Why do Trump voters have no regrets?

The poll in the cited OpEd is this one ...

New National UMass Amherst Poll Finds More than Half of Americans Disapprove of President Trump's Job Performance
www.umass.edu

... The nationwide survey of 1,000 respondents, conducted April 4-9, found that while 44% approve of the job Trump has done thus far in his second term, 51% disapprove.

"Three months into his second administration, the honeymoon might be over for President Donald Trump as a majority of Americans (51%) express disapproval of the job that he is doing," says Tatishe Nteta, provost professor of political science at UMass Amherst and director of the poll.

"While Trump enjoys majoritarian approval from his base of voters that includes Republicans (89%), conservatives (83%), Trump voters (87%) and older Americans (50%), the same cannot be said for Americans across many generational, educational, income and racial groups where Trump's approval ratings are now underwater, with more members of these groups expressing disapproval or uncertainty than approval.

With more than three years to go in Trump's second presidency, there is still time for the president to right the ship, but the challenges posed by the economy, foreign affairs and the Democratic Party will likely make this a difficult endeavor." ...

Admitting being wrong about something isn't something that low-education voters are good at.... and they make up most Trump voters.

"Why do Trump voters have no regrets?"

It's part of having no empathy.
In this case, they don't have self-empathy.

If you don't have the tools to correct yourself after a mistake, you'll go on believing you never made any mistakes.

Give it some time...not all of these fools are as stupid as waffle-boy.

They'd still wearing that gay-assed red hat when they're living under the freeway eating squirrel.

Did you idiots have "regrets" when progressives were destroying our culture and country?

Did you have regrets when Biden was being run by a shadow government because he was senile?

So there you go..

Why do Trump voters have no regrets?

It's too soon.

They still think they're winning and that Trump is going to make America great again.

Did you have regrets when Biden was being run by a shadow government because he was senile?
#7 | POSTED BY BOAZ

Like how Musk is running the country now?

It's hilarious how you ignore a real shadow government, the authors of project 2025.

@#7 ... when progressives were destroying our culture and country? ...

How so?

... Did you have regrets when Biden was being run by a shadow government ...

Evidence?

I'm sure he's talking about the insane conspiracy that Bidens presidency was Obama's third term.

BullBringer is fond of posting that. It's not that he's a QAnonsense moron who easily believes any conspiracy theories Republicans feed him. He just really has a gut feeling that Obama was running the country. Based on nothing at all.

Did you have regrets when Biden was being run by a shadow government because he was senile?
#7 | POSTED BY BOAZ

Not really. What were the bad things that happened because of that?

"Did you idiots have "regrets" when progressives were destroying our culture and country?"

I'm gonna ask you to explain to me
how your proud MAGA culture is so flimsy
that transgender lesbians with pink hair were able to destroy it.

There is inifinitely more evidence that Trump is handled by a shadow government, than that Biden was handled by a shadow government. Just as DOGE is more of a Deep State than the alleged nonexistant "Deep State" that conspiracy theorists believe exist(s/ed)

"The stock market is plunging"

It was a 10% correction - which was long overdue and there is a BIG different between Wall Street and Main Street.

"prices are rising"

Which prices? Inflation is at multi-year low and food and energy prices are decreasing. Hell, even rental prices are decreasing.

"federal workers are getting laid off"

I already bought in - stop trying to sell me

"students are being snatched off the street by immigration agents."

Students from the State Penn? I ask as the people being deported are violent gang members and wife beaters here illegally. Second, it is not 'students' - it is 'foreign students' that broke the law or were protesting their host government.

So, why are their no regrets? Maybe because he is doing EXACTLY what he said he would do. The economic fixes, like tariffs, will have medium and long-term gain but cause short-term disruptions. All adults in the room knew that going in. Maybe Dems are too used to be lied to so when politicians don't actually implement their policies, they are fine with it.

"There is inifinitely more evidence that Trump is handled by a shadow government
#14 | Posted by hamburglar"

How do you figure? Biden was so out of it that he couldn't wipe his own ass - even the top Democrat apologists admit that now. There is ZERO DOUBT Biden handled by a shadow government.

@#13 ... It was a 10% correction ...

S&P 500 close Jan 23: 6118
S&P 500 close April 8: 4994

Looks like a bit more than 10% to me.

But I don't use Republican math.

... Inflation is at multi-year low ...

Multi-year low?

So, in effect, your current alias' comment is a thank-you to fmr Pres Biden, since Pres Trump has been in office only three months?

OK, that aside, if one of the two Congressional mandates for the Fed is the mandate to control inflation, why does Pres Trump want to replace the Fed Chair?

(the other mandate in employment, and the unemployment rate is low.)

... I ask as the people being deported are violent gang members and wife beaters ...

Please explain the due process that those who were deported had access to under Pres Trump?

And I will say for the nth time, I don't have an issue with deporting those who should deported. I just have said, and will continue to say, that those being deported have due process rights.

@#13 ... It was a 10% correction ..

typo alert ...

it should have been

@#15 ... It was a 10% correction ...

@#16 ... Biden was so out of it that he couldn't wipe his own ass - even the top Democrat apologists admit that now. ...

I'd proffer that the certainty of that comment indicates there are links available.

So what's your current alias got?

"S&P 500 close April 8: 4994"

The day before the election, the Dow was 42,000 - now it is 39,000 - yeah, less than 10%.

"... Inflation is at multi-year low ..."

www.cnbc.com
The consumer price index fell a seasonally adjusted 0.1% in March, putting the 12-month inflation rate at 2.4%, down from 2.8% in February.
Excluding food and energy, so-called core inflation ran at a 2.8% annual rate, having increased 0.1% for the month. That was the lowest rate for core inflation since March 2021.

"OK, that aside, if one of the two Congressional mandates for the Fed is the mandate to control inflation, why does Pres Trump want to replace the Fed Chair?"

Because the decrease in inflation had fuck-all to do with the Fed's actions.

"Please explain the due process that those who were deported had access to under Pres Trump?"

Well, the 'Maryland Father' has MS13 gang tats, identified as a MS13 member to agents, and had 2 hearings before he was deported. His 2 wife-beating charges - I assume his dipshit wife dropped as battered women do this often.

"I don't have an issue with deporting those who should deported.
#17 | Posted by LampLighter"

Clarify - who should be deported? In your mind, if their sole crime was entering illegally, should they be deported?

@#20 ... The day before the election, the Dow was 42,000 - now it is 39,000 - yeah, less than 10%. ...

Yeah, the whimsical tariff policies of Pres Trump have been having a see-saw effect upon the DOW (not really representative of the overall market, as the DOW is selected stocks) and the S&P 500 (more representative of the overall market).

The S&P 500 entered into correction territory (a 10% decline from a peak). Then, when Pres Trump's advisors seemed to be able to convince him that the rise in bond interest rates were A Not Good. Then, and only then, did Pres Trump back away from the tariffs he had put into place. And that resulted in the markets responding accordingly.

And that response of the markets to Pres Trump putting his tail between his legs and backing away from his tariffs seems to be the basis of how "good" the markets are doing?

Pres Trump retreated from his tariff position, and the markets responded by rising.

So, your current alias seems to revel in Pres trump admitting he made a mistake?

"Clarify - who should be deported?"

Folks who were afforded due process, according to our Constitution, as made plain by Scalia.

Otherwise, who will be left to stand up for due process when YOU are the one accused?

"Yeah, the whimsical tariff policies of Pres Trump have been having a see-saw effect upon the DOW (not really representative of the overall market, as the DOW is selected stocks) and the S&P 500 (more representative of the overall market)."

Okay, S&P500 was 5,743 the day before the election and 5,312 now - a decrease of 7.5%, again less than 10%.

"And that response of the markets to Pres Trump putting his tail between his legs and backing away from his tariffs seems to be the basis of how "good" the markets are doing?
#21 | Posted by LampLighter"

It is exactly Trump's negotiating style. Give the worst case scenario and then negotiate for a middle ground. It has literally been 60 years of it and you dipshits still don't understand it.

"Folks who were afforded due process, according to our Constitution, as made plain by Scalia.
#22 | Posted by Danforth"

My question is very simple - if their only 'crime' was entering illegally, should they still be deported?

BTW, still waiting on your link to the .1% getting 50% of the Trump tax cut OR an admission you lied. You choose which you want to provide.

Since Lamp is bemoaning a market correction ... Make sure no one tells him to pull up a 5 year chart on the S&P500 and look from Dec 26th 2021 to December 23rd 2023 and ask him what the fuck that two year downward spiral was about.

@#23 ... Okay, S&P500 was 5,743 the day before the election and 5,312 now - a decrease of 7.5%, again less than 10%. ...

Only after Pres Trump put his tail between his legs and retreated did the S&P 500 bounce back.

thx for confirming my point.

... It is exactly Trump's negotiating style. ...

The negotiating style that led to six bankruptcies?

Sorry, I do not buy the "this was the plan all along" mantra, unless that means that Project 2025 was the plan all along.

@#24 ... My question is very simple - if their only 'crime' was entering illegally, should they still be deported? ...

My answer is similarly simple ...

If due process says that they should be deported, then they should be deported.

So, instead of focusing upon the alleged "crime" of those who may be here illegally, I focus upon the alleged crime of denying US residents of their due process rights.

"Only after Pres Trump put his tail between his legs and retreated did the S&P 500 bounce back."

That is only your takeaway if you are unaware of Trump's negotiating style.

"The negotiating style that led to six bankruptcies?
#26 | Posted by LampLighter"

The liberals harping on this tired talking point just goes to show that you never ran a business or understand the role CORPORATE bankruptcy plays in your legal system.

But, this topic bores me - answer this question:
"Clarify - who should be deported? In your mind, if their sole crime was entering illegally, should they be deported?
#20 | Posted by ScottS"

"Since Lamp is bemoaning a market correction
#25 | Posted by Bluewaffles"

What is the most funny is that the people whining about the market correction the most don't actually have any money invested in the market.

"If due process says that they should be deported, then they should be deported.
#27 | Posted by LampLighter"

So we are 100% crystal clear - you are fine with people being deported even if their only 'crime' is crossing the border illegally (so long as they have due process).

@#25 ... look from Dec 26th 2021 to December 23rd 2023 and ask him what the f*** that two year downward spiral was about. ...

OK... (but yahoo.com quotes only have weekly quotes for that time frame).

Dec 27, 2021: 4766
Dec 25, 2023: 4769

Try the historical data tab ;D. Also Lamp, while I respect you, don't chime in as a market expert if you aren't going to freely acknowledge beforehand that it took the Biden admin 2 years to recover in the market from crap policy decisions. That's all I'm saying.

"Dec 27, 2021: 4766
Dec 25, 2023: 4769
#31 | Posted by LampLighter"

Now do it inflation adjusted.

@#28 ... That is only your takeaway if you are unaware of Trump's negotiating style. ...

I'd proffer that I may be aware of Pres Trump's negotiating style.

I'm not a recently-onboard member of his cult.

As I have noted many times in the past, I have been in the NYC media area for decades. I have been subject to news reports and things like the NY Posts' noted Page 6 columns. Back when Pres Trump apparently used fake names to promote himself and his business dealings.

So, yeah, I may be aware of Pres Trump's negotiating style.

From a high level, to me it seems to be transactional, i.e. looking for The Deal he can boast about, with little regard for the longer term consequences of The Deal.

@#32 ... Try the historical data tab ...

Why?

What I posted seems to be appropriate for what your current alias posted, as noted by the lame reply..

What else does it got?

@#33 ... Now do it inflation adjusted. ...

Why?

What I posted seems to be appropriate for what your current alias posted, as noted by the lame reply..

What else does it got?

"looking for The Deal he can boast about, with little regard for the longer term consequences of The Deal.
#34 | Posted by LampLighter"

Link?

@#37 ...Link? ...

That is my opinion based upon the decades I have been familiar with Pres Trump. So no link. I don't publish a blog or vlog of my opinions. Your current alias has to read them here. :)

That aside, he wants The Deal. He even wrote a book about it.

But, I ask, does that deal take into account the long term effects of the deal.

Bankrupt
theassetpodcast.org

... Donald Trump's businesses failed; a lot. He bankrupted hotels, casinos, an airline and -- even an entire football league.

And when they failed Trump needed someone to bail him out. And up until the late 1990s that person was his dad.

Yet despite Trump's businesses failures, he came to personify the image of American wealth and success in the 1980s. ...

@#38 ... And up until the late 1990s that person was his dad. ...

But what about the post-1990's?

Who financed his apparent financial failures?

BaFin to Deepen Deutsche Bank Money Laundering Investigation (Feb 2019)
www.financemagnates.com

...Deutsche Bank released a statement on Friday saying that BaFin, the German financial regulator, has extended the remit of an independent auditor examining the lender's role in the Danske Bank money laundering scandal.

The case stems from an ongoing investigation into the Danish bank's Estonian division.

After a whistle-blower sounded the alarm about the activity of certain customers, most of whom were from Russia and the former Soviet Union, in late 2018, it became apparent that Danske Bank's Tallinn-based operations were doing business with some less than scrupulous individuals.

It is alleged that the bank laundered around $225 billion from 2007 to 2014. If that is the case, it would potentially be the largest instance of money laundering ever uncovered.

Deutsche Bank falls into the mix as it acted as Danske Bank's main correspondent bank. According to the Financial Times, the German bank was responsible for facilitating $180 billion in suspicious transactions....

[emphasis mine]

Deutsche Bank Offices Are Raided In Money Laundering Probe (Nov 2018)
www.npr.org

...In recent years, Deutsche Bank has been in the news not only for its prominence in the Panama Papers, but also for its ties to President Trump, in a tumultuous relationship that goes back some 20 years.

Trump and the bank once sued each other after he failed to repay a $300 million loan. And the author and reporter Luke Harding has described a "shuffle of money" between the bank's dealings with figures in Russia and its business with Trump. ...

[emphasis mine]

@#39 ... reporter Luke Harding has described a "shuffle of money" ...

That's a curious search term.

One result here was ...

OpEd: Two sides of the globe, one painful lesson: Trump is debasing America (2019)
www.nydailynews.com

... No matter how low your opinion may be of President Trump, he'll always find a way to lower it. On Wednesday, he outdid himself, breaking even the laws of physics by reaching new depths in two places at once. In Washington, Trump was revealed to be even more traitorous, venal and outright criminal than already assumed thanks to the congressional testimony of his long-time attorney and fixer Michael Cohen. Just hours later, in Hanoi, Trump was forced to walk away from his latest love-fest summit with one of the world's bloodiest dictators, North Korea's Kim Jong Un. ...