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Boo1

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5. Not very useful

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 08:29 PM

21 hrs ago

I'd rather they just give approval/disapproval. Better/same/worse is really dependent on your starting point, which we don't know.

How many of the "about what I expected" expected that he's be terrible? How many of the "better than expected" thought we'd all be in a dystopian hellscape by now?

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28% of 1,709 U.S. adults in Yahoo/YouGov poll say Trump has been a better president than they expected. USA! USA! 28%! [View all] Miles Archer 21 hrs ago OP

May God have mercy on our souls. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #1

28 percent is not great Johonny 21 hrs ago #2

I have a brother in law who is one of those 28% kimbutgar 21 hrs ago #3

We haven't been annihilated in a nuclear holocaust Turbineguy 21 hrs ago #4

Not very useful Boo1 21 hrs ago #5

28% diehard magats all voting for the Magic R, Emile 21 hrs ago #6

Slightly more than 1 in every four Americans mn9driver 21 hrs ago #7

This won't make that any better, but... Miles Archer 20 hrs ago #9

Not surprising. That is inline with just about anyone's floor.... regardless of how bad they are. FascismIsDeath 21 hrs ago #8

49% is not more than twice as many as 28% fargone 18 hrs ago #10

Translatiuon: 83% say Trump is an even bigger asshole than they expected, but only 34% are happy about it, struggle4progress 18 hrs ago #11

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