Donald Trump the Megathread part II - mod warnings in OP, Updated 18/03/25

What is leading to the fall in his approval? I don't see anything that he has done that would be a surprise.

Those numbers would suggest that those people are easily swayed, and the next bit of good news will see them flock back to support

People might indeed be beginning to lay the blame at trumps feet but I also think you would be surprised how many still probably believe the tariffs are paid by the other countries and not US consumers and therefore this is the other countries fault somehow.

Trump complaining about countries having trade deficits with the USA is like somebody maxing out their credit card and buying everything in Brown Thomas and Weirs jewelers and then complaining that Brown Thomas and Weirs are cheating them and ripping them off. All they are doing is outspending their income by maxing out the credit card.

The USA is maxing out their credit card by $2 trillion a year and Trump is blaming every other country on the planet except Russia and of course the USA for this.

Russia has linked the ruble to the war economy, and increased interest rates massively in the civic economy to compensate. In other words, they've based the ruble on their weapons based manufacturing, and not the general economy.

It's a boost right now because they're manufacturing weapons on a scale not seen since the Soviet Union, but it's not sustainable in the long run.

I wouldn’t be holding my breath on people laying the blame at trumps feet- considering the number who voted for him, believing all the rubbish he’s spouted, they’re not going to turn away that quickly - they are in general, thick as two planks - they will believe what MAGA tells them

Yeah, I think America is a lost cause. A great country in so many ways, but what made it great seems to be going or gone.

And as long as the MAGA crowd are there, it'll never be a well country again. Let's be honest, they're degenerates who's main hope is that hope for Jesus to come back to life to start wiping out people they don't like. Between fundamentalist religion, racism, greed is good, hatred of their government, cuck-level slavishness to money, a "me first" philosophy towards society and ever increasing stupidity, in their soul the MAGA crew are a fundamentally broken and hate-fuelled people.

And if that's what the majority of Americans vote for after 10 years of this nonsense, then that's what they want as the character of their nation, and there's no disguising the fact the Americans, either through devotion, support, indifference or quiet deference, are happy to have the MAGA agenda be their doctrine.

MAGA is America now. It is the mainstream, it is the driving philosophy, and the most popular one overall. MAGA isn't a fad, after more than 10 years of this carry-on, it's the true character freed from it's shackles. This what the majority of Americans are, and thus this is what America is.

And to be honest, if that's the way they're going, the further we are away from them as a society, the better. They're only going one way, and it ain't up or forward.

Some of them are too far gone though, thats the problem. Rather then realise they are stupid, ignorant a*shats, they would rather dig their heels in.

You reap what you sow, this man really thought trump had a plan and had supports in place for importing businesses?? How stupid can you be and how smart did he think Trump was? Even more then that he did not seem to admit he was wrong, rather just that people should not make fun of him for making the wrong decision??

Yes to all of the above, but there must be a good 80m or so voters who haven't been been voting for Trump since 2016 and are probably looking on horror. But as you say, the MAGA goons appear to have taken over the country and are sending it over a cliff, without much opposition either.

Look 22.2% of the population directly voted for Trump which in a winner take all election system means the rest become unrepresented

It’s a mathematical fact that half the population have below average intelligence

So it’s quite likely that most of this 22% are thick as planks and deserve all the leopard face twerking coming their way

It’s the small percentage of population that are smart and voted for Trump (tech bros, ceos) who are now looking on in horror (f**k em too)

And of course we had the “but but Trump would be better for Palestine” crowd who were incredibly enough cheering for Trump

I'm surprised people aren't warning Starmer off signing a trade deal with Trump. It sounds like potentially bad news for the UK with many alarm bells flashing.

I know Canada and Britain are facing different scenarios, but it's gotta be annoying for those in the colony to see their daddy kowtow to Trump while they are so willing to fight against it. Elbows up and all that

I wonder will our universities make a move like the French? Maybe the French universities are quicker off the mark than our own, who probably feel they have to look to the relevant Government Demartment(s) for permission to do anything.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/apr/17/nearly-300-applications-to-french-university-offer-to-take-in-us-academics

Given our common language, Irish universities should find it easier to attract top talent. Maybe joint action by European and other nations could shift a huge proportion of the USA's human capital abroad. Ultimate triumph of the Know-Nothing party.

By free speech they mean what we agree with.

It's all getting stranger and stranger.

Saw that, but what hit me the most was he said something along the lines of "When the rest of the world are starving, they'll come back to the table". He seemed to believe that all other countries were reliant on US farming exports to survive.

Looks like Trumps jackboot has the republican party representatives firmly stamped in place

“We are all afraid,” Lisa Murkowski ( Alaska Republican senator ) told Alaska nonprofit leaders on Wednesday, according to The Anchorage Daily News. “It’s quite a statement. But we are in a time and a place where I certainly have not been here before. And I’ll tell ya, I’m oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice, because retaliation is real. And that’s not right.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lisa-murkowski-donald-trump_n_6800fb8ae4b027910a15d38f

I did hear elsewhere that the retaliation is threats to representative familys and also violent threats. Trump is definitely a Mafia Don owning & turning the US into one big crime syndicate.

Im still puzzled as to why its taking so long for the US Citizen to cop onto this and do something about it. Its almost as if the vast majority of the population are in denial, believing Oh No this is NOT happening in the USA.

And another thing - I hear some talking that the midterms in 2 years or an election in 4 years will sort this out. Dont think so, i think they only have weeks, maybe a few months to deal with this, not years.