OK, look...I can't be the only one here who thinks a 39% approval rating for Trump is WAY TOO EFFING HIGH, right?

[Miles Archer]

MSNBC adopted a tone for this that is WAY out of step with reality....saying "Trump's arrogance may have finally caught up with him, OOOOOH! He's at 39%," and I'm thinking LOOK at what he's doing, LOOK at Russell Vought's WET DREAM COME TRUE (making it MUCH tougher for Americans to receive Social Security Disability benefits), LOOK at SNAP collapsing, LOOK at 24 MILLION Americans potentially having their healthcare premiums double and triple...

...and a 39$ approval rating for Trump is supposed to be some kind of "comeuppance?"

The article's here: https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-poll-approval-new-low-arrogance-alternative-reality-rcna240799

MSNBC calls the number "horrific," and so do I, but my rationale is that the adudicated rapist / convicted felon should be in SINGLE DIGITS by now.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. Same here.

[JBTaurus83]

2. I agree

He is much worse than Bush II and Bush II left with an abysmal rating. The party doesn’t even speak about him anymore. Sadly, I think the only thing that moves the needle is when people are hit hard economically. Also, Bush II didn’t have a cult like Cankles does.

[Ocelot II]

3. MAGA is a cult, not a political movement. It's very difficult to deprogram cult members

because they are so emotionally and psychologically invested in their membership in the cult and in their belief in the cult leader. Jim Jones got hundreds of people to kill themselves even after he had been abusing cult members for years (the only real difference between Jim Jones and Trump is that Trump would charge for the Kool-Aid). No matter what kind of heinous misdeeds Trump commits, there will be some percentage of Americans who will support him - either because they don't believe he did those things ("fake news," of course), or because they think it's just fine that he did them because reasons. And there's also the principle of sunk costs - once you've invested heavily in something, financially or otherwise, you're very reluctant to admit you were scammed and walk away from it. People don't like to admit they were wrong, and especially that they were wrong about something they were completely committed to. So although the cult will lose some people at the margins, the hard core, ultimately maybe 30%, will never budge.

[CrispyQ]

9. My husband called it the biggest cult the world has seen.

It would be interesting to know how history will report this era. Not kindly, I'd imagine.

Trump would charge for the Koolaid.

[gab13by13]

4. Same here,

I don't like polls in general, there was one that had him at 29%, maybe it was legit?

[BOSSHOG]

5. Boggles my mind

A significant number of Americans are happy with his performance? Insanity. Obviously it’s so easy to hurt and hate. For anyone’s convenience a political party is all set to welcome you with open arms if you spend you days hating and hurting and being willfully ignorant.

[CrispyQ]

6. He has always hovered around 37-39%. I'm not sure he's ever gone under 35%. ???

The other thing you have to remember is his supporters share a common trait with him, they'll never admit they were wrong or made a mistake. Admitting you were duped is even harder to do. Let's see what his numbers are after Christmas. Maybe enough of the fool's gold will have flaked off by then.

[Prairie Gates]

7. I really don't understand the point of these "it's still too high" posts, I have to say

[BannonsLiver]

12. I find them to be pretty annoying and inane.

It’s basically call and response at this point. Like a why did the chicken cross the road joke.

[Miles Archer]

13. Maybe not clicking on them and making a comment that doesn't contribute to the conversation would be one optoion

I don't know, that's just me.

See, I scroll along, and I see threads that are not "my kind of threads" and so I just don't click on them, and go to the conversations where I feel I might have something of value to say.

Then again, going there to tell the author I'm not into what they wrote would be another option, but that's just not who I am.

Have a nice day, and thanks so much for sharing.

[Prairie Gates]

14. Oh, I think I am contributing to the conversation

[Trailrider1951]

8. Like my rent, it's too damn HIGH!

But I know the reason for that elevated number is the f-ing propaganda spewed by the so-called news organizations in this country. Hell, even PBS Newshour (the only news I watch) has republican boot lickers on to spew the latest talking points from Vought, Vance, Johnson and the rest of the Project 2025 shitweasels.

[Deuxcents]

10. They're in charge of the numbers game and never been good at it. I, for one, don't believe any of it

[videohead5]

11. Trump brainwashes people

If you talk to MAGA they are usually full of conspiracies and make no sense.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Somewhat Too High

But, I think the floor is the 25% who will support anything he does.
So, 60% disapproval is 60 out of 75, or 80% of the rest.

[sinkingfeeling]

16. It should be 18%