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.
I mean depends on how you look at it. In many ways, the world NEEDS to get off it's dollar addiction. Having a hegemonic currency isn't great for humanity as a whole. And Trump is doing the very best I've ever seen at helping the world cure itself of this problem. Not great for USA, but an important step for how geopolitics will work moving forward. Unless you meant doing everything wrong for Americans, then yes, Trump is awful.
It’s pretty destabilizing globally too. I don’t see the dollar addiction going anywhere; it’s just changing currencies.
We really don’t need China or Russia (or KSA or EU) calling the shots globally either.
There is a reason central banks are buying gold, and that it is making new all-time highs, and recently breached $3K/oz. They're anticipating the demise of the dollar, and minimizing their exposure to the chaos from the U.S. and buying gold instead of U.S. bonds. Look for this trend to accelerate, especially once the U.S. reaches the point where it can't sell enough bonds to finance it's budget deficit, leading to a massive debt crisis and the collapse of the dollar. Gold is already on track to be up >50% this year (up 13.7% so far ytd), and the consistent rise in gold while stocks and other investments fare poorly will only fuel the stampede. I'm confident that gold will end 2025 over $4k/oz, and that 2026 will be even crazier.
Dammit, I should have never dropped out of my Applied Alchemy Program at the University of Phoenix.
Those credits will transfer to clown college
I was disenrolled against my will because my pants weren't baggy enough.
Not sure it will change. The global south and more importantly BRICS has created a system where local currencies are used. It's basically a currency swap. If this can be extended to all nations there won't be a currency hegemon at all. Of course while it's been working well for the countries that are doing it, it's hard to say what the effects would be on a global scale. Still, we should work towards it. Note I am not talking about the BRICS currency, which is not real. Not even sure why it gets brought up at all.
*Edit. This is an article about the expansion of China's currency swap deals.
https://watcher.guru/news/brics-push-currency-swap-with-29-countries-worth-550-billion
Note that while this is about China, all BRICS nations are making currency swap deals with each other. It's just easier to find articles about China doing this because China is so massive.
I don't know, I think what will just end up happening is china's "dollar" taking its place instead
We're just going to end up exchanging one superpower for another, it's not going to fundamentally fix the problem. For that you'd need to do it more sensibly
'He's underwater on everything' - except the one way that matters the most.
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.
Sadly, yes. I mean, Trump knows he's 'close' to his grave and needs to leave some kind of legacy - even if it's the Hitler kind of one - his narcissistic self just wants to enter them history books as one of the big humans instead of 'another rich guy' as a footnote.
Pretty sure either Elon or Vance are already lined up for when the time comes. When Trump leaves the world, and when there's no longer actual rules preventing them from taking over and 'fixing' under martial law what big bad orange wrecked. At least according to them, that is.
No matter how bad what they're doing seems this is just the preparation stage. Things can become so, so much worse, and the more we let them consolidate power the tougher it'll be to fight it later.
Someone should start telling him no one has visited the titanic and he could be the first.
He just bought a Tesla, and with any luck that'll drown him like it did Angela Chao, the billionaire magnate whose brother in law is Mitch McConnell.
Angela Chao: Shipping billionaire intoxicated when she drowned in Tesla, police report shows - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68622898
The American taxpayers just bought a Tesla, you mean. Cheeto will never set foot in that, and he sure as hell didn't pay for it himself.
When the UK last had a moron setting everything on fire she was outlasted by a lettuce.
Americans need to up their game.
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.
Impeachment should theoretically work but when the system was put in place it didn't account for an entire political party turning fascist
You suggesting a cabbage?
Sadly there isn't any equivalent to a non-confidence vote in US politics.
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.
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.
People when the world's most illiterate celebrity does all of the dumb, racist shit he says he is going to do:
"What Fox just reported is illegal."
-- DJT
His next plan will be to start a war
Invading panama
Or Greenland, or Canada, or Mexico... Truly a winning strategy to threaten everyone all at once. 🙄
Oh for sure, but he's said to draw up plans to get Panama. So right now that's the most "real" one
with his fucking cottage cheese brain he'll demand plans for invading Panama and then immediately invade Brazil
I don't see him starting a war without complete control of the military. While they are working on it, firing leadership, changing rules and policies, the military still has the power to say no to Trump, which is bad TV. Trump is also a bitch as seen by the wishy-washy way he approaches tariffs, he hates actual action because he just wants good TV and bad policy makes for bad TV.
Some Republicans have dismissed these angry constituents as "paid actors."
SOROOOOOOOOS!
shakes tiny fist
For a fascist disapproval of a slim majority definitely isn't "underwater" just a "minor inconvenience".
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.
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.
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'?
Well, a month ago a majority still approved... so I guess it's a tiny minuscule progress? One eaten face at a time?
Jokes on them, he's not doing this for the American people.
“I already got your votes. Fuck you.”
— Donald
Can we stop bullying transpeole now and admit maybe it actually IS Trump that's the problem?
I mean none of this matters he was popular on one night and that is all that counts.
I wonder why he is doing just like he said he would.
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