Summary
Donald Trump has the lowest approval rating of any newly elected U.S. president since World War II, except for himself in 2017.
While his immigration policies and government downsizing have support, controversial moves—like ending birthright citizenship and renaming the Gulf of Mexico—face strong opposition.
Economic concerns, particularly rising prices, remain a major issue for voters.
Analysts say Trump’s popularity will likely hinge on broader economic and immigration policies, with potential political consequences for Republicans in the 2026 elections.
Of course they’re getting downvotes, Republicans are worse for all of the policy stances they talked about, but they’re shitting on Democrats.
As they should, because they (and the rest of the liberals) relied on a capitalist political party to save them.
The USA has 2 options. They picked the worst option because of people like you and them shitting on the better option.
Voting is the process by which governments legitimize their right to rule, and the USA has not had a legitimate government in my lifetime. If there were options then we’d never have been forced into a “choice” of bad or worse in the first place.
If the voted government was not legitimate than voting is not a process that legitimizes the rule then is it?
Voting is just one tool of many to try to improve life for as many people as possible.
Whether it is actually legitimate or not is immaterial. The point is that people voted instead of rioting in the streets. If people aren’t objecting then the government is free to act.
Voting is a tool to keep you complacent by redirecting your ire from the politicians responsible and onto your fellow voters.
The people who aren’t voting are even more complacent, prove me wrong.
You’re not listening.
Whether or not one is complacent is entirely irrelevant when one has no agency.
Voting is a fig leaf that covers up how un-democratic our country is. It exists to keep you from taking matters into your own hands.
You’re not listening: the people who aren’t voting are still not taking matters into their own hands either.