President Donald Trump’s approval rating dropped to 36%, its lowest level since his return to the White House, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Despite Trump’s declining overall popularity, 38% of registered voters polled said Republicans had better stewardship of the U.S. economy, compared to 34% of voters who picked Democrats on the topic.
The GOP would have to basically destroy the world economy before the average US voter even started to think Democrats could do a slightly better job with the US economy.
The gas price increases are what will doom Trump.
It’s where the consequences will finally hit his base and anyone who could possibly wake up will start to wake up. The more times they have to pay too high of gas prices the more wake up moments they will have.
Add to this the existing schism on the right with America first vs MAGA there are real angry racists over there that can peel MAGA out to their side. That’s not necessarily good, but the MAGA coalition is currently on a ticking clock towards total collapse.
What happens post Trump isn’t going to be all flowers and happy times, but it looks right now that the Trump plane is in a nose dive. Maybe they have time to pull up right now, but will they? Anybody’s guess.
I’m going to say its “energy prices in general” that will sink him. Gasoline is certainly one of the biggest ones. However, Americans are being squeezed on energy prices in all areas. This winter just ending has been pretty cold and natural gas prices have been higher. Electricity prices too with the double whammy of increased demand from data centers and the decline in supply. Supply is not keeping up because of trump’s war on commercial solar and wind generation, and pissing off our wonderful neighbors to the north that have abundant electricity from hydropower for export.
Worse, consumers, hit with high home and car energy prices, will seek substitutions. Home PV solar and EVs are pretty good solutions to this. Then consumers will see that trump canceled PV solar and EV tax credits in his signature BBB.
In June we’ll see the next auction rates for electricity generation. I think its going to be even worse than the last auction rates. With climate change increasing heat during the summers, we’re going have months of eye-popping electricity bills at the retail level right as the November elections are getting underway.
Gas prices are special because they’re plastered all over roadways, which is important for cognition if you struggle with object permanence.
I think for the subset of people who are left still on the Trump train, this is actually a material consideration.
Back when adults were running things, the children were slapping Biden “I did that” stickers on the pumps at gas stations when the prices weren’t even nearly as bad as they are now.
They’re so stupid, it’s not longer a comedy; it now has become a tragedy. Their stupidity has now doomed most of the world, not just their own country. Selfish imbred fucking hillbillies.
It sucks that it takes gas prices. But I’d rather have someone do the right thing for the wrong reason than not at all.