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US President Donald Trump’s approval rating fell to the lowest level of his political career, Reuters reported, citing the results of a public opinion poll it conducted jointly with international polling service Ipsos.
According to the news agency, the approval rating of the incumbent US president stands at 32%, which is the “lowest his political career.” Among supporters of the Republican Party, which the US president represents, Trump’s approval rating fell from 82% to 73% over the course of a week.
“Dissatisfaction among Republicans on the subject has been growing since Trump launched the war on Iran in February that has pushed gasoline and diesel prices sharply higher,” the news agency said. The public opinion poll was conducted online on September 17-20, with 1,277 respondents taking part.
if that country was a democracy he would be very upset
What if you wanted
A president to fix the cost of living crisis
But Trump said
WAR WITH IRAN
Fix the cost of living crisis?
No! war with Iran!
Trump’s approval rating fell from 82% to 73% over the course of a week
Interesting, this really is a carbon economy, gas price goes up, even the fash get pissed
it is. i was reading some book about energy market cannibalization in countries that produce oil. this was prob like 10+ years ago, but the author talked about how, across the board in any country you could name with either open, democratic or repressive autocratic institutions, no matter what absolute position prices started in… if energy prices went up sharply, the political system destabilized.
one of the examples was KSM and how they are oil rich and heavily subsidize domestic consumption. super cheap gas, electricity generated from oil, just crazy wasteful/luxury consumption systems. the amount being consumed domestically was growing rapidly and projected to interfere with exports and the national economy, but whenever the government even slightly fiddled with the subsidy structure to lower domestic consumption, there were stoppages and demonstrations and perceived threats to the monarchy across society.
apparently, this happens everywhere and one of the takeaways was that without widespread adoption of post carbon infrastructure and technology, political systems are hip deep in shit. and few places are more intensely screwed than the transportation sector of the US.
its infuriating that this has been warned of and presicted since i was a young person in school, and, if anything, leadership has only become more recalcitrant.
Food and energy. Energy and food. These have always been the two things that matter to people.
Old, unc, chopped: Bread and Circuses
New, hip, with it: Burgers and circuits
Energy and food
And the really cool thing is that food is energy
one of the examples was KSM
Kingdom of Saudi Marabia?
i can see how you’d get there, but i meant Kingdom of Mommyrabia.
(yes i did mean KSA lol)
computer, create an oil painting style image of Ibn Saud with big mommy milkers
recalcitrant
Holy shit new word, dont mind if I do.
This poses a massive opportunity for any revolutionary movement that embraces an approach to human well-being that’s not tied to exorbitant amounts of energy consumption.
0.40 acres and a bicycle- plus a broadfork and a couple other things.
because people are stupid and seeing the number go up and down on the gas station sign is the #1 way more Americans judge the economy.
GW Bush lowest was 25% approval. Still room to drop!
Americans honestly love Trump. Fact that his rating is this high after Diesel has become for expensive than gold means they just need one reason to love him again.
Still over Truman’s 22%
Yeah, right. Americans are cattle and they fucking love this shit. They’ll be right back in line.
cmon people Vote.
I feel like this isn’t the first time I’ve seen this headline
We can do better.
Approval ratings don’t matter in amerikkka
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Teflon Don managed to always stay between 33% and 46% throughout his first term.
But now he’s crossed that nadir, has a lot of downward momentum, and is probably going to keep sliding based on the economic and geopolitical situation he’s in.
The rest of his term is probably going to be defined by “what is he going to be able to pull off by force without a mandate”. And if the failure of Operation Metro Surge is any precedent, there’s reason to hope that galvanized working-class Americans will prevail again.
Trump is the most accurate reflection of conservatives the world has ever seen. He is conservatism incarnate. Some are a little embarassed by their own reflection, but they still love him the way they love themselves.
73% of Republicans? That still seems high. Wtf?
