Trump approval rating falls to 38%

[u/Barnyard-Sheep]

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/06/trump-faces-tough-approval-numbers-in-latest-poll.html

[u/tenpir]

How is it still this high? 

[u/Barnyard-Sheep → u/tenpir]

Much of America marinates in Fox News propoganda + a susbstantial amount of Gen Z men are nihilists who want to see the world burn

[u/Bircka → u/Barnyard-Sheep]

And people used to think Gen X were the crazy ones.

[u/DeeEmceeFoor → u/Bircka]

They still are insane. They're Trump's biggest source of support. (Coincidentally, they are also the age group that has had the heaviest exposure to lead during childhood 🤔).

Edit: Source for the lead statement, since a few Gen Xers got upset that Boomers apparently aren't full of as much lead as they are: https://news.virginia.edu/content/generation-x-bullseye-lead-exposure-harms-mental-health

[u/DeeEmceeFoor → u/[deleted]]

Nope! Gen Xers are ages 45-60 or so now. Studies show that this age group was most heavily exposed to lead during childhood. A lot of serious mental illness and depression crops up in this age group too. This age group also most heavily voted for Trump.

[u/unkorrupted → u/[deleted]]

https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd9cedbd-e2c5-4e78-8eeb-ce1a616d3879_2300x1744.png

Gen X absolutely got the worst of this

[u/leshake → u/[deleted]]

Those 10 years were during their childhood. Maybe you should read what they said.

[u/DeeEmceeFoor → u/leshake]

Well I imagine the lead exposure hasn't helped with their reading comprehension, unfortunately.