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Trump’s disapproval rating hits record high, new poll shows (www.theguardian.com)

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Disapproval rose to 62%, the worst of his two terms in office, amid economic issues since launching his war against Iran

Six months out from November’s midterm US elections, Donald Trump’s disapproval rating has reached 62% – the worst of his two terms in office – according to a new Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll.

The US president received his worst ratings on the cost of living and other economic issues since launching his deeply unpopular war against Iran in February, which has plunged the global economy into an oil crisis and sent gas prices rocketing to a four-year high.

Trump achieved majority disapproval on his management of every issue measured, including Americans disapproved of his handling of that war by 66% to 32%, while a staggering 76% disapproved and only 23% approved of his handling of the cost of living. Two-thirds of Americans now feel the country is headed in the wrong direction.

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[-] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 86 points 2 weeks ago

As much as I like seeing the high disapproval numbers, I find it a bit disappointing how many people will turn on their president over gas prices. I mean, after all the insane shit this guy has pulled, all it takes is a buck or two more per gallon to turn them. We aren't even in a shortage situation. No lines. Nothing.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 37 points 2 weeks ago

I think it’s more a case that the people for whom gas prices are A Thing have now joined all the people who already disapproved of him… so another 5% of the population, who believed his lies right up until there was no denying that his actions were hitting their pocketbooks.

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

It has immediate impact and they cannot lie about the giant numbers in their face while they pump. Even the dumbest of people can grasp this.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

This.

ICE kidnapping people doesn't affect them because they are special. They are in the in-group.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Why can't they grasp it when he boldly lies to our faces?

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[-] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago

As someone else put it: "I'm fine with rapes and pedophilia, but I draw the line at higher gas prices!"

[-] ursus262@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

What does that say about America? I think it's past saving to be honest.

[-] frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

Probably that the rural, least populated parts of the country hold a disproportionate amount of political power and this is a consequence of that. Well that and the deliberate defunding/deconstruction of our education system.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

What does that say about America?

Nothing the rest of the world didn't already know.

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[-] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 12 points 2 weeks ago

Yea. There are by now hundreds of valid reasons to kick that guy, and gas prices are the deal breaker?

Many Americans just seem to hate all other humans

[-] spizzat2@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

Many Americans just seem to hate all other humans

I would say it's more pathological indifference, likely spawned from the idolization of "rugged individualism". I'm often reminded of a nearly decade-old article titled "I Don't Know How To Explain To You That You Should Care About Other People".

[-] SCmSTR 31 points 2 weeks ago

How many years have I been reading this headline? Too damn many

[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

No no. It went from 60% to 62% This is a historic event. Only 38% of Americans like his policies now. Only 38% would take up arms to defend him. Only 38% would kill you to protect the files. Only 38%

[-] Newsteinleo@infosec.pub 4 points 2 weeks ago

38% is still a lot of people that's more than 1/3.

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[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Only 38% of Americans like his policies now

Which means nothing because Magatards would vote for him anyway and Libs would just bravely stay home... again

Only 38% would take up arms to defend him.

Which again means nothing... the military is still doing the pedophile's bidding regardless

Only 38% would kill you to protect the files.

Ok, now I am just depressed

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

And it's somehow the lowest it's ever been every single time, with the exact same numbers. It's unreal.

[-] inari@piefed.zip 30 points 2 weeks ago

Wow, 25% of independents still approve of him. Insane.

[-] Krusty@quokk.au 21 points 2 weeks ago

I've worked in market research. It's just like the Internet. Bad faith respondents are very common and very eager and they all give exactly the same inane responses.

[-] santa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe their brains are independent from their bodies?

[-] santa@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago

Word salad headline. Lol. Can’t just call it straight.

[-] tacoplease@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Still way too high

[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

Keep in mind that a lot of Americans are really stupid.

[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Americans are groomed to be stupid by the corporate media.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It doesn't matter. If he stays in power past Jan 2029, he won't need an election (or any popularity polls) to do it.

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago

It's obvious that disapproval ratings mean nothing yet the media machine constantly spits that up. I guess it makes all of us anti-trump folk feel a bit better while the brazen pedophile stumbles ever upward.

[-] iglou@programming.dev 7 points 2 weeks ago

It does. It reflects the general population's approval and therefore affects the decision making of politicians looking for reelection.

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[-] BigBrownDog@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Been hearing weekly this for 10 years. Shut the fuck up

[-] uberdroog@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Until he is dragged out of office, doesn't matter

[-] Red0ctober@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Kicking and screaming, on television

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

There's no way he's getting reelected at this rate

[-] Freeposity@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

He's dying. I'll be surprised if he makes it another 12 months.

[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

I am here to promise you that conservatives will vote for the next one to come along.

And it's not like conservative candidates are going to get any better from here on out.

[-] SoleInvictus 5 points 2 weeks ago

They're not the brightest, which we all know tends to correlate strongly with conservatism. I'll always remember the idiots in 2004 who voted for a second W. Bush term because "he made this mess, now he needs to clean it up".

That's like hiring an incompetent employee who messed up a mission-critical project and not only took no accountability, but verifiably lied about their actions, yet you continue employing them to finish the project.

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not convinced Americans will get to vote for president again

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[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

What do you think the bunker is for. Dude is not leaving alive. Let's hope he follows Hitlers lead and eats a bullet soon.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Palantir data center, like the $350 M one they sold Israel

[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

None of this matters because at the end of the day the American electorate is just too stupid for any of this to count for anything.

They're always going to vote for the next hard R that will promise them that they'll make it all White and now you'll probably won't have a choice but to vote for the hard R in many states going forward.

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[-] Freeposity@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

No one has ever seen (disapproval) ratings this high!

[-] Erna_muse@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

We need to regulate all forms of media. Brain broken right wing wealth hoarders are beaming their bizarre worldview into the minds of grandma and grandpa.

[-] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

I live in the deep south and the people down here will cut their own foot off for the president if he asked them to. They don't know how to think for themselves and their whole identity is racism and hate. You cannot ask them any political questions without them getting angry, because you are questioning their intelligence in their mind.

So the disapproval rating will stay around this level because you cannot save any of those cult members.

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

There should be a rule that when approval ratings go below 50%, there's a new election

[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

There should be a rule that when president rapes children, there's a new election.

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

Or when it is proven he raped children in the past. He should not only be removed from office, he should be in prison

[-] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Hell, he was proved to have raped an adult woman in a valid court of law! THAT should be grounds for both removal from office and prison. We shouldn't have to lower the bar to even more monstrous deeds. A proven rapist should not be in office. Full stop.

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

This is one of many reasons, he shouldn't have been allowed to run for office in the first place. The insurection is another one

[-] UndergroundParking@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 weeks ago

As if manipulating political state was not easy enough already.

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