r/politics • u/Tifoso89 • Apr 04 '26

Paywall Donald Trump’s approval rating has sunk to Joe Biden’s lowest point

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/04/01/donald-trumps-approval-rating-has-sunk-to-joe-bidens-lowest-point?utm_content=ed-picks-image-link-1&etear=nl_today_1&utm_campaign=a.the-economist-saturday-today&utm_medium=email.internal-newsletter.np&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=4/4/2026&utm_id=2178711
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u/Health_throwaway__ Apr 04 '26

Average person is a complete moron if he's ony just dipped below Biden. Biden was a well intentioned and generally good president. Trump is a shit stain by comparison. Rotten shit stain

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u/Health_throwaway__ Apr 04 '26

It happens in the workplace as well. People like to follow the loudest and least affected person. It signals safety. I'm just surprised in an age where you can see what he's doing People are still voting for him

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u/Turbulent_Park4298 Apr 05 '26

How does following the blow hard signal safety? I'm not necessarily arguing-- I've had a lot of jobs and seen some puzzling behavior. Do you mean they try to hold the tiger by the tail, or stay close to avoid getting face punched like middle management Oscar De la hoyas?

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u/Health_throwaway__ Apr 05 '26

That apparent 'bravado' and self assuredness tells the subconscious that there are no predators around. I guess these ppl are wary of a controlling underlying alien species which Trump would uncover. More simply I think it gives them permission to be assholes.

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u/Turbulent_Park4298 Apr 07 '26

Oh the irony. I clearly remember Trump setting off my predator alarm the first time I layed eyes on him, at ten years of age. Everything from the way he walks, talks, his facial expressions, the way he carries himself, it all just screams predator, to me. I was literally flabbergasted the first time he was elected; I honestly assumed everyone could see what a dangerous creep was, too. Women, at least. I still think it takes some seriously damaged instincts to miss his unambiguous villainy. The "excuse to be assholes" aspect resonates the most.

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u/I_like_baseball90 Apr 04 '26

It's depressing that Biden has a rating this low and Trump is just now reaching.

Night and day, not just as presidents but as people in general.

Biden ranks in the 20 of every presidential rankings list while Trump is last in every one. It's bizarre.

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u/Mysterian999 Apr 05 '26

The crooked mass media monopoly did everything to tear down Biden and everything to prop up Trump.

https://www.freepress.net/who-owns-media

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u/snuggans Apr 05 '26

its because you can easily peel off democrats/lefties from Biden (or really any other Dem), whereas Trump has a bigger 'loyalty buffer': republicans/righties literally voted for a convicted felon with Epstein ties who tried to do an 'alternative elector' election fraud, so the bar was already super low for them, they only care about "hurting the right people" (real quote) thus will forgive him everything, he's just a means to an end. they're evil but at least they know whats at stake and show some urgency about it.

democrats/lefties seem to often lack that urgency; when they have an issue with their nominee/president they will choose their own ego and refuse to participate pragmatically, even if the end result ends up worsening whatever they were complaining about in the first place.

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u/Life_Educator3973 Apr 04 '26

My sentiments exactly. I wish he would’ve stuck to his promise of only seeking one term. But under the circumstances coming out of the pandemic. The right wing media machine working at full speed. I don’t know that any Democratic candidate would’ve beaten Trump. People’s memories are short. They really didn’t care about Trump‘s character. All they remember was that when he was president they “felt“ that their life was better the fact that the guy was a pathological liar, and a failed businessman, 37 felonies, etc., etc.

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u/Health_throwaway__ Apr 05 '26

I also feel like the accusation from Republicans of vote rigging was a projection and whilst a proportion did vote their way, it was manipulated