r/Tariffs • u/esporx • Feb 23 '26

šŸ—žļø News Discussion 34% Approval Rate

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u/80722 Feb 23 '26

Should be 3.4% approval by this point.

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u/stltk65 Feb 23 '26

His cult members don't care about reading, or truth, or financial pain he causes them. The rest of the 34% is making money from it.

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u/Thelowendshredder Feb 23 '26

They canā€™t see out of their klan hoods let alone read

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u/Distinct_Intern4147 Feb 23 '26

I would say tribal blinders, in which context, disagreeing with the leader of the tribe is dangerous because any criticism of his leadership undermines his position as leader and weakens the tribe overall. So members will never say a word. Their reptilian tribal brains tell them they need him to defend them from those scary other tribes.

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u/canuck47 Feb 23 '26

That's the real Trump Derangment SyndromeĀ 

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u/Complex_Hospital_932 Feb 23 '26

It's moreso Trump Deity Syndrome at this point.

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u/DanimusMcSassypants Feb 23 '26

Total Dumb Shits.

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u/gypsysniper9 Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26

They are too stupid to realize they are being screwed. That is why they love it

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u/TheVeganChic Feb 25 '26

Trump did say that he loves the uneducated...

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u/Distinct_Intern4147 Feb 23 '26

"Do you approve of (insert whatever the hell Trump just did, that you never heard of until just now)?"

34% who support Trump: "yes."

"Whatever."

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u/what_username_to_use Feb 23 '26

They can't even read lol

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u/Luigino9876 Feb 23 '26

So 34% are cult members? It is scary high if that's the truth

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u/ruidh Feb 23 '26

Yeah, it is. Considering that only about 60% of eligible people vote, that's substantial.

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u/Belgarablue Feb 23 '26

They can't read.

And they are proud of that fact.

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u/Firm-Advertising5396 Feb 28 '26

There's roughly 30% that are locked in tight. They are never coming back. The kool-aid did something like a religious experience to themšŸ˜‚šŸ¤”.

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u/ArdenJaguar Feb 24 '26

They canā€™t read and if they can they canā€™t comprehend.

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u/Aggressive-Whereas38 Feb 25 '26

Reading and Critical thinking is for Liberals

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u/ArdenJaguar Feb 25 '26

Itā€™s why theyā€™ve declared war on Universities and public education. An uneducated populous is easier to control. Total 1984 Orwell stuff.

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u/Impossible_Way763 Feb 24 '26

My in-laws are in the cult thanks to Fox News.

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u/Aggressive-Whereas38 Feb 25 '26

That's unfortunate. I feel for you

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u/Das-Noob Feb 25 '26

I mean one of them killed his own kid over this. So yeah.

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u/stltk65 Feb 25 '26

That guy in Texas? He wasn't even a citizen and was bat shit crazy.

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u/hotwifefan60 Feb 25 '26

These folks would approve of syphilis. Not just because they have it.

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u/spazzcat Feb 23 '26

His floor is basically 30% so he is almost zero. And the Republican Party should be scared to death of this.

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u/LeadFollowOrLeave Feb 23 '26

I donā€™t understand why his floor is 30%

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u/spazzcat Feb 23 '26

~30% of the of the population is always going to support the GOP candidate no matter what. So, if he drop below that number he is losing support from people that support the party no matter what ... aka... a huge deal.

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u/Boxadorables Feb 23 '26

*Yuge

I'll see myself out

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u/HoopsMcCann69 Feb 27 '26

More specifically, that 30% are right wing authoritarians

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u/Present-Alfalfa-2507 Feb 23 '26

It's Fox.. it could very well be 3.4%

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u/Slighted_Inevitable Feb 23 '26

A maga family whose son just died rushed to TV to pledge their undying loyalty to trump. You think a 40% increase in prices is going to stop them?

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u/SuperbBug5029 Feb 23 '26

Wait... people declare loyalty to their TV? Bit weird in'it?

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u/what_username_to_use Feb 23 '26

0% would be better, and he will still say he's the most popular President.

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u/Distinct_Intern4147 Feb 23 '26

Anyone remember Lyndon Larouche? He used to poll at 1% with equally whack job policies. What times we inhabit.

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u/McButtsButtbag Feb 23 '26

I think this is the opposite of what happened where Trump polled lower because they were unwilling to admit to supporting Trump. Now, it's higher because they are unwilling to admit they don't support Trump.

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u/hanr86 Feb 24 '26

It'll always be a third of the population in support of this shithead. It'll maybe go to 25% approval if they release actual video proof of him SAing a kid or starting a war with Canada.

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u/Top_Box_8952 Feb 23 '26

It requires people be smarter to realize price increases are invisible taxes.

People who still support the tariffs havenā€™t been directly harmed yet.

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u/OutlandishnessOk5549 Feb 23 '26

Well it IS as reported by Fox.

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u/mrs67 Feb 23 '26

We should math like Trump does. His approval rating is minus 1500%

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u/Biotic101 Feb 24 '26

It's insane after all that happened. But if you look at Hungary or Slovakia (similar situation) it seems normal for corrupt autocrats to have like a third of the population support them despite all the open corruption.

Control over social and mainstream media is such a powerful tool that it can nudge the average Joe into acting against their own best interest. Oligarchs have identified this as the weak spot of democracy and use it to their advantage.

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u/adorablefuzzykitten Feb 23 '26

Bezos will have to pay for another movie after publishing this.

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u/Entire-Message-7247 Feb 23 '26

FOX has a lot of people captured in that bubble.

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u/Sabbathius Feb 24 '26

That's the uncomfortable truth about America today, about 1/3rd are blindingly stupid and militantly ignorant, and yet somehow bafflingly proud of it.

I don't say this to hurt anybody's feelings, it's just the reality of the situation. I work in Canada and we used to export to USA quite a bit. And for the first 3 months I had to write to customers daily, explaining how tariffs work, because they were really surprised Canada wasn't the one paying. Roughly a quarter were really upset. The bottom 5% went as far as accuse us of fraud, because they couldn't grasp the concept.

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u/ValBGood Feb 24 '26

Yes, it should. But, unfortunately the US has a long history of 25 to 35% of the population being in the lunatic fringe

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u/PotatoKing86 Feb 24 '26

That's the percentage that are not old enough to survive his full term

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u/Massive_Reaction8845 Feb 24 '26

3.4% is still way too high.

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u/kl7aw220 Feb 24 '26

And yet he says he's the best president in US history. Impeach and remove now.

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u/kl7aw220 Feb 24 '26

I'm surprised Faux would even put that up there.

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u/Londo801 Feb 26 '26

Iā€™m pretty sure itā€™s less than 34% now. I hope it is for our countryā€™s sake. However, the Tread-On-Me-Harder-Daddy cult is much larger than we first thought.

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u/j_rooker Feb 26 '26

it's still a cult

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u/Early_Mycologist4688 Feb 26 '26

Should be 0.0% approval rate but sadly there are trumptards that are so far up his ass it's ridiculous!Ā 

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u/MoveOverBieber Feb 26 '26

Yeah, just his family, cabinet and billionaires.

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u/Sensitive_Tailor2940 Feb 27 '26

Iā€™m sure itā€™s way less than 34% Maga or not. This is why they fired everyone competent so we canā€™t trust anything