the time or inclination. Around 30% of the country didn't even show up for the election, they probably won't show up for these.
Who does that leave us with? Can we really assume that '47% approval' translates to '47% of all Americans approve'?
It's not actually a two answer only poll, you can view it HERE
In Quinnipiac University's February 19 poll, 45 percent approved, while 49 percent disapproved and 6 percent did not offer an opinion and in Quinnipiac University's January 29 poll, 46 percent approved, while 43 percent disapproved and 11 percent did not offer an opinion.
In today's [March 13th] poll, Republicans (89 - 9 percent) approve of the job Trump is doing, while Democrats (96 - 2 percent) and independents (58 - 36 percent) disapprove.
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Some Republicans have dismissed these angry constituents as "paid actors."
SOROOOOOOOOS!
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For a fascist disapproval of a slim majority definitely isn't "underwater" just a "minor inconvenience".
How long before Trump wants her fired?
declining approval ratings, citing a new Quinnipiac poll showing 53% of voters disapprove of his second-term performance
Another Quinnipiac poll from last month determined 45 percent approved of Trump’s performance and 49 percent disapproved.
So half of the people still approve of what he's doing? How does such a small percentage even justify a news article with such a ridiculous headline? The US are so cooked it's not even funny. Wake me when it's at 90% disapproval.
What stands out to me is that they are making a big deal out if a small change...to a Republican approval rating. This is exactly the type of data they'd be holding up while screaming about how bad Obama is, for instance. Did feel odd using the tactic against their own, let alone god emperor Cheeto.
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Well, a month ago a majority still approved... so I guess it's a tiny minuscule progress? One eaten face at a time?
Jokes on them, he's not doing this for the American people.
“I already got your votes. Fuck you.”
— Donald
Can we stop bullying transpeole now and admit maybe it actually IS Trump that's the problem?
Ppl always need someone to blame for complicated problems or to down play true issues. If it's not Trans it'll be lgbtq, black ppl, Muslims, Latinos, Natives, etc.