Trump is sinking.

[babylonsister]

Robert Reich
33 mins ·


Trump is sinking. Less than five weeks into his presidency, he has an approval rating of 38 percent and a disapproval rating of 55 percent. His approval is 4 points lower than just two weeks ago, and his disapproval rating has climbed steadily from 44 percent days after he took office to 51 percent on Feb. 7 and 55 percent Wednesday.

“President Donald Trump’s popularity is sinking like a rock,” said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac poll. “He gets slammed on honesty, empathy, level-headedness and the ability to unite. And two of his strong points, leadership and intelligence, are sinking to new lows. This is a terrible survey one month in.”

The majority of Americans have common sense, even if 38 percent of them are living in Trumpland.

What do you think?

[putitinD]

1. maybe he ran into an iceburg.

[trof]

20. Trumptanic?

[ElementaryPenguin]

73. LOL!!

[BlueStater]

2. "And two of his strong points, leadership and intelligence,"

The fuck?

[leftstreet]

3. His followers believed it

[Wounded Bear]

11. That graphic is fucking amazing....

[heaven05]

31. so true, 100%

[liberalla]

39. yep! that's one to share, and i know just who should see it... thank you very much!

[yardwork]

41. That is so true!!!

[LittleGirl]

54. copied and saved that graphic

That is HITTING THE SPOT!

[bigbrother05]

64. Remember, "I'm like a smart guy"

Like a smart guy is not the same as BEING a smart guy. He's like a smart guy that has a middle school vocabulary (generous) that ends up repeating phrases with minimal content to make a point in case you missed the first 2 times.

Okay, maybe not such a smart guy, but wink wink, avoiding taxes makes him a smart guy, right?

Or maybe that word doesn't mean what he thinks it means?

[DK504]

70. He knows words, he has the best words...he's a highly educated guy

that loves the poorly educated.

[jmowreader]

74. He's been exposed to excellent educational opportunities

None of which took.

[world wide wally]

67. That is not the face of a sane man

[Raster]

5. Seriously... what the fuck are they smoking?

[SeattleVet]

45. I think they are using something much stronger...

The places where it is legal to smoke the good stuff didn't vote for the guy!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

47. Meth and hillbilly heroin

[Raster]

61. you got that right... used to live in FedWay...now in AZ...

...we just voted DOWN recreational use...fucking rethuglicans.

[gratuitous]

6. Relatively speaking

I'm not sure how his intelligence is measured by people who rate it highly, but there's no question that there is a segment of our population that is totally infatuated with President Trump's "leadership" style, even if his bellicose mouth writes fat checks his anemic administrative skills can't cash. Big talkers can always find an audience. For a while.

[Cryptoad]

38. Nah,,, they wont fret none,,,,,

just drag Ole Hillary out and flog her a wee bit and those numbers will jump right back up!

[Denzil_DC]

13. I think that's known as grading on a scale. n/t

[uponit7771]

30. Talked to my LIV minipoot friend... There making excuses already

[Skittles]

57. he is a bully and a moron

not everyone falls for Donald Fucking Trump's bullshit

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Watch out below!

What is scary is,you just know this sucker is going to create some type of incident to return focus to himself.

[SammyWinstonJack]

21. And most are expecting him to do just that. I doubt it will have the effect he thinks.

[JI7]

7. one has to be a real fucKing dumbass if they thought intelligence was one of his strong points

[northoftheborder]

8. O'donnell's show last night...

Psychiatrists on ---- very enlightening

[triron]

22. saw that

said it was their duty to call out the danger of Trump in the WH.

[Rorey]

9. 45 is even sinking in Fox and Rasmussen polls

[zentrum]

10. I think they're

...going to have or frame a "terrorist" attack of some sort as soon as they can arrange it. By arrange, I mean either ignore signals of one being planned or actually black flagg one. Bannon/Breitbart nationalists are capable of anything.

Fear usually makes people be docile if they think it will make them safer.

[Chakaconcarne]

15. Them the terrorists would have been

Emboldened by trump and he would have failed to protect us.

[zentrum]

28. Completely.

Commentators I hear and read say that Rump has made us monumentally more unsafe because he has so insulted Muslims.

And Bannon sees history in terms of a clash of civilizations, Christian West vs. Islamic East.

They are trying to stir up an attack, IMO, while defanging the CIA and NSA that might detect one in time.

[Volaris]

36. Black flag operations are executed by experienced intelligence professionals

Trumps voters are none of the 3. For that kind of op, you need people smart enough to not only pull it off, but keep their mouths shut after the fact. With the professional intelligence community seemingly against trusting this administration, it might be possible for Bannon to try, but i dont think it would hold up for long.
JM2C

[Scarsdale]

62. Oh, dear God

Would YOU take comfort from this Agent Orange, if there was an attack? He would be first to hide, with his prize Ivanka. The rest of the family would be on their own. He is a coward. No guts, no glory. Blowhard.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

12. "The majority of Americans have common sense"

Hah!

I strongly believe that, if that were true, that majority would have shown up at the polls and we wouldn't be in this clusterf**ked shit pile.

[Cosmocat]

23. Dumbasses

Would be the majority.

Why we are here, and it's going to be a TOUGH row to get past it.

[calimary]

33. Be aware of that meme "common sense."

It's often a dog whistle on the other side, often used to describe some stupid-ass or discriminatory or mean-spirited or short-sighted new legislation that the proponents hope you won't read up on, because you just heard them use the phrase "common sense."

Whenever you hear CONS describing something as "common sense," let that trigger a big flashing red light in the back of your brain.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

75. Whatever I hear the thugs saying

I almost always have to assume the opposite is true.

[calimary]

81. Yep. Pretty much that's what you have to do.

Assume they're trying to roll you.

I'm noticing that here. We've got local elections next month. There's a guy running against Eric Garcetti for L.A. mayor. Nowhere on his campaign literature OR his website does it make clear whether he's a Dem or a CON. I called the campaign number and got voicemail. It MATTERS to me. And I said so in the message I left.

So with no other information to clarify things, I'm forced to assume that the other guy (name is Mitchell Schwartz) is a CON. I noticed that awhile ago with various campaigns and campaign literature. Maybe because this is a blue state and L.A. is true blue, seems there are what I call "stealth candidates" whose literature and website and sloganeering talks about all these great wonderful and harmless-sounding things. But they don't identify what party they're from. And since they don't, I automatically assume they're trying to pull something over on the unsuspecting. CON-JOB ALERT!

I WILL NOT VOTE GOP. Not now, not next month, not next year, not four years from now, NOT EVER.

[Ligyron]

69. I think enough did show up at the polls.

Whether they got to vote or had their vote counted correctly is another matter altogether

We was robbed ...

[tenorly]

14. True - but his congresscritters will defend him no matter what.

Worse still, we have no real choice. Ousting Cheeto and having him replaced with Sir Fetus Funeral would only mean going from bad to worse.

[calimary]

35. I like that one! "Sir Fetus Funeral"!

I've never seen or heard anyone that insufferably sanctimonious in my entire life. Utterly nauseating! Even Ted Cruz isn't quite that bad.

[tenorly]

42. Bush loyalist; John Bircher; member of the pro-theocracy C Street Family; all-around asshole

As you know, many seem to think to think he'd be an improvement over Trump; but no one should be fooled by his Church Deacon act. That freak's straight out of the Spanish Inquisition.

[calimary]

46. He would DEFINITELY not be an improvement over trump.

Not by a long shot!

In some ways he's worse. Wolf in whiter-than-white sheep's clothing, hellbent on imposing Christian Sharia Law on the whole country, now that he's had some experience with it in Indiana. I suspect he's developed quite a taste for it from his hapless governor days.

[tenorly]

52. It's amazing how many people can't see that - when just a cursory glance at Pence's bio should do.

A lot of people just assume that since he's polite and has political experience, that automatically makes him "reasonable."

That's exactly what the Italian Royal family said of Mussolini when they decided to back him - and as you know, his insanity ended up destroying them (and of course much of Italy).

If anything Pence is even worse, since Mussolini was at the very least not a fundamentalist Bible thumper and actually believed in public health and public works.

The trains not running on time would be the least of our worries if that freak Pence takes over.

[BannonsLiver]

50. We'll see how that goes a year from now as 2018 creeps ever closer

I'd bet a finger some tunes will be a changing. They have 24 reps who have to defend seats in districts Clinton won.

[SkyDaddy7]

56. "Sir Fetus Funeral"

That is AWESOME!!! Thank-you so much I was in need of laugh & you provided it!!

[tenorly]

68. Has a nice ring to it - in an Addams Family sort of way.

We laugh to keep from crying, right?

[SkyDaddy7]

84. Exactly!!

[BigDemVoter]

16. I just think it's so sad that Pussy Grabber isn't "appreciated" more!

[bucolic_frolic]

17. They had to ask about intelligence?

seriously?

[Cha]

18. trump is sinking himself.

I fervently hope it turns into Dems @ midterm!

[BobTheSubgenius]

19. I think these numbers are way better than they should be.

WAY better
!

[Stonepounder]

24. Unfortunately, nothing will happen until the GOP asshats in Congress

see their numbers sinking. Till then, they are happy as clams with Trump.

[BumRushDaShow]

25. Their numbers have always been at the bottom

It was 19% (approval) when they were sworn in - http://www.gallup.com/poll/201974/congress-job-approval-start-new-session.aspx

Nothing will happen until we find Democrats to run against them and vote them out of office!

[Stonepounder]

26. Well check out Rachael from yesterday.

Dems wanting to run for Congress are everywhere. Districts and States where Dems haven't run a serious candidate in years, or where they lost a seat in the last election suddenly have qualified candidates eager to run. One Dem official said "Its raining candidates". Lets keep up the momentum!!

[BumRushDaShow]

29. Yup, that's what I heard

and I am ecstatic!

[Kilgore]

27. I dont think he cares.

[Beartracks]

32. Will there be a refugee crisis in Trumpland?

America's borders are always open to immigrants from Trumpland.

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[mountain grammy]

34. He should never be above 30.

those are the fools who voted for him.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

37. If only I had a brain

[0rganism]

40. this is actually very dangerous

at some point in this first year of minority preznit Trump, he's going to get antsy about those ratings
when that happens, he's going to start stirring shit up, and he has a very big stick
i fully expect something big and ugly to happen to a blue city in a blue state
once it does, we will go to war and the population will fall in line behind Twitler.

"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country." - Hermann Goering, 1946

last November, we proved beyond a shadow of a doubt we are not better at democracy than the Germans of the 1930s.

[LiberalLovinLug]

44. Yes I fear the same

Some false flag 'terrorist attack' coming soon.

Unfortunately this seems to always work. I think Bush had pretty dismal numbers as well for a new President eight months in. Then 9/11 happened. (No I'm not saying it was a false flag) But next thing you know he is at 90% and has the world behind him. Those numbers imply that most Democrats also were supportive and trusting of Bush right after as well. I find that hard to believe (I sure wasn't) but it proves it works. That means that there will even be some on this board, of the more authoritarian bent, that will also 'stand behind our President'.

[calimary]

48. Yep. That's what I fear, too.

And that's how it played out. Overnight, dubya went from floundering to flying high.

[BannonsLiver]

51. Disagree

There are already lots of questions about Trump's readiness to be president, his attention to detail and his management by chaos style which lends itself to getting caught with your pants down. His toxic relationship with the intelligence community is broadly understood by everyone but the deplorables who are irrelevant to this discussion.

There were few if any of those same questions and criticisms of W before 9-11 went down. And moreover, Puddles would absolutely fuck up any political gain he might enjoy by simply not even being able to project the image that he could actually lead in a crisis. There wouldn't be a Trump on a pile of rubble with a bullhorn moment like W had simply because he doesn't have the political talent to pull that off with anyone but his most devoted brown shirts. And he might get his coat dirty.

Sure there would be unity calls in the beginning, but then the questions would start getting asked. At that point Trump is fucked.

[wildeyed]

43. By continuing to campaign, he is hardening his core supporters

but ALSO hardening his opposition. Look at the townhalls. They are NUTS. Trump built that. Everyone is already exhausted and confused by his shenanigans. Conservatives usually dislike change and Trump serves up HEAPS of that everyday.

[zehnkatzen]

49. When even Quinnipiac looks bad for a Republican ...

... that's the surest sign of bad news I can think of.

[MFM008]

53. as long as there is one poll

saying hes in the 50s he will latch on like the parasite he is.

[trusty elf]

55. ......

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[nocalflea]

58. My version of hell

is hearing Trumper after Trumper, in interview after interview saying what a great job he is doing & "you people need to show him respect".
Respect is earned , dumbf....s.And Trump hasn't earned a damn thing.
(and to think my previous version of hell was listening to Kelley-Anne Conjob -every spin lie she's ever uttered-on a loop)

[Kentonio]

59. Oh dear..

“He gets slammed on honesty, empathy, level-headedness and the ability to unite."

I genuinely read that as 'the ability to urinate'.

[lunatica]

82. Golden rain?

[Buckeyeblue]

60. And he hasn't done anything positive

He has struggled just to put together (and keep) a cabinet. His first major policy decision was about keeping the wrong people out of the country, caused massive protests, was quickly shut down by the courts. His second decision targets transgendered children/students.

He is into it up to his eyeballs with a Russian scandal that could potentially serve to be his undoing.

He's just sort of toxic to listen to.

Where are the jobs? He has done nothing to put his base back to work. Nothing.

Even if the scandals get buried by the repugs in congress, this is the making of a very weak president.

And each day that he gets weaker, gives the dems in the senate even more reason to filibuster.

[JustAnotherGen]

63. How do we get that 38%

To stop talking. Seriously - I'm done with these brain washed idiots who put us in this position.

[raven mad]

65. 38% of WHAT????? Oh, that's right - he's going to nuke education as well..........

Trumpland - I had dubbed it sTrumpingrad!

[rpannier]

66. One of his supporters wrote in facebook

that the reason why people fon't like him is because Trump is the adult in the room making the tough decisions.

[ailsagirl]

71. Man, talk about delusions!!!

MASS COGNITIVE DISSONANCE

[Kolesar]

72. Obama had numbers this low, but Fatso is on a steep slope to oblivion

And what's wrong? We are near full employment. No "war", ok, ignore Afghanistan. People have healthcare if they want it.

One big story and the gops in Congress will grease him.

[meadowlark5]

76. That is about where I would expect his approval rating to be 35-38%

You will always have a constant of deplorables no matter what. They just exist in the population. When he was in the 40s that's where I was confused. That just seemed like too many "normal" people approving of what he was doing.

Now, if this approval rating drops even lower, then you're getting to the deplorables and that would spell doom. Unlikely, though.

[niyad]

78. the fact that this misogynistic, racist, xenophobic, homophobic, ignorant, hate-mongering,

delusional, narcissistic, war-mongering, constitution-hating self-admitted sexual pervert and predator has a thirty eight per cent approval rating makes me sick. over one-third of the country finds him acceptable.

[Nevernose]

79. Wishful Thinking

Even if he quit today, we'd have the same small cabal of right wing lunatics running things. We can forget about impeachment, too. Not just because of Pence, but now Rs are living out their craziest tea party fantasies, but any political heat falls on Trump, who is mostly irrelevant.

I'm focused on local activism and influencing as many of my local politicians as possible. Efficiency, primarily

[yorkie77]

80. I have chosen my nickname for him: ID

Short for idiot, and also representing that he cannot control himself in any way. No conscience, no nothing.
From Wikipedia:
Id[edit]
The id (Latin for "it",[4] German: Es)[5] is the disorganized part of the personality structure that contains a human's basic, instinctual drives. Id is the only component of personality that is present from birth.[6] It is the source of our bodily needs, wants, desires, and impulses, particularly our sexual and aggressive drives. The id contains the libido, which is the primary source of instinctual force that is unresponsive to the demands of reality.[7] The id acts according to the "pleasure principle"—the psychic force that motivates the tendency to seek immediate gratification of any impulse[8]—defined as seeking to avoid pain or unpleasure (not 'displeasure') aroused by increases in instinctual tension.[9] According to Freud the id is unconscious by definition:

It is the dark, inaccessible part of our personality, what little we know of it we have learned from our study of the dreamwork and of course the construction of neurotic symptoms, and most of that is of a negative character and can be described only as a contrast to the ego. We approach the id with analogies: we call it a chaos, a cauldron full of seething excitations. ... It is filled with energy reaching it from the instincts, but it has no organization, produces no collective will, but only a striving to bring about the satisfaction of the instinctual needs subject to the observance of the pleasure principle.[10]

In the id:

…contrary impulses exist side by side, without cancelling each other out. ... There is nothing in the id that could be compared with negation ... nothing in the id which corresponds to the idea of time.[11]

Developmentally, the id precedes the ego; i.e., the psychic apparatus begins, at birth, as an undifferentiated id, part of which then develops into a structured ego. Thus, the id:

…contains everything that is inherited, that is present at birth, is laid down in the constitution—above all, therefore, the instincts, which originate from the somatic organization, and which find a first psychical expression here (in the id) in forms unknown to us.[12]

The mind of a newborn child is regarded as completely "id-ridden", in the sense that it is a mass of instinctive drives and impulses, and needs immediate satisfaction.

The id "knows no judgements of value: no good and evil, no morality. ... Instinctual cathexes seeking discharge—that, in our view, is all there is in the id."[13] It is regarded as "the great reservoir of libido",[14] the instinctive drive to create—the life instincts that are crucial to pleasurable survival. Alongside the life instincts came the death instincts—the death drive which Freud articulated relatively late in his career in "the hypothesis of a death instinct, the task of which is to lead organic life back into the inanimate state."[15] For Freud, "the death instinct would thus seem to express itself—though probably only in part—as an instinct of destruction directed against the external world and other organisms"[16] through aggression. Freud considered that "the id, the whole person ... originally includes all the instinctual impulses ... the destructive instinct as well",[17] as eros or the life instincts.

[Dopers_Greed]

83. I wouldn't expect anything less from the popular vote loser

The Failing Donald

[struggle4progress]

85. Fare thee well