Donald Trump's disapproval rating among Americans is skyrocketing.

[stevenleser]

Donald Trump's disapproval rating among Americans is skyrocketing.

Trump's 55% disapproval level in Gallup polling already equals the worst of Obama's Presidency which occurred in Nov 2014. Trump's net -15% approval (55% disapproval vs 40% approval) is worse than Obama ever had. Obama's worst was -12% in Nov 2014 https://goo.gl/csfj4U

[NastyRiffraff]

1. Must be rigged

gotta be.

[Cha]

6. Hi Riff.. I have an anecdote below of some real life experience

with this..

[NastyRiffraff]

10. Heya Cha. Yeah, I love how Dump's voters

are now acting all surprised and upset because he is doing exactly what he said he'd do but they weren't paying attention. then there are those who are angry because he isn't going far enough with his promises (the wall, not allowing ANY Muslims into the country).

They're a confused, angry bunch.

[Cha]

11. It's so sickening.. we have him under russian & FBI rigged and American

false pretenses..

We got a big fat fake who is out to destroy the world.

[Kimchijeon]

40. "oh but give him a chance"

LOL yeah right

What a shock, he is an incompetent narcissistic nincompoop surrounded by equally inept and corrupt sycophants.

Wow, didn't see that coming! We thought he was gonna "shock us all and change the system!"

[Ms. Toad]

23. Their current line -

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is that Trump is failing, not becuase he is incompetent, but that because his staff and the Republican party, have failed him. They didn't properly explain how government works, didn't explain what he was signing, etc. I've heard it from enough sources that I'm pretty sure that's the save-face line du jour.

Case in point:

Ruddy went on to detail his critique of White House chief of staff Reince Priebus: “It’s my view that Reince is the problem. I think on paper Reince looked good as the chief of staff — and Donald trusted him — but it’s pretty clear the guy is in way over his head. He’s not knowledgeable of how federal agencies work, how the communications operations work. He botched this whole immigration rollout. This should’ve been a win for Donald, not two or three weeks of negative publicity.”.......................

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/12/trump-friend-says-priebus-is-in-way-over-his-head/?utm_term=.192963178a99

[NastyRiffraff]

32. What complete bullshit!

People HAVE tried to explain details to him; he's not interested. He yawned through intelligence briefings as president elect when he bothered to attend them, and there's no indication that he has any interest in what the intelligence community has to say TO THIS DAY. Or anyone else, for that matter. He's very clearly uninterested in government or governing, except on HIS terms.

Ruddy may be right about Priebus; I'm certainly not a fan, and it's very possible that he doesn't have the guts to try to explain things to someone who ignores everything that contradicts the voices in his head.

I know it's their current line, because they're still trying to deal with a maniac and they just don't know how.

[Ms. Toad]

33. My point is more that all of the Trump fans outside of the White House

seem to have settled on the explanation that Trump is still the best thing since sliced bread - but the folks around him are just massive failures.

I've seen that general commentary on three separate issues from at least three relatively independent sources.

[lastlib]

24. Fake News.......

--yawwwnnn--

[Cha]

2. Good.. it should reflect the incredibly, horrendous

fuck up he's doing.

I was at a store the other day and heard these two women talking about him.. one I knew had voted for him. The other one said.. ".. trump is pissing everyone off.." and the trump voter did not disagree.

She was mad about the Dakota Pipeline. More evidence of people not knowing wtf they were getting.

Thank you, Steven

[LisaL]

5. How did they not know what they were getting?

It's not like he was hiding his intentions.

[Cha]

9. I know it's mind boggling, LisaL..

When I heard her talking before the election about him.. she was saying.. at least he's not as bad as Hillary.

There was mass brainwashing going on. And you're right he did show us who he was but I've seen reports of so many who didn't think he was serious or they're just low information voters and only heard soundbites they related to.

[diane in sf]

35. Because they get their info from fake news

[Alice11111]

39. Unfortunately, true

[rug]

3. The undecideds are deciding.

[LisaL]

4. A day late and a dollar short.

[rug]

7. They sobered up and rolled over.

[StevieM]

8. This may be OT but let's not forget that the reason Obama's negatives spiked in November 2014 was

because of Ebola.

The GOP fear mongered and race-baited their way to victory on Election Day. ]

[Ligyron]

13. Yeah, remember the huge threat of Ebola back then?

OMG, we were all going to DIE!

The public is so unbelieveably stupid that now we have a Russian plant in the WH who appointed Putin's buddy Tills to Sec of State so he could OK any oil deals Exxon wants. He'll get those santions lifted in no time.

Meanwhile Bannon and Alex Dugin plot the end of liberalism and the threat America poses to them in that regard.

[DownriverDem]

12. Any regrets?

How many folks in that poll actually voted for trump?

[tclambert]

14. What's the all-time record? I bet Trump can break it.

Maybe Nixon right before he resigned in disgrace? 66% disapproval vs. 24% approval on 8/5/74 according to Gallup polls.

[IrishEyes]

21. Maybe he can finally be the best at something. Being hated.

I hope Trump's disapproval ratings beat Nixon's disapproval ratings.

[Locutusofborg]

28. Harry Truman

22% approval in February, 1952.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/116677/presidential-approval-ratings-gallup-historical-statistics-trends.aspx

[tclambert]

31. Thank you for that information.

Still rooting for Trump to break the record. C'mon, Donald, you can do it.

[ProfessorGAC]

42. Aooles And Oranges

The polling methodology was nothing close to today as the number of people who could be reached for opinion was far less representative. Whole swatch of the country, and predominantly rural and black, did not have a phone, did not live near a town with a major metro paper, and were completely left out the sample set. It is not reasonable to go back beyond the early 70's to compare polling data.

[ismnotwasm]

15. Good.

[smirkymonkey]

16. Still way too high, I say.

Should be hovering in the 20's. Then my faith will be restored in the American people.

[ailsagirl]

19. WA-A-A-AY too high

[Jim Beard]

34. Too high for me too but then I know some of his voters.

[rpannier]

17. Fake News! False Flag! Black Ops!

Chem Trails!
Weather Machine!
Global Warming!

Which conspiracy theories am I missing?

[snort]

25. Fema camps!

[montana_hazeleyes]

18. I know I've been a broken record about what I've been saying, but,

I believe more than anything most of his supporters were in a racist frenzy and were blinded and uninterested in anything but his hateful things he said over and over he was going to do to people of color. Every group he demonized were non white.

And that is not just uneducated people. There are people from all walks of life who voted for him. Racism runs deep all over this country.

And of course, there are the wealthy who benefit.

Now, some of his cult members are finding out he is raining his sh!t on all. Not just "those " people.

[eppur_se_muova]

29. Well ... he did demonize women too.

Maybe they thought he didn't mean white women, but he did.

[montana_hazeleyes]

30. Yep. He sure did.

And I do think sexism played a big part in this also.

But, In my opinion racism was what started the ball rolling. And many of these racist women do think it's different for them. And many of them will follow along with their menfolk no matter what.

I'm not speaking badly about most white women. I'm a white woman myself and love all the women and men who are resisting this horror.

[Alice11111]

41. Agree with the racist frenzy, but liberals, NYT, and many

other groups, regardless of race, including whites, were used to work his ignorant bigoted followers into a frenzy.
Add the Comey factor, Russian factor, fake news (a woman I know told me she had proof Hillary had murdered 22 people), religious discrimination, Hillary Haters whose hate runs deep back through 30 years, voter suppression, and many other factors, and if just 10 factors shaved off 1/2 point, in the right places, Repubs win.

[titaniumsalute]

20. Holy shit 55% to 40%

You know who is already looking hard at this?? The Republican Senators up for re-election and the entire Republican House. Oh probably also some Republican Governors.

[stevenleser]

36. Yep, this level already is complete poison to them and it's going to get worse.

It's very early but I think 2018 will be good for us.

[SunSeeker]

22. K & R

[guillaumeb]

26. Fake news. So sad.

And that is how it will be dismissed by Trump and his supporters.

[demigoddess]

27. what happens when it reaches 100%?

or really close to it. Yes, it can happen.

[matt819]

37. What remains horrifying

are those 45% who think he's just fine. What must life be like when you're so oblivious to the world around you?

[Alice11111]

43. Agree. He could still shoot someone on 5th Ave, and his

Ignorant bigoted followers will believe that everthing that is happening is proof that the liberal and MS media are out to get him. The turning point may come, if it does, when the house and Senate members fear election reprisals. As long as their base is his fired up base, they will support him. Otherwise, if some of these things can get into the court system, there may be hope. Also, he continues to add to the list of people he offends. However, then, like Ted Cruz, they come groveling back, if they are afraid of reelection concerns.

[usedtobedemgurl]

38. Bet it is not just with Americans! nt