Summary

A Fox News host, Jessica Tarlov, highlighted Trump’s declining approval ratings, citing a new Quinnipiac poll showing 53% of voters disapprove of his second-term performance.

Trump is “underwater on everything” including economy, federal workforce management, Ukraine-Russia policy, and trade relations with Mexico and Canada.

The polling slide comes amid stock market tumbles, federal worker layoffs, and trade tensions.

Tarlov noted that Republican members of Congress are facing hostile town halls where constituents are challenging them on federal workforce cuts, including at the VA. Some Republicans have dismissed these angry constituents as “paid actors.”

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    7 hours ago

    Genuinely, though, it is hard to gauge at times which actions are:

    • Genuinely malicious plans to increase his and his cronies’ wealth
    • Confused, because Elon or Trump were in a specific mood that particular day
    • Some actor behind the scenes manipulating them by taking advantage of their impulsivity
    • The genuine incompetence of the newly appointed loyalists (or the algorithms/AI they use) within the new deep state
    • Genuinely ideologically motivated stupidity, from Libertarians that drank their own cool-aid within the administration.

    It is genuine chaos. But overall, the effects are pretty disastrous, no matter what exactly causes which actions.

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      It’s narcissism all the way down. His sole motivation for anything is ego stroking. He lacks self esteem and the ability to value himself. His self worth only exists in validation from others.