Not when there is even more gerrymandering and voter suppression and GOP operatives have bought all the voting machine companies.

That cannot happen soon enough, but, not wishing misery on anyone, the SNAP and ACA cuts hard in red states, so, maybe that will help lift the fog.

The Economist

The president's net approval rating is -17%,
down 0.5 points since last week.
39% approve, 56% disapprove, 5% not sure

This is basically the basement 39% of Americans are willing henchmen in his criminal cult.

They won't budge until he starts losing power. Then they'll swear they never voted for him.

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To me, it is still a staggering number of people who support him! It makes me feel so awful about our country. While it is not a majority, and it’s not even half, it’s still a significant number of Americans.

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Anonymous wrote:Worst president of our lifetimes.

Worst president of all time.

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How did he get elected?
Illegal immigration
Light consequences for criminal behavior
Public schools/education

Democrats need to address those issues by speaking out strongly and making big imorovements in thoae areas. That recent innocent victim (Philadelphia beauty queen) and the girl on Charlotte transit both were murdered due to lax policies and low bail/no bail liberal policies for violent criminals..

Thing is, for all his tough talk, and putting National Guard and federal police on the streets of DC, crime didn't really go down, and nothing's really changed much in terms of prosecutions and outcomes.

Likewise, ICE is scooping up illegals all over the country but crime isn't going down. If the illegals were supposedly committing so much crime then why hasn't the crime rate gone down much?

And schools, what has Trump done about schools to improve outcomes? They want schools renamed after Charlie Kirk and other stupid shit that isn't improving anything... while gutting the programs to help special needs kids and other things.

This is all theater and its a shame you don't see it right in front of your nose.

You’re both right.

Trump’s “genius” is identifying things that motivate voters. Illegal immigration, patriotism, crime, Fed government waste and inefficiency (perceived), etc.

Unfortunately, his “solutions” are abominable. Truly a case where the cure is worse than the disease.

But given a choice between (a) someone who tries to fix a problem imperfectly, and (b) someone who doesn’t even acknowledge the problem? Many voters will choose option a.

Mamdani is actually a great example of this. His “solutions” are idiotic, but at least he’s talking about problems that people care about. Very Trumpian.

That’s not the choice. It is:

a) talk about the problem by blaming some minority group and never fix it*

b) talk about policy in wonk terms, face opposition, and cobble something together, then lose credit for it.

*the only accomplishment Trump has is banning 12 trans athletes. He’s had a lot of arrests of law-abiding immigrants while failing to actually deport criminal — please check Google to easily verify.

It’s not about how you perceive the choice. It’s about how the persuadable subset of voters perceive the choice.

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Anonymous wrote:Worst president of our lifetimes.

Worst president of all time.

This

How did he get elected?
Illegal immigration
Light consequences for criminal behavior
Public schools/education

Democrats need to address those issues by speaking out strongly and making big imorovements in thoae areas. That recent innocent victim (Philadelphia beauty queen) and the girl on Charlotte transit both were murdered due to lax policies and low bail/no bail liberal policies for violent criminals..

Thing is, for all his tough talk, and putting National Guard and federal police on the streets of DC, crime didn't really go down, and nothing's really changed much in terms of prosecutions and outcomes.

Likewise, ICE is scooping up illegals all over the country but crime isn't going down. If the illegals were supposedly committing so much crime then why hasn't the crime rate gone down much?

And schools, what has Trump done about schools to improve outcomes? They want schools renamed after Charlie Kirk and other stupid shit that isn't improving anything... while gutting the programs to help special needs kids and other things.

This is all theater and its a shame you don't see it right in front of your nose.

You’re both right.

Trump’s “genius” is identifying things that motivate voters. Illegal immigration, patriotism, crime, Fed government waste and inefficiency (perceived), etc.

Unfortunately, his “solutions” are abominable. Truly a case where the cure is worse than the disease.

But given a choice between (a) someone who tries to fix a problem imperfectly, and (b) someone who doesn’t even acknowledge the problem? Many voters will choose option a.

Mamdani is actually a great example of this. His “solutions” are idiotic, but at least he’s talking about problems that people care about. Very Trumpian.

That’s not the choice. It is:

a) talk about the problem by blaming some minority group and never fix it*

b) talk about policy in wonk terms, face opposition, and cobble something together, then lose credit for it.

*the only accomplishment Trump has is banning 12 trans athletes. He’s had a lot of arrests of law-abiding immigrants while failing to actually deport criminal — please check Google to easily verify.

Beware the Trump economy

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/economy/americans-are-more-worried-about-their-chances-on-the-job-market-under-trump-ap-norc-poll-finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are growing increasingly concerned about their ability to find a good job under President Donald Trump, an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds, in what is a potential warning sign for Republicans as a promised economic boom has given way to hiring freezes and elevated inflation.

High prices for groceries, housing and health care persist as a fear for many households, while rising electricity bills and the cost of gas at the pump are also sources of anxiety, according to the survey.

Some 47% of U.S. adults are "not very" or "not at all confident" they could find a good job if they wanted to, an increase from 37% when the question was last asked in October 2023.

Gunther celebrating the dead cat bounce for the most hayed President in history.

I don't get the CNN piece. Just about every poll has Trump down significantly and shows the public generally blames the GOP for the shutdown.

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Maybe he could try posting more videos of himself crapping on the American people

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Donald Trump's term
The president's net approval rating is -16%,
down 0.7 points since last week.
39% approve, 56% disapprove, 4% not sure

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So 43% of this country is absolutely stupid.

President Donald Trump’s approval rating among Republicans has slipped slightly across several major polls, marking a rare decline in support within his core base.

A new John Zogby Strategies survey conducted on October 12 found that 80 percent of Republican voters approved of Trump’s performance, down from 85 percent in August. Similarly, a YouGov poll published on October 13 showed 84 percent of Republicans expressing approval, compared with 88 percent in mid-September. Meanwhile, the latest Quantus poll recorded approval among Republicans at 86 percent, a 3-point drop from 89 percent in late September.

266 days into
Donald Trump's term
The president's net approval rating is -16%,
down 0.7 points since last week.
39% approve, 56% disapprove, 4% not sure

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Anonymous wrote:Trump is falling off a ciff in new Quinnipiac poll:

Overall approval: 38-54
Approval on economy: 39-56
Approval on trade: 39-54
On National Guard into cities: 42-55
On immigration, his "best" issue: 41-55

Now the kicker is that he doesn't really care. However, the sycophant GOP is going to get crushed as he continues to double down on his horrible policies.

But they won't lose power even if they get crushed because the speaker of the house won't seat anyone duly elected in in November 2026, even if the Dems can fight through the gerrymandering and voter suppression.

How will he do that, exactly?

Isn’t he doing it already by not swearing in a Democrat?