Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Most Americans See Trump as 'dangerous dictator'

A majority of Americans say President Trump is a "dangerous dictator" who poses a threat to democracy and believe he's overstepped his authority by actions such as the mass firing of federal employees, a new survey says.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Pardoning insurrectionists. Starting a global trade war. Disappearing dissidents. Every day since Jan. 20 has felt like a maelstrom. Here are 15 ways President Trump has permanently reshaped America, according to Times Opinion columnists.

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-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) April 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM

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'A majority of Americans say President Trump is a "dangerous dictator" '

Then a majority of Americans are still sane.

By the way...Go Canada!

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-29 09:43 AM

Congratulations, Republicans.

You Built That.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-29 09:45 AM

Don't worry, he'll put those pollsters in jail soon enough and then the problem will go away.

#3 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2025-04-29 10:59 AM

Fat Donnie Traitor is a demented fool.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-04-29 11:16 AM

Don't forget all the pieces of garbage in his cabinet. And the Heritage Foundation

#5 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-04-29 11:29 AM

"But I didn't vote for this."

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-29 11:48 AM

Most Trumpers see him as the dangerous dictator they want... to own ALL the libs!

And everyone else, too. Especially themselves, as they want Big Daddy to Spank them, and they want it now!

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2025-04-29 01:04 PM

I see a fat, orange, narcissistic, demented old man. Controlled by billionaires.

#8 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-04-29 04:42 PM

With the DNC sitting at a measly 21% approval rating, I can see you clowns are angry..

Oh and BTW, for $25 dollars you can live stream Kamala's comeback party.

www.dailymail.co.uk

#9 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-29 05:16 PM

#9 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Trump himself is down to 39% and his tariffs haven't even hit yet.

People are speculating in true wonderment how the man will spin that tariffs are making us rich when everyone can see how they make them, personally, poorer.

Trump is not here to answer that but you are. Give us a preview. At his point no fairy-tale you create will really shock me.

#10 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-29 05:29 PM

Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1.bsky.social
WSJ: The S&P 500 just ended the day with its biggest loss in the first 100 days of a new presidential term since Nixon's in 1973.

D.C.
@dcmcb.bsky.social

Trump isn't the worst president in U.S. history because he's mean or "ruthless." He's the worst because he's the dumbest. He's the least intelligent, least qualified person to ever occupy the oval office. The bullying and false bravado is to cover up for the stupidity.

#11 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2025-04-29 05:52 PM

He's also one of the most arrogant presidents.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-29 05:56 PM

Hmm:

Julian Sanchez
@normative.bsky.social
I see the already historically unpopular president is exploring how to get the military invovled in "assisting" local law enforcement just a few weeks before the real shortages caused by his inept economic policy start hitting. Probably nothing to worry about.

In all seriousness, we're in that weird liminal Wile E. Coyote"over-the-chasm moment where a lot of serious, completely self-inflicted pain is effectively inevitable but isn't fully being felt yet. There's going to be protest and unrest. And he is setting the stage to crack down hard.

#13 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2025-04-29 06:05 PM

Trump: I run the country and the world'
thehill.com

... "The first time, I had two things to do " run the country and survive; I had all these crooked guys," Trump said in the interview published Monday. "And the second time, I run the country and the world."

Trump has taken broad executive action on a range of issues since returning to office in January, with his moves on immigration and trade drawing the most attention and producing intense pushback in courts and among global leaders, respectively.

On trade, Trump sparked backlash globally by announcing tariffs on most countries, including top U.S. trading partners, though he has paused some of the country-specific levies until July. The rollercoaster action on trade has rattled global markets and raised economic anxiety.

Relationships with longtime American allies have also seen strain with rhetoric around acquiring Greenland and of Canada becoming part of the U.S. Meanwhile, Trump has focused much of his first few months in office on trying to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

While speaking with The Atlantic, the president also commented on the possibility of a third bid for the White House, something he has previously flirted with but which GOP lawmakers have largely dismissed as joking. ...


#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-29 06:17 PM

"I run the country and the world."

Batsh-- crazy, with all that implies.

I once predicted that Trump would claim to perform actual miracles.

I stick by that prediction.

#15 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-29 06:27 PM

how the man will spin that tariffs are making us rich when everyone can see how they make them, personally, poorer.

Tell me, how is tariffs bad for us but ok for EVERY other nation in the world against us?

If tariffs are so bad, why do other nations have them against us?

And please, leave out the poor country --------. No real country has been poor since WWII.

#16 | Posted by boaz at 2025-04-29 06:33 PM

" I once predicted that Trump would claim to perform actual miracles."

Well, he lost 9-0 at the Supreme Court, then claimed he won 9-0.

It's a miracle!

#17 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-04-29 06:35 PM

how is tariffs bad for us

#16 | POSTED BY BOAZ

I don't have to tell you anything. You're in the very process of finding out.

Think of it as a high school science project that is likely to fail and blow your home to pieces.

#18 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-29 06:37 PM

No real country has been poor since WWII.

#16 | POSTED BY BOAZ

Somalia is famous for its wealth.

#19 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-29 06:41 PM

#19,

But they didnt have a big part in WWII either..

#20 | Posted by boaz at 2025-04-29 06:43 PM

#18,

If that were the case, other countries would be having problems with their tariffs against us. It must not be because most of them have had tariffs in place against the U.S. for decades.

#21 | Posted by boaz at 2025-04-29 06:44 PM

So if it's good for them, why isn't it good for us?

#22 | Posted by boaz at 2025-04-29 06:44 PM

"how is tariffs bad for us"

The same way higher taxes on virtually everything would be bad for us. Tariffs are taxes.

If you used to buy X, made in China for $100, it'll now cost $235, after a 145% tariff instead of a 10% tariff.

China won't be paying the tariff, YOU will.

Now ... will you be buying more, or less? And would that price hike be "bad" for you?

#23 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-04-29 06:45 PM

Are the countries who have tariffs engaged on us paying a higher price now?

#24 | Posted by boaz at 2025-04-29 06:59 PM

Another question,

If a country has a tariff on our goods going into their nation, does it benefit us?

#25 | Posted by boaz at 2025-04-29 07:02 PM

how the man will spin that tariffs are making us rich when everyone can see how they make them, personally, poorer.

The light truck division of every American automobile manufacturer would like a word.

The issue with a tariff is we really don't know how they are going to play out. You might be poorer you might be richer we just don't know.

But Trump making all these carve outs for large companies is certainly not going to change the equation for the better.

Tariffs to work requires short term pain, for long term gain.

#26 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-04-29 07:15 PM

Trump: I run the country and the world'

The Democrats certainly ------ up.

#27 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-04-29 07:16 PM

"Tell me, how is tariffs bad for us but ok for EVERY other nation in the world against us?"

Well, basically, what Trump is trying to do is to blackmail the entire world with tariffs.
He did say, we wouldn't have to pay income taxes any more, because of all the money from tariffs.

But the other countries don't want to pay your taxes, little Boaz.
So what's actually happening is they are all conspiring and colluding to make Trump's plan to rip off all our trading partners, hurt us more than it hurts them. By working out deals that we don't get to be part of.

Can you follow along with me so far, or do I need to get bigger crayons?

#28 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-29 07:16 PM

oooooooo nooooooooooooo

a dangerous dictator...
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

and hitler......oooooooo

and a nazi,....AARRRGGGGGGGGG

and a fascist....SQUAAAWKKK.

"you people" remind me of a parody of a famous novel.

--Gullible's Travels.

or as I call you.....raving lunatics.

well....looks like that's a wrap for me.

and just like most days.....thanks for the barrel of laughs..

-30-

#29 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-04-29 07:17 PM

"So if it's good for them, why isn't it good for us?"

It's bad for everyone.
It's bad for them.
It's worse for us.

Blink twice if you noticed the price of gold has doubled in five years, around the time it became pretty evident Trump might become President again.

#30 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-29 07:18 PM

The Democrats certainly ------ up.

#27 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Americans are the ones who screwed the pooch.

The Democrats offered a perfectly acceptable alternative.

Americans choose otherwise.

And now you are finding out.

Gratz.

#31 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-29 07:20 PM

BUT I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT.....I AM NOW ON TEAM AOC AND NOT
BECAUSE SHE COULD POKE MY EYE OUT WITH A HUG...I wish.

We should listen to this mounting presidential candidate
she wouldn't change her opinion just because Joe "aint potus no mo...........would she ???

--"AOC Urges Biden Administration to Ignore Court Ruling "

And in same utube a biden official tells us that the judge
overstepped his bounds.

www.youtube.com

if you miss this...don't worry....if she's a candidate this will be wall to wall 24/7 all over the country.

#32 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-04-29 07:23 PM

#31 | Posted by donnerboy a

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
thanks donner....you sent me off to cook supper with a
huge laugh.
you actually called the illiterate ---- an acceptable alternative.

-30-...unless one of you comes up with another knee slapping joke
like that.

#33 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-04-29 07:28 PM

Americans are the ones who screwed the pooch.

The Democrats offered a perfectly acceptable alternative.

#31 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-29 07:20 PM | Reply | Flag

LMAO!

Herein lies the problem as to why the DNC is polling at 21%

#34 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-29 08:30 PM

"Herein lies the problem as to why the DNC is polling at 21%"

I'm asking you to be more specific.

Is the problem that the Democrats don't understand how a Woman, offering a perfectly acceptable alternative, is completely unacceptable to seventy million voters?

#35 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-29 08:56 PM

oooooooo nooooooooooooo
a dangerous dictator...
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
and hitler......oooooooo
and a nazi,....AARRRGGGGGGGGG
and a fascist....SQUAAAWKKK.
[...]
#29 | Posted by shrimptacodan

Laying to rest the pressing question of the true identity of the ChiliGordo sockpuppet. drudge.com

#36 | Posted by censored at 2025-04-29 09:15 PM

All joking aside, the one thing I have noticed over the years about rightwingers (and the further right the truer it gets), is that they have no sense of the need for BALANCE. Be it policy, philosophy, economics, social/racial issues, etc. Right-wingers believe it is their way or the highway, and alternative views be damned.

The most glaring example currently is Trump and MAGAs totally unbalanced (and unmeasured) approach to the economy. In their eyes (as set forth by their orange messiah) one size chainsaw, in this case TARIFFS, fits all... While completing ignoring the fact that the global economy is a finely balanced and lubricated machine. (Although I know the word "global" is a dirty word to right-wingers.) The global economy is designed so that everyone, most definitely the USA, is able to get everything they require at somewhat reasonable prices. Because MAGAs suspect "unfairness" in certain of the policies needed to maintain the balance, they prefer to just tear the whole thing down and declare victory, while also declaring the rest of the world will regret not falling in line. In this case, never mind the fact that a progressive tariff system that is currently weighted against the USA is needed to keep the rest of the complicated economic machinery running smoothly. To maintain BALANCE.

MAGA is just so ------- ridiculous and disconnected from reality. In this case, economic reality. If you doubt me, just HONESTLY look at what is happening all around us since Trump initiated his poorly thought out global tariff assault. It has been just one fiasco after another affecting pretty much every sector of the world economy. Smarter people than I have tried to explain this to MAGAts on this site. To no avail. The truth is, most of them really are too stupid to understand the need for such balance.

#37 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-04-29 09:23 PM

I'm asking you to be more specific.

Is the problem that the Democrats don't understand how a Woman, offering a perfectly acceptable alternative, is completely unacceptable to seventy million voters?

#35 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-29 08:56 PM | Reply | Flag:

You're asking me to be specific when you can't define what a woman is?

#38 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-29 09:56 PM

Why are you asking me to define what a woman is?

Why would I have a say in it?

Who gets to decide what a woman is, does a person get to decide for themselves or does the State get to tell us that we are men or women?

You think The State gets to decide.

That's because you prefer fascism to freedoms when freedoms turn gross, like blacks and whites making mud babies.

#39 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-29 10:03 PM

Oh the lies the media will tell...

#40 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-04-29 10:19 PM

But the other countries don't want to pay your taxes, little Boaz.

Then why should I want to pay them?

Well, basically, what Trump is trying to do is to blackmail the entire world with tariffs.

So, by EVERY other nation on earth putting tariffs on US, were we being blackmailed by them?

Why is it only blackmail when we do it?

#41 | Posted by boaz at 2025-04-30 07:05 AM

Why are you asking me to define what a woman is?

Why would I have a say in it?

You don't. It's already been decided millions of years ago. Penis (Male), Vagina (Female).

#42 | Posted by boaz at 2025-04-30 07:07 AM

Cultures "millions of years ago" were not focused so intently on people's body parts. Many still aren't today.

And we're so advanced we haven't managed to translate those particular body parts into English names that aren't treated as derogatory insults. Like arm or waist or ... toe.

Who decided it millions of years ago, Boaz?

#43 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-04-30 07:28 AM

For somebody who is so concerned about transgenderism, Boaz knows pathetically nothing about transgenderism

#44 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-04-30 07:33 AM

"Herein lies the problem as to why the DNC is polling at 21%"

Since you are so into poll numbers have you figured out why Trumpy's polling @ 39%, the lowest approval of any president in 70 years in the (2nd) 1st 100 days?

#45 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-30 10:35 AM

You're asking me to be specific when you can't define what a woman is?

#38 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Completely off topic ... but, seriously ... what do YOU call someone whose chromosomal sex is inconsistent with their phenotypic sex, or in which the phenotype is not classifiable as either male or female?

Or are you (and bozo) claiming that this human condition does not exist in nature?

#46 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-30 10:58 AM

But the other countries don't want to pay your taxes, little Boaz.
Then why should I want to pay them?
#41 | Posted by boaz

Good point.
Stop paying your taxes.
You're a big strong Alpha Male!

#47 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-30 11:00 AM

#9 | Posted by lfthndthrds

This stupid sack of s*&^ is sitting in the middle of a collapse and this is what his brain ------ out...

via GIPHY

#48 | Posted by jpw at 2025-04-30 11:10 AM

Boaz.

My understanding of tariffs are as follows.

Tariffs are placed on good imported into America in order to give American manufacturers and producers a leg up in the market.

So, let's say car manufacturers. Japanese cars imported into America have tariffs placed on them, making them more expensive for the consumer, which in turn helps American car manufacturers sell more vehicles.

The problem is, manufacturing in other countries and importing to America, even with tariffs, is still cheaper for the consumer than buying American made goods.

Over time, America stopped manufacturing and now we rely on imports. We've become dependent on imported products.

Trump's plan to increase tariffs in order to help America reduce its dependence on foreign imports is half baked.

What needs to first happen is to breath life into manufacturing in America once again, and the only way to do that is to heavily subsidize it. Like California has done for Tesla. Then, once these companies are able to provide and compete in the marketplace, you place tariffs on the imported competitors.

Placing tariffs on imports before providing an alternative serves no purpose and is what's causing everything to become more expensive for Americans.

#49 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-30 03:58 PM

"Then why should I want to pay them?"

You don't. Nor should you want to.

Tariffs are taxes. Trump just instigated the largest tax increase in your lifetime. And if you want the product, you'll have to pay the extra tax on it.

#50 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-04-30 04:10 PM

Clownshack's #48 is well reasoned. Tariffs can be useful if America CAN replace the products for a close price. But blanket tariffs, making purchases more expensive for the sake of making them more expensive, is moronic.

To me, it's obvious this chaos is merely to rock the markets, and cash in via futures and leveraged bets...

...when you're the one controlling the markets themselves.

#51 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-04-30 04:18 PM

#51

I really do believe Trump was announcing, and then cancelling, massive tariffs in order to manipulate the stock market for personal gain.

As usual for the shortsighted buffoon, the fallout wasn't expected and complications with China has definitely become a bigger problem for him than he expected.

#52 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-30 04:25 PM

"I really do believe Trump was announcing, and then cancelling, massive tariffs in order to manipulate the stock market for personal gain."

You can tell because on at least two occasions, Trump made announcements meant to spike the markets and they didn't. The first time, he was FURIOUS the markets didn't respond to Chapter 11 of "they're on, they're off".

And recently, Trump's head exploded when the Fed Chair came out warning about reality AFTER Trump had said something to spur the markets. The numbers, which had inched into green after Trump's announcement, turned in to a red freefall.

No doubt leveraged bets had been made, and now lost.

#53 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-04-30 04:37 PM

Most Democrats hate men and masculinity and freedom.

Their first choice is effeminate men and masculine women. They want men that protect no one and women who hate all men. Sad but true as Democrats are the true threat and never a legacy asset that represents order and masculinity. Simply stated Democrats are pretenders and dividers and people that weaken and fracture us based on sex organs.

#54 | Posted by Robson at 2025-04-30 06:01 PM

Most Democrats hate men

What?

We love men.

Naked and parading in the streets.

Have you seen the average Republican male?

They're one double cheeseburger and a Diet Coke away from having a heart attack.

#55 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-30 06:22 PM

Simply stated Democrats are pretenders and dividers and people that weaken and fracture us based on sex organs.

#54 | POSTED BY ROBSON

How many men, women, and children do you think were raped during that Holocaust you deny?

#56 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-30 06:49 PM

#54

Oh ---- off, clown.

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