The president’s approval rating has been struggling for at least a month

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.”

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    57·
    14 hours ago

    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.

    • Dzso@lemmy.world
      2·
      5 hours ago

      I’m looking at Trump as a Russian agent who was assigned to dismantle the US government. Everything he does makes sense when you look at it that way. And it’s horrifying.

      • AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space
        26·
        13 hours ago

        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.

        • Zachariah@lemmy.world
          12·
          13 hours ago

          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.

    • Xanthobilly@lemmy.world
      3·
      12 hours ago

      I see your point, and assume the logic (if there is any) is: Why bother when Fox and Newsmax do it for profit?