The trump chronicles (topical thread)

[Deesse23]

Relatively few voters regret their decision in November; however, three in ten non-voters regret not turning out to vote last fall.

Nearly all Americans who voted for Kamala Harris (95%) and Donald Trump (92%) are satisfied with their decision to vote or how they voted, as well as 85% of those who voted for another candidate.

Thirty-one percent of non-voting Americans say they regret their decision not to vote, compared with 56% who say they are satisfied.

Just around four in ten Americans (43%) approve of the job that Trump is doing as president.

Roughly four in ten Americans (43%) approve of the job that Trump is doing as president, while a majority (54%) disapprove.

White Christian groups are the most likely to approve of the job that Trump is doing as president, including three in four white evangelical Protestants (76%), compared with one-third or fewer of other religious Americans.

While Trump gets slightly higher marks for his handling of immigration (48% of Americans approve), just four in ten approve of his handling of the economy (41%) and Russia’s war with Ukraine (40%).

White Christian groups are significantly more likely than Christians of color, non-Christians, and unaffiliated Americans to approve of the job that Trump is doing handling immigration, including most white evangelical Protestants (78%), Latter-day Saints (65%), white mainline/non-evangelical Protestants (64%), and white Catholics (63%).

While just four in ten Americans have favorable views of Trump, fewer view either Vice President JD Vance or presidential advisor Elon Musk favorably.

Four in ten Americans (40%) express favorable views of Trump, including 83% of Republicans, 35% of independents, and 8% of Democrats.

White Americans, men, older generations, and those who do not have a four-year degree hold significantly more favorable views of Trump than non-white Americans, women, millennials, Gen Zers, and those who are college-educated.

Roughly one-third of Americans have a favorable view of Vance (35%), compared with half of those who hold an unfavorable opinion (50%).

Most Americans (58%) view Musk unfavorably. Musk holds less favorable views among Republicans than Trump, 71% vs. 83%.

Americans are more likely to view Trump as a dangerous dictator than a strong leader restoring America’s greatness, although such views are polarized along partisan and religious lines.

A majority of Americans agree that “President Trump is a dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy” (52%), compared with 44% who agree that “President Trump is a strong leader who should be given the power he needs to restore America’s greatness.”

Most Democrats (87%) agree with the first statement, while most Republicans (81%) agree with the second statement.

Around seven in ten Christian nationalism Adherents (73%) and Sympathizers (70%) view Trump as a strong leader who should be given the power to restore America’s greatness, compared with 46% of Christian nationalism Skeptics and just 15% of Rejecters.

Among Americans who voted for Trump and regret their decision, 55% agree that Trump is a dangerous dictator; agreement that Trump is a dangerous dictator is even higher among non-voters who regret their decision not to vote (68%).

Very few Americans endorse expanding the scope of executive power, whether that includes suspending congressional elections or allowing presidents to serve more than two terms; few Americans think that presidents should be above the law.

Just 17% of Americans agree that if Trump cannot get our country out of crisis in the next year, he should postpone the 2026 midterm elections for Congress or the U.S. Constitution should be amended to allow presidents to serve more than two terms in office, although Republicans are three times as likely as Democrats to agree with the second statement (27% vs. 8%).

Nine in ten Americans (89%) agree that no elected official, including the president, should be above the law.
At the same time, two in ten Americans (20%) agree that “because things have gotten so far off track, we need a president who is willing to break some laws if that’s what it takes to save the country;” around three in ten Americans who most trust Fox News (32%) and far-right news sources (30%) agree.

https://www.prri.org/research/democracy-...in-office/

If those numbers are only remotely accurate, your country is doomed....to authoritanism.

[Thumpalumpacus]

If those numbers are only remotely accurate, your country is doomed....to authoritanism.

I don't think it's a foregone conclusion, but we're certainly in a very dangerous time for our democracy.

[SYZ]

https://www.prri.org/research/democracy-...in-office/

If those numbers are only remotely accurate, your country is doomed....to authoritarianism.

Yes. Although at the moment the US administration
is running as an oligarchy.  True democracy as the
Americans have known it for more than two centuries
is effectively dead.

Trump is now aligned with other current dictators such as
Kim Jong-un, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, or Bashar al-Assad.

[Thumpalumpacus]

[Fireball]

We are twin in our suspicions! I say that he can only fly in it if the comm and defensive gear are not installed.

[Thumpalumpacus]

We are twin in our suspicions! I say that he can only fly in it if the comm and defensive gear are not installed.

It's got something like 200 miles of wiring. You're going to run down every inch to make sure there's not enemy telemetry? Yeah, right. It doesn't matter if we don't install the comm and defensive stuff. It there's a hostile transponder aboard and it can be tracked by hostile forces on a selected frequency, it is the wrongest choice.

[Unsapien]

We are twin in our suspicions! I say that he can only fly in it if the comm and defensive gear are not installed.

It's got something like 200 miles of wiring. You're going to run down every inch to make sure there's not enemy telemetry? Yeah, right. It doesn't matter if we don't install the comm and defensive stuff. It there's a hostile transponder aboard and it can be tracked by hostile forces on a selected frequency, it is the wrongest choice.

Reminds me of way back when the tech giant Nortel sold it's main office in Ottawa to the Military, and when they went in to check for security issues they found it riddled with Chinese spy equipment. They had to gut the whole complex to get make sure they got everything out.

[SYZ]

[Phaedrus]

Saw my first Trump ad, staring Kristi Noem, regarding illegal immigrant arrests and a mobile app to turn themselves in. Crap like this is why idiots still love Trump.

[Cavebear]

Loved that! My "like" button isn't working...

[Thumpalumpacus]

Saw my first Trump ad, staring Kristi Noem, regarding illegal immigrant arrests and a mobile app to turn themselves in. Crap like this is why idiots still love Trump.

That shit's been going on for a couple of months now. Yes, it's an ad aimed at the base.

[Phaedrus]

Saw my first Trump ad, staring Kristi Noem, regarding illegal immigrant arrests and a mobile app to turn themselves in. Crap like this is why idiots still love Trump.

That shit's been going on for a couple of months now. Yes, it's an ad aimed at the base.

I typically don't see ads, because the only thing I watch is non-news streaming. Until recently, I paid for ad-free.

[Thumpalumpacus]

That shit's been going on for a couple of months now. Yes, it's an ad aimed at the base.

I typically don't see ads, because the only thing I watch is non-news streaming. Until recently, I paid for ad-free.

I take care of my mom at home and she watches TV. Trust me, it's been out there.

[Cavebear]

That shit's been going on for a couple of months now. Yes, it's an ad aimed at the base.

I typically don't see ads, because the only thing I watch is non-news streaming. Until recently, I paid for ad-free.

I watch MSNBC and CNN usually. And since they are mostly just talking heads, I usually just listen while doing househld stuff and making dinner. I am sometimes amused hearing an ad on MSNBC for conservative groups. As if I would actually pay attention to them. I learned to mentally tune out ads a long time ago...

[Thumpalumpacus]

President Trump said that he thinks former FBI Director James Comey’s Instagram photo of seashells on a beach arranged to form the numbers “8647” was a call for his assassination, saying that the Justice Department will deal with the repercussions.

The post on Thursday, which Comey has since removed, garnered significant blowback from much of Trump’s base with many understanding the numbers to be a call for violence against the 47th president.

“He knew exactly what that meant. A child knows what that meant. If you’re the FBI director and you don’t know what that meant, that meant assassination. And it says it loud and clear,” Trump said in an interview with FOX News Channel’s Bret Baier.

“Now, he wasn’t very competent, but he was competent enough to know what that meant. And he did it for a reason and he was hit so hard because people like me, they like what’s happening with our country,” He told the “Special Report” host. “Our country’s become respected again and all this. And he’s calling for the assassination of the president.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/administrat...post-8647/

"86" means "evict", not "murder", ya fuckin' snowflake.

[SYZ]

The Guardian Australia 16 May reports that "support for Trump’s
agenda has remained strong among Republicans in California.
While 68% of California voters reported they disapprove of
Trump’s performance and just 30% approve, 75% of Republicans
say they approve, according to a new Berkeley IGS poll.   The
poll also found that 69% of California Republicans think the
country is now headed in the right direction, a major shift from
last year when 93% believed it was headed in the wrong direction".

Further, last month 1,000 people took to the streets in Redding,
the Shasta county seat in northern California, to demonstrate against
the Trump administration’s policies.  This... in a redneck county?

These two facts need consideration by the GOP, maybe as a warning
of things to come?

[pattylt]

Loved that!  My "like" button isn't working...

My like button isn’t working either…frustrating!

[Cavebear]

Loved that!  My "like" button isn't working...

My like button isn’t working either…frustrating!

Apparently, it is a surprise "Forum space issue". I understand the Moderators are working on it. May they have success...

[SYZ]

Police in Slovenia are investigating the disappearance of a
bronze statue of the United States's first lady, Melania Trump,
which was sawed off at the feet and carried away from her
hometown.



The life-size sculpture near Sevnica in central Slovenia, where
Melanija Knavs was born in 1970, was unveiled in 2020 during
Donald Trump's first term in office.  It replaced a wooden statue
that had been set on fire earlier that year.

Franja Kranjc, who works at a bakery in Sevnica which sells cakes
with Ms Trump's name in support of the first lady, said the stolen
statue would not be missed.   "I think no-one was really proud of
this statue" he said.  "So I think it's OK that it's removed."

The original statue was cut from the trunk of a linden tree and
painted in a pale blue dress to mimic the clothing she wore at
Trump's 2017 presidential inauguration.

[Fireball]

Police in Slovenia are investigating the disappearance of a
bronze statue of the United States's first lady, Melania Trump,
which was sawed off at the feet and carried away from her
hometown.



The life-size sculpture near Sevnica in central Slovenia, where
Melanija Knavs was born in 1970, was unveiled in 2020 during
Donald Trump's first term in office.  It replaced a wooden statue
that had been set on fire earlier that year.

Franja Kranjc, who works at a bakery in Sevnica which sells cakes
with Ms Trump's name in support of the first lady, said the stolen
statue would not be missed.   "I think no-one was really proud of
this statue" he said.  "So I think it's OK that it's removed."

The original statue was cut from the trunk of a linden tree and
painted in a pale blue dress to mimic the clothing she wore at
Trump's 2017 presidential inauguration.

 That's some serious mockery, right there- that wood thing.