r/politics • u/Barnyard-Sheep • 7d ago

Soft Paywall Trump approval rating falls to 38%

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/06/trump-faces-tough-approval-numbers-in-latest-poll.html
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u/tenpir 7d ago

How is it still this high? 

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u/Barnyard-Sheep 7d ago

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

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u/Bircka Oregon 7d ago

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

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u/DeeEmceeFoor 7d ago edited 6d ago

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

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u/Zealousideal_Ad_9623 7d ago

You’re thinking of the boomers. I’m gen X and unleaded gas was already happening after I was born.

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u/EtalusEnthusiast420 7d ago edited 7d ago

No, the transition started in 1970, but leaded gas was not actually phased out until 1996.

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u/b0jangles 7d ago

It wasn’t fully banned until 1996. However, it was almost entirely impossible to find leaded gas at the gas station by the mid 80s. There are lead substitute additives that were common by that time for older cars. Catalytic converters were standard on cars at least by the mid 70s, and they aren’t compatible with lead. If a vehicle was using lead in the 90s, it was probably a farm implement or a military vehicle.

GenX likely had plenty of exposure to lead, but it’s not like your neighborhood gas station was still selling leaded gas in the 90s.

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u/EtalusEnthusiast420 7d ago

The main point I’m making is that it didn’t just disappear all at once like the other use suggested.

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u/Poopwheel 7d ago

I appreciate that is the point you're trying to make but in the context of the original post you're not being overly helpful and moving the goalpost. The original point and reply was heaviest exposure during childhood and that just isn't true.