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Summary

A Fox News host, Jessica Tarlov, highlighted Trump's declining approval ratings, citing a new Quinnipiac poll showing 53% of voters disapprove of his second-term performance.

Trump is "underwater on everything" including economy, federal workforce management, Ukraine-Russia policy, and trade relations with Mexico and Canada.

The polling slide comes amid stock market tumbles, federal worker layoffs, and trade tensions.

Tarlov noted that Republican members of Congress are facing hostile town halls where constituents are challenging them on federal workforce cuts, including at the VA. Some Republicans have dismissed these angry constituents as "paid actors."

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[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 20 points 14 hours ago

He has a positive approval rating in both houses of congress and the Supreme Court.

Also among mentally unstable billionaires.

Which is all that matters in reality.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 13 points 17 hours ago

I mean none of this matters he was popular on one night and that is all that counts.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

Hell must be freezing right now with FoxNews even calling out Trump. With tumbling stock market, I did not think that "voting with your wallet" actually works.

I am more curious as to what will Democrats do next in light of Trump admin's first hundred and more gaffes. Will the Democrats learn from their mistakes and reform? Or will they exploit Trump's gaffes like during Covid, but learn nothing and the Republicans will field someone worse for the next election (assuming there will be a next election)? Or, at worse, will Democrats continue to enable Trump like they are now with Chuck Schumer?

[–] soycapitan451@lemmy.world 71 points 1 day ago (3 children)

When the UK last had a moron setting everything on fire she was outlasted by a lettuce.

Americans need to up their game.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 22 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Sadly the US system is not designed to oust the president that easily. It would be a first if Trump was removed from office due to the impeachment process, removing the prime minister is a much lower bar.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 10 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Impeachment should theoretically work but when the system was put in place it didn't account for an entire political party turning fascist

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

Impeachment should and still would work, my point was its a higher threshold than most processes to replace the PM in the UK.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

It actually did, the south was entirely fascist for it's entire existence, they literally designed the system so the south could always veto the rest of the country combined no matter what, hence the 3/5 compromise giving them power in the house and the structure of the senate.

[–] Ferroto@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago

Sadly there isn't any equivalent to a non-confidence vote in US politics.

[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

How strong is your cabbage game?

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 65 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He's not underwater where it really matters, physically.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Needs more rocks in the socks

[–] EaterOfLentils@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Right? Now do his head.

[–] jaxxed@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Approval ratings only impact elections

[–] EaterOfLentils@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] meep_launcher@lemm.ee 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] EaterOfLentils@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] jaxxed@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago

This. The narcissistic crisis of a man his age is all consuming. He doesn't care about the external as long as he can play a game with it that he can use to maintain his internal. Anybody who knows this game can play him.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Until suddenly they impact everything.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] hapablap@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

You have to take into account that at least 30% of the total are likely "Trump is sent by God and is devinely inspired and therefore can do no wrong" crowd. So when his disapproval number hits 70% that's as high as it'll go.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Except I thought he was only elected by 31% of the public and at least a small portion of them are turning against him too. Remember a lot of people didn't vote.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I think if you give it a month or two that number is going to change significantly. Most people haven't really started to feel/see the consequences of his actions yet, and there is a bit of a lag.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

I hope you're right and it ends this whole shit show.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

This is very optimistic for the devotion behind a cult. People are already used to sacrificing for an oligarch.

[–] girlthing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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'?

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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.

EDIT: Formatting error

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Placing him at a roughly 30% approval overall, innit?

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

Only if you assume equal representation of each group in the poll. 42% approve 6% no comment 53% dissapprove total with a very clear partisan split.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 61 points 1 day ago

People when the world's most illiterate celebrity does all of the dumb, racist shit he says he is going to do:

[–] hikuro93@lemmy.ca 115 points 2 days ago (13 children)

'He's underwater on everything' - except the one way that matters the most.

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

I'm pretty sure his approval rating in Kremlin is soaring.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 135 points 2 days ago (20 children)

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.

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[–] catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)

His next plan will be to start a war

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Or Greenland, or Canada, or Mexico... Truly a winning strategy to threaten everyone all at once. 🙄

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 68 points 2 days ago (11 children)

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.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Shutting it down is harder to reverse under another president (god-willing).

This is like why putin put the bug in his ear about tariffs, it divides the west, leaving a regional power like Russia free to consolidate power everywhere.

Remember, Wagner is very powerful in Africa, where the voa and its siblings are most active.

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[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 63 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"What Fox just reported is illegal."
-- DJT

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 2 points 23 hours ago

Soon to be former Fox news host Jessica Taylov.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 29 points 1 day ago

How long before Trump wants her fired?

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