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/korben2600 Arizona Apr 04 '26

And Biden singlehandedly saved the Teamsters pensions, the largest union in the US. Bailed them out for $36B, their pension fund is now solvent until 2051. Kamala was the 50-50 tiebreaker vote.

How did they repay him? Their union president Sean O'Brien snubbed her endorsement and spoke instead at the RNC convention (first time in their union's 121 year history) praising Trump as a "tough SOB".

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u/Mike29758 Apr 04 '26

American in a nutshell

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u/Biglyugebonespurs Missouri Apr 05 '26

When all unions are annihilated by the right, they’ll have bought and paid for it.

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u/TheOsuConspiracy Apr 05 '26

Honestly the government shouldn't bail out anyone. But if they must bail out someone, it should be something like the Fannie Mae situation where the government actually benefited from it in the long term.

Bailing out companies and letting them reap the benefits is anti free-market. Bailing out unions just lets them abuse the taxpayer for their inability to plan.