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Foreman22 posted...

Its honestly actually higher. Do you think the media going to show anything positive towards him? Media wants the power to be a Kingmaker. Add to the fact that many have caught onto the Medias extreme bias and they simply tell the media what they want to hear. Exit polls prove this.

"The polls are wrong! These other polls say so!"

Judgmenl posted...

I ask everyone in this thread a simple question:
Do you think the president is trying to do what is best for the country?

Based on the strictest wording of your question, no.

I think for some of his stuff - like the tariffs - he's trying to do what he thinks is best for the country, but that's not the same as doing what's *actually* best for the country and most of the experts readily admit that 90+% of his ideas are bad (not even a little bit bad either - like disastrously, "Holy fuck, why would you ever say that out loud?" bad). Other stuff, like the tax cuts, he genuinely doesn't give a shit and is just doing what's best for himself (either to personally enrich himself or to maximize his popularity among his base).

Thanks to Trump, America is burning its bridges and turning inwards at one of the worst possible times both for it and the country as a whole. China, with their "One Belt, One Road" policy is fighting hard to expand their influence and carve out a hegemony, which it is partially doing by filling the void left by waning US influence, especially in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. Putin has grand visions of a neo-Soviet dynasty - his country lacks the resources to pull it off, but clearly he's not averse to mayhem. Hell, US and Ukranian observers have noticed suspicious Russian military movements over the last few weeks and are concerned about potential attacks or operations in the lead-up to the Ukranian elections (Putin is hoping the current pro-EU, pro-West prime minister is ousted and appears to be ratcheting up tensions to try and make him appear weak). Hell, they still haven't released the ships or sailors they detained a few weeks back. But is Trump doing anything to support a US ally in the region or stand up to Russian aggression? Of course not, he's too busy worrying about some dumb-fuck piece of concrete that won't even solve the problems he's trying to fix.

Meanwhile, the rest of the western world is rapidly realizing that the US elected a clown to be their head of state and that America can no longer be counted on as a steady, reliable ally. I mean, holy shit, look at these numbers (poll of various countries on how much confidence they have in the president of the US to "do the right thing" when it comes to world affairs) and what happened to them between 2016 and 2017

http://www.pewglobal.org/database/indicator/6/survey/all/

America is losing its influence and that may be the most lasting damage for the country in the long run. The US has enjoyed nearly 30 years as the world's only real superpower, with all the advantages that conferred, and that era is now almost unarguably coming to an end. Admittedly, that trend predates Trump, but he has exacerbated it by treating allies like thieves or fools and dictators like celebrities.
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