Is anyone else meaningfully less happy living here since Trump 2.0 started?

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I asked my DH where he wanted to retire the other day and his answer was "in the United States?"

Things aren't going to get better in the next three years, that's for sure.

[Anonymous]

Besides skyrocketing consumer costs and the constant chipping away at the institutions that (kind of) kept civil society operating (prosecuting corporate crime, vaccinating kids against diseases, etc.), it's mostly a creeping sense that the bad guys (even if you like the bad guys, because it rattles people you don't like) are in charge... and that takes a toll.

Even if you like him, everyone knows (or can see that) Trump is a life-long liar, bullshitter, and cheat (as in not paying carpenters/plumbers/electricians, etc. in his career as a bankrupt "developer".) His sons are comically horrible douchebags, and the people he's surrounded by are people who would associate themselves with a life-long liar, bullshitter, and cheat for whatever gains they think they can extract for themselves. There's a lot of ick happening in that Administration.

It's just a general malaise. Owning the libs (with all their be-nice-to-the-poor-people lecturing) is incredibly satisfying to a certain kind of voter, but then the buzz wears off.

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Anonymous wrote:My axiety is incredible. Watching my friends get laid off, not being able to sell their homes and our businesses struggling because of Trump has definitely had a negative effect on me and my husband. Husband is retire military and so to watch what is happening to our military is heartbreaking.

Most of the issues I have been dealing with have been as result of the Biden's inflation and the resulting high mortgage rates.

When is the Fed going to lower interest rates?

At this point, Trump owns the inflation. And the Fed.

The rates are downward trending, so we can be thankful for that.

[Anonymous]

My cousin almost died from a massive heart attack a few weeks ago. His job was directly affected by the DOGE cuts, and then one of his adult children lost his PhD admission. I have no idea whether increased stress had anything to do with his heart attack, but I need a good scapegoat, so I’m blaming Trump and Musk. So yes, his life is measurably less happy.

I have two adolescent children who will be headed to college in the next 2-5 years. Since Trump took office, my thoughts are preoccupied by worries about their job prospects and economic future. Additionally, I have a daughter and I am tremendously worried about her interactions with men who have been indoctrinated into Trumpism/Fox News/TP USA/the online "manosphere".

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Anonymous wrote:I used to love living here. Now, I feel overwhelmed and sad most days, like
Trump is destroying everything on a macro level — and making us all in DC less safe (and afraid) on a micro level.

Other than in your mind, how has Trump affected you? Honestly.

I hate trump, but he has no tangible impact on my life.

Do you live around here, or have friends or neighbors? It’s hard to believe you, if you do.
I guess if things are fine for you, great. But don’t you care about what others are going through?

I don’t know about you, but even though things somewhat ok for me (in spite of 3 hours daily commute since so-called RTO that has been pretty rough on my family) and I have a job and a lot of financial security, and I can afford to buy Christmas presents and send my kid to college, I feel less happy knowing I have neighbors who have lost their jobs, people losing their homes, had their livelihoods destroyed through no fault of their own, or who fear deportation even if they have literally done nothing wrong and followed the law to a T.

This area definitely has a different feel now. It is sad and subdued. If you aren’t noticing any changes, lucky you I guess.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve found this to be a liberal female phenomenon for the most part. Males are just rolling with it and going about their lives.

Men aren’t known for positive community building or caring about the wellbeing of others.

Every community meeting I've attended since the inauguration runs at about 95%/5% F/M ratio. One guy showed up at our neighborhood meeting on ICE. Nice guy, but that's it.

Men have been getting laid off, fired, and forced back to the office along with everyone else. I don't think the current dour national mood is all due to women.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to love living here. Now, I feel overwhelmed and sad most days, like
Trump is destroying everything on a macro level — and making us all in DC less safe (and afraid) on a micro level.

Other than in your mind, how has Trump affected you? Honestly.

I hate trump, but he has no tangible impact on my life.

Well, a bunch of my friends are out of a job and I haven't been the to Kennedy Center all year. A contractor told me he was no longer doing business in DC because of ICE, then we got a letter from another contractor we've used saying they detained a citizen who worked for them and to please write to Governor Moore because they were all scared and devastated. A bunch of nice restaurants closed. I was personally crushed by the demolishing of the East Wing, where I've been a couple of times with my kids at Christmas through an Obama admin friend.

Just don't let the felon hear you because he will then make DC even worse.

[Anonymous]

I'm pp, and my BFF is poised to lose her job in February. Apparently a second wave of fed contractor jobs will be gone in Q1.

[Anonymous]

I was buying something at one of my favorite local businesses in the area and was chatting with an employee. He mentioned that business is way down, at devastating and unsustainable levels. It didn’t surprise me at all knowing what I know. And it breaks my heart. I hope this business is able to weather the crisis but it is going to be very very hard.
Trump isn’t just hurting feds, immigrants, and PhD students. It trickles down to everyone and it is awful.

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Anonymous wrote:My axiety is incredible. Watching my friends get laid off, not being able to sell their homes and our businesses struggling because of Trump has definitely had a negative effect on me and my husband. Husband is retire military and so to watch what is happening to our military is heartbreaking.

Most of the issues I have been dealing with have been as result of the Biden's inflation and the resulting high mortgage rates.

When is the Fed going to lower interest rates?

At this point, Trump owns the inflation. And the Fed.

The rates are downward trending, so we can be thankful for that.

Hopium… 🙄

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My axiety is incredible. Watching my friends get laid off, not being able to sell their homes and our businesses struggling because of Trump has definitely had a negative effect on me and my husband. Husband is retire military and so to watch what is happening to our military is heartbreaking.

Most of the issues I have been dealing with have been as result of the Biden's inflation and the resulting high mortgage rates.

When is the Fed going to lower interest rates?

My goodness, take an econ class. Read a newspaper. Compare your receipts to last year. Anything, but spread garbage all over the internet.

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Anonymous wrote:For those claiming DC is less safe, there have been 25 murders since the NG came on August 12 in almost 4 months.

Previously, there were 100 murders from January 1 to August 11.

For comparison, DC had 274 murders in 2023. How is it factually less safe?

https://mpdc.dc.gov/dailycrime

This may sound callous but those murders didn't really affect me. My contracts being cancelled, the government shutdown, the DEI muzzle, my LEGAL employees getting snatched off the streets, that all really affects me.

Why are you so callous?
It is one thing to not be personally affected, it is another thing to not care.
We should be better than only caring about things that personally affect us.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to love living here. Now, I feel overwhelmed and sad most days, like
Trump is destroying everything on a macro level — and making us all in DC less safe (and afraid) on a micro level.

Other than in your mind, how has Trump affected you? Honestly.

I hate trump, but he has no tangible impact on my life.

That's nice for you, PP, but I lost my job. So yeah, Trump/Musk has had a major impact on my life.

Oh, and those prices for electricity, groceries, eating out, just about anything are continuing to go up and up and up.

Trump's regime has definitely had a very negative direct impact on my life.

I lost my job to H1Bs. a none of the feds cared.

How do you know that? If you don't like H1Bs, then lobby your electeds.

Like who? They all love h1bs and corporations looovve them as well. American workers cannot compete.

Your elected officials work for you. If you don't like what they do, they take action to change policy. Individuals can make a huge difference on these issues.

Donor cash >voters

The vast majority of voters say nothing. If you meet with them you’ll have an outsized impact.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve found this to be a liberal female phenomenon for the most part. Males are just rolling with it and going about their lives.

Men don’t use electricity or eat or need health care?

There is a reason why typical white males need so much DEI to help them compete, they kind of suck.

Just subjugate women, deport brown people, institutionalize racism, and tada, claim superiority. They are just sad
Little boys.

I’d like to thank you and all the other debilitatingly depressed and anxious females the proved my point with their 5 pages of posts.

[Anonymous]

I don’t hate everything Trump is doing. The border needed securing. The leftist gender ideology dogma needed correction. Heck, I’m even excited about the CAFE rollback and the possible return of cars we actually want for a more affordable price (if they can solve the tariff issue, that is.)

Not worth it, though. This is terrible.
Praying for a moderate for 2028.