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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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[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 66 points 1 day ago (6 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.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

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 16 points 1 day 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.

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[–] dzso@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] PeteWheeler@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

Sounds like Elon is eliminating competition to his propaganda machine.

[–] evenglow@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Is it crazy when they can just use companies like TruthSocial and Twitter?

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

Get rid of all branches and implement your own with your own swamp creatures.

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Some Republicans have dismissed these angry constituents as "paid actors."

SOROOOOOOOOS!

shakes tiny fist

[–] Tja@programming.dev 19 points 1 day ago

Well, a month ago a majority still approved... so I guess it's a tiny minuscule progress? One eaten face at a time?

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

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.

[–] forrgott@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

They're probably trying to take control of the party back from Trump. They did push back against him during his first term, but fell flat on their faces and started losing viewers to Newsmax. Now they're trying to back it with data. They've spent the last few decades training their viewers to ignore data, though, so we'll see how that goes.

[–] sloppychops@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

I would assume most people don't pay particular attention until they are directly affected. Apathy across the West is a major problem.

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

Jokes on them, he's not doing this for the American people.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

“I already got your votes. Fuck you.”
— Donald

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago

I wonder why he is doing just like he said he would.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

You know what would be dope tho is if he were underwater in a swasticar.

[–] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

wake me up when it's the 100% it should be

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago
[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Poor polling only matters if there'll be elections.

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