Dare ObasanjoFeb 9, 2025

Trump’s approval rating is 53% in a new CBS poll. There is positive approval of sending troops to the border, handling of Israel-Hamas conflict, tariffs against China and DOGE.

A good reminder for me in my liberal echo chamber.

The only significant negative is he hasn’t talked much about bringing down prices.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-approval-opinion-poll-2025-2-9/#

CBS News poll — Trump has positive approval amid "energetic" opening weeks; seen as doing what he promised

Trump's deportation plans are popular, but Americans say there's not enough focus on lowering prices.

Show threadDare Obasanjo

Looking more broadly at Project 538’s aggregation of approval polls, it’s quite clear Trump is more popular right now than at anytime in the past few years.

Contrary to the vibes on Bluesky, many people are happy with his changes.

Feb 9, 2025 at 3:03pmWeb
Show threadhallvorsFeb 9, 2025
@carnage4life action looks like strength, I suppose 😕
Show threadRichFeb 9, 2025
@carnage4life In the past 15 years I've learned that at least half of US citizens would enjoy taking part in feeding the other half to lions in an arena.
Show threadphiltor 🇺🇦🌻Feb 9, 2025
@rlmcneary2 @carnage4life I think it's like a third of them would feed another third to the lions while the final third just doesn't care either way.
Show threadCedar Fen Farm Cedar Fen FarmFeb 9, 2025

@carnage4life

MSM is making sure

Show threadxgermanFeb 9, 2025
@carnage4life most illiberal democracies know who their supporters are, e. g. they didn’t touch social security but hammered universities. I expect them to even increase benefits to their supporters at the expense of others thus ensuring support…
Show threadKelly StannardFeb 9, 2025
@carnage4life people sometimes don’t comprehend that others can dislike someone for the opposite reason they do. I could see my dad believing Trump wasn’t extreme enough last term for example.
Show threadTafadzwaFeb 9, 2025
@carnage4life I'm from Zimbabwe, and a guy I know always says 'The America of Trump is the real America'
Show threadLouis IngenthronFeb 9, 2025

@carnage4life Huh, just saw another poll yesterday that said more than 50% of Americans (including >30% of Republicans) think we're in a constitutional crisis.

So, I guess we underestimated how many Americans want to just tear the constitution up and use it as confetti.