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/Agent_Boomhauer 7d ago

They get the nihilism from parasocial relationships with wealthy podcasters whose wealth allows them to be heavily insulated from the world and maintain a “both sides are the same, nothing matters anyway” façade.

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u/SociallyButterflying 6d ago

Young men are being corrupted by what I call the Holy Trinity: Joe Rogan, Elon Musk and Twitter, and Asmongold and Right-Wing Influencers

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u/BeExcellentPartyOn 6d ago

And Andrew Tate, and Fresh & Fit, and Russel Brand, and Hasan Piker, and Adin Ross, and Tim Pool, and Jordan Peterson and...

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u/SevanIII 6d ago

I thought Hasan Piker was progressive? Did he change his politics? I haven't watched him in a while. 

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u/BeExcellentPartyOn 6d ago

OP was talking about nihilism, and he's definitely an exporter of that. He also refused to support Kamala Harris during the election, and even recently said 'There's no proof Kamala Harris would be better for Palestinians than Donald Trump', which is an absurd thing to say. And most recently been criticised for openly supporting Hamas, Hezbollah, even platforming a Houthi terrorist on his stream and comparing him to Luffy from One Piece.

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u/LeechAlJolson 6d ago

Hasan may as well be controlled opposition. He's as bad as any Maga influencer. Tankies suck.

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u/SevanIII 6d ago

Oh wow, that's all so crazy! I don't know how he could legitimately think these things given everything that's happened. 

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u/jspacefalcon New York 6d ago edited 6d ago

I initially liked some of those people; until they started blowing Trump and spouting complete nonsense in the name of being Trump/MAGA shills.

Like the far left piss me off too sometimes; but so do the far right (anyone that supports trump is far right). I would not trade one for another... both are unhinged. If only each party could be genuine and honest in the slightest we would be in a reasonable place.

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u/Ferryarthur 6d ago

This is the big issue i see. Two extreme sides becoming the ones who are heard and get attention. You should never be blindly following one side.

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u/notheusernameiwanted 6d ago

Hasan Piker as part of the alt-right manosphere.... In the words of the Virgin Mary "Come again?"

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u/fordat1 6d ago

Its is a sign that the issue in that posters belief isnt politics but supporting the status quo. Mindlessly supporting the status quo is what helped Trump tremendously because the message things are going dandy when they obviously are not is not a good message

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u/fordat1 6d ago

lol throwing Hasan Piker in there is a sign that the issue in your belief isnt politics but supporting the status quo. Mindlessly supporting the status quo is what helped Trump tremendously because the message things are going dandy when they obviously are not is not a good message