2d ago

Trump loses public support during his first 3 months in office

www.brookings.edu

Trump’s approval has taken a substantial swing of 9.6 points, from a net positive of 6.2 points in late January to a net negative of 3.4 points in mid-April.
Trump’s loss in support among Hispanic and young adults has been especially steep.
The president has not persuaded Americans that foreign countries and producers will bear the burden of higher tariffs, or that the gain will be worth the pain.

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5h ago

Trump loses public support during his first 3 months in office

www.brookings.edu /articles/trump-loses-public-support-during-his-first-3-months-in-office/

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He still has 40% support, so he's still incredibly popular.
We all know what it actually takes to stop Fascists.
- This guy had an idea once.
  
  Climbing on top of a tank and yelling at the driver?
  You would get shot doing that in America.
  
  We'll get shot anyway if we don't start shooting back
- 40% of people that would respond to a stupid fucking survey on popularity.
  
  He won the popular vote. Step foot outside an urban area and you'll see that his popular support isn't just an illusion.
  There's a floor of around 38% of Americans who are going to hold that line to the death. They've lost friends, family, and businesses over their stance already and haven't budged. This has been going on for ten years now. They're in it til the end.
  
  I live in a very rural area. I'm aware of what rural people support. My point was just that the popularity polling has been and always will be flawed. It doesn't represent what the majority of the country believes. But we have a fucked up system with the electoral college essentially allowing lower populated states to have essentially the same say as states with big cities.
  
  The majority voted for Donald Trump.
  He won the popular vote.
  He did not win because of some electoral college bullshit.
  He won because more people voted for him than his opponents.
  Come to terms with the fact that 1 third of our country would sit on the couch and watch another third exterminate the last third.
  
  You can fool some of the people all of the time.
  
  It's closer to what Obama was at mid career. If you want bad you gotta hit W numbers, he was at a low of 19% approval in 2008.
- We all know what it actually takes to stop Fascists.
  Wait a second... what?
  I am not joking, what is the solution you are signaling to?
  
  Historically speaking, fascism is voted in but never voted out. Historically, it is only ever been uprooted through military action.
  Also, it is easier and safer to say what needs to be done between friends in conversations not mediated by the internet.
  
  The silver lining of all this, is that it's unlikely that any of these Nazis will die of old age. Most will die from a bullet or at the end of a rope.
  
  The only correct position for fascists.
  
  A bullet to the head, historically.
  
  sometimes self inflicted even, but not necessary
  
  Nuremberg trials
  
  The Nuremberg trials were the closing remarks certainly, but what stopped fascism was the killing of fascists.
  
  🔫
  
  South Korea stopped it
  
  Don't play stupid, it's just as dumb as the people trying out fantasy plans about straight up murder

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