Summary
Consumer confidence has declined since Donald Trump’s return to office, with the University of Michigan reporting a drop in sentiment and rising inflation concerns.
Many Trump voters are frustrated by market turbulence and sweeping executive orders. Voter Paul Bisson fears economic instability, saying, “That’s not what we signed up for.”
Geneticist Nicholas Schuch plans to move savings to Swiss Francs, expecting ongoing chaos.
Polls indicate growing anxiety, with some supporters questioning Trump’s policies and their long-term economic impact.
I dunno if I like articles like this, because I haven’t really heard anyone really say this. I like in podunk Midwest state and folks around here are set that things are already getting better, and if they aren’t, it’s because of the last administration or because Democrats keep getting in the way.
Online, comments from articles and a certain sub reddit are all bouncing around ecstatically and shouting “WINNING” with everything that is happening. I’d like to think the mirage is fading, but I have been able to find truth of that just yet.
Lmao fuck all of them. This is exactly what they signed up for. You fucked around now find out you worthless cunts.
You wanted a circus, now clutch your pearls as the clowns riot. Democracy’s corpse twitches while you gawk at the monster you stitched from Fox propaganda and Facebook memes. “Not what we signed up for”—as if arsonists get to rage when the flames lick their own shoes. The system’s rotted, but you’d rather blame the maggots than admit you’re elbow-deep in the carcass.
Enjoy the show. Your messiah’s a carnival barker, and you’re the rubes who bought tickets to the end. No refunds.
What is some? I mean if 1% of his supporters are having second thoughts is that enough to care about. I mean we need REAL numbers not just a few people who suddenly woke up and made the news.
The reason I find it hard to sympathize with the people who voted for him is because he’s been advertising everything he’s currently doing for the past few years, and now the people who voted for him are surprised that he’s actually doing what he’d said he’d do.
He literally said he didn’t care about people and just wanted votes
Bullshit. I live in a red state. They’re not turning on him at all. You can always find a couple of people to express any view that you want to amplify and write an article pretending they’re representative of their entire group.
Exactly, go to any conservative space and they’re just happy that the “libs are getting owned.”
My Trumper dad told me that he has never seen his industry this slow before (starting in January). He has worked in this industry for over 40 years. He then goes on to say that he can’t wait for Trump to fix the mess that we are in.
WTF? He is the reason your industry is so slow. How can he not see that it started being slow once Trump came into power???
that’s really rich. chaos is the reason he got into the office in the first place, and was offering nothing but chaos for 2 years before the election.
Um, he is doing exactly what he said he would do. These people just thought being white would keep them safe.
Not even. There are even people in immigrant families that voted for him because “he’s only going to deport the bad ones” and then [surprised Pikachu] a bunch of their own family get deported
There’s stupid, and there’s zealotism, but stupid zealots are the worst
Friend of mine is Mexican living in Texas and voted for him because he thought it would help him get a job. I didn’t ask for more of an explanation but that is the kind of shit we are dealing with.
Imagine if they could imagine how the rest of us feel
Trump voters don’t care about these things. they have a completely different rhetorical frame. this article is bullshit. trump voters are liking the chaos a lot because they think its good because they think liberals are bad. all you need to do is follow the usual conservative talking heads if you want to know what they’re thinking.
I hate this clickbait feel good happy toxic optimism shit. it doesn’t do any good to anyone. this article was only written to keep leftists stupid. downvote this fake garbage.
I hate this clickbait feel good happy toxic optimism shit.
Every time I see an article like this, I go check old.shittyplace.com/r/conservative and see nothing but Trump cheerleaders. When the tide starts to change there, I’ll believe they might have gained a spark of awareness.
The media is publicizing these lies to keep people from getting the idea that they need to do something.
“Oh good his voters are turning on him” helps placate the opposition. It keeps people from wanting to do something.
no, they’re doing it because it gets you to post the article on Reddit and Lemmy, to your Facebook so you feel like youre winning the debate with your dad.
it’s pure nihilism
I am adjacent to a lot of Trump voters through my wife relating conversations from her 95% Trump voting company. Other than having to stamp out some offensive exuberance, there has been no reaction to any of it. They are just excited about the ascendency of the right and waiting for the “benefits” to percolate through society.
Despite having gay kids they support, etc. Any doubts or second thoughts they are having are not being shared. Could be the network effect of not wanting to be the first to break faith, but that could just as easily be wishful thinking.
That’s correct. they are celebrating 🥳
Until they stop admitting to voting for Trump or start outright saying, “We fucked up,” this is just nitpicking his priorities.
what you are describing is a behavior that is not ascribed to humans
Bullshit. Trump supporters have no idea what “market turbulence” means and are cheering the executive orders. This is just manipulative feel-good bullshit.
This, I keep hearing about how “Thanks to Trump common sense is being restored!”
And when I ask what they mean by “Common Sense”, they tell me the most transphobic shit I’ve ever heard in my life and give me a lecture about how it’s “time for me to stop playing dress up”
And I’m like “Dress up? I’m a fucking tomboy who happens to be a transgirl, what exactly am I dressing up as?”
I know what they mean, but pretending I don’t makes them angrier, and at this point I hope they have strokes.
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Yes you DID. YES YOU DID!
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And it’s going to be a whole fuck-ton more than just economic instability, you dumbasses.
no, assholes…this is EXACTLY what you signed up for. revel in it.
you didn’t just accept it
you fucking demanded it.
now live with it.
We signed up for Nazism! Not for our subsidies going away!
