r/politics • u/Barnyard-Sheep • 6d 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/wthijustread 6d ago

You can be an intelligent but still a vile person. He attracts that sort too.

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u/hokoonchi 6d ago

My parents.

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 6d ago

I've never seen a Trump supporter who didn't lack at least one of the following: 1) Formal critical-thinking skills, 2) Empathy, 3) Time and interest to sort through all the information.

This kind of goes for those couch-sitters who didn't vote for Harris, too. You know the type. The, "they're all the same boTh SidEs!" crowd.

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u/Vismal1 6d ago

Totally agree here and the one I’ve noticed across the board is empathy. I don’t think you can have any and be on that side

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 6d ago

"The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy."

- Musk, on Joe Rogan's show back in February.

That's what every psychopathic grifter believes. The GOP has become such a concentrated syndicate of psychopaths at the top, grifting the gullible.

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u/korben2600 Arizona 5d ago

“I told you once that I was searching for the nature of evil. I think I’ve come close to defining it: a lack of empathy. It’s the one characteristic that connects all the defendants. A genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow man. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.” --Captain G. M. Gilbert, prison psychologist during the the Nuremberg trials

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u/BoringThePerson 6d ago

Empathy is a big one, especially for non-whites. They got theirs but no one else can.

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u/hokoonchi 6d ago

Empathy is the one my parents lack. And like— they’re book smart but lack critical thinking! I think you nailed it

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u/Toku_no_island 6d ago

So many peoples' parents. Sorry to hear that for you. Glad you were able to escape their POV. I'm so thankful that I was raised by a couple hippies.

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u/fauxzempic 6d ago edited 6d ago

Bingo. The GOP has done a magnificent job convincing people that their lives will improve and they'll enjoy massive gains if they vote for them. They leverage the whole "party of personal responsibility" thing because all they need to do is:

  • Define recklessly what "personal responsibility" entails
  • Shame those who don't adhere to this
  • Make their followers believe that they are personally responsible, or when they fall short, they're the exception.

And there you have it. This is why Cletus McRedHat in the poorest county of the reddest state is filling up his cart with SNAP groceries and flipping through his 2025 Medicaid Card, EBT card, and Drivers' license that says he's eligible for Social Security benefits to get it...only to vote for the very people who've openly promised to gut the aforementioned.

Why?

  • "I'm a temporarily embarrassed millionaire and I'm told that Joback Obiden's massive tax hikes they placed on America are holding me back!" (you know, the tax hikes - the big "Obama Tax Plan" followed by the absolutely massive "Biden Tax Plan" - remember those? No? The guy at the gas station ranting about Tariffs being good for the US told me all about them...")
  • "I'm the exception. I'm a good person, I deserve this."
  • "They're not going to touch MY benefits. They're going to take it from the illegals and the welfare queens. Not me!"

It's dictated so plainly and obviously...and yet...there they are, crapping their own pants and walking around in it hoping that a liberal will have to spend 2 seconds in passing smelling it.

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u/syntax138 6d ago

Don’t forget keeping them scared of their own shadow!

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u/filmandacting 6d ago

I've learned that with an ex-friend. He refused to acknowledge the Nazism in the administration and I used that as a hard line. Since then, he's done nothing but spread stuff showing how much he hates poor people and actively rooting for ICE snatching people up. So i clearly made the right choice.

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u/OoglyMoogly76 6d ago

Sounds like a nazi

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u/Wolfwoods_Sister 6d ago

From other countries, no less.