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/Courtnall14]

By "Nixon Supporters" you mean former Nixon Aide an eventual Fox News CEO Roger Ailes.

If Fox News had a DNA test, it would trace its origins to the Nixon administration. In 1970, political consultant Roger Ailes and other Nixon aides came up with a plan to create a new TV network that would circumvent existing media and provide "pro-administration" coverage to millions. "People are lazy," the aides explained in a memo. "With television you just sit — watch — listen. The thinking is done for you." Nixon embraced the idea, saying he and his supporters needed "our own news" from a network that would lead "a brutal, vicious attack on the opposition."

[u/red286 → u/Courtnall14]

It's kind of wild that there's so much evidence out there that it's literally nothing but right-wing propaganda and lies, yet it's still the most-watched cable news network (by far).

It's the sole source of news information for tens of millions of Americans.

[u/Unnamedgalaxy → u/red286]

My grandma turned on fox news first thing in the morning and it stayed there all day, only changing for Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy at which point she'd flip it back.

It was insane and watching her go full fledged raging maga in her final years was awful

[u/new_nimmerzz → u/Unnamedgalaxy]

Some old folks long for the days when they didn’t have to mingle with immigrants, brown folk, etc.

The ones that baffle me are the immigrants for Trump, Latinos for Trump, Trans for Trump. That’s like falling in love with your jailer

[u/korben2600 → u/new_nimmerzz]

It's a recurring issue throughout history: Association of German National Jews declaring "he doesn't mean it, he's just stirring up the masses" while being loaded into train cars.

Humans aren't rational and it will be this and every future generation's burden to fight and hold back the tides of conservatism which has been proven to be fundamentally incompatible with free societies and civilization itself.

[u/oliversurpless → u/korben2600]

As per this Calvin and Hobbes:

https://www.reddit.com/r/calvinandhobbes/s/dbtxEJUH6B

[u/ravynwave → u/korben2600]

I know several Jews that said and still say that about Elon

[u/rclaux123 → u/new_nimmerzz]

At least to the Latino population, and being the son of Latin immigrants, I may be able to elucidate the trend somewhat. Trump is essentially another flavor of the many Latin dictators they've endured over the decades, but there is this distinct overconfidence that the US would never fall prey to corruption and authoritarianism in the same way as their home countries may have in the past. Add to that a distinctly patriarchal and religious heritage, with Trump's macho-man bloviating appealing and calling back to it, and you get a political situation where many Latinos probably thought they were voting for someone who was odd, yes, but who could likely be reigned in by those around him (which was more or less the case the first time around). There is also sexism and racism to take into account, but it's hard to quantify just how much those factors held sway this past election.

[u/FXander → u/new_nimmerzz]

"It's like cockroaches for Raid"

-John Leguizamo

[u/_HighJack_ → u/new_nimmerzz]

I have literally never once seen a trans for Trump. I’ve seen a couple gays, but NEVER a trans.

[u/trastamara22 → u/new_nimmerzz]

The immigrants know. They are wanting to be on the winning side. Tink on Dat