American Optimism Crashes to All-Time Low Under Trump
The percentage of U.S. adults who anticipate high-quality lives in five years declined to 59.2% in 2025, the lowest level since measurement began nearly two decades ago.
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American optimism about the future has sunk to its lowest point in nearly two decades under President Trump, according to damning new polling.[image or embed] -- The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) Feb 10, 2026 at 9:18 AM
American optimism about the future has sunk to its lowest point in nearly two decades under President Trump, according to damning new polling.[image or embed]
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#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-10 10:23 AM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1
The country and the world can expect nothing from Trump. Nothing, because he has already given us nothing in abundance.
#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-10 10:48 AM | Reply
He never gives anything, he just takes
#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-10 10:56 AM | Reply
2026 America = 1986 U.S.F.L.
#4 | Posted by pumpkinhead at 2026-02-10 11:01 AM | Reply
#4
He bled both of them dry.
#5 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-10 12:10 PM | Reply
Americans had already been at 24 or 27 on the Global Happiness Index (GHI).
Thanks to Dummkopf Trumpf we will come in dead last, like the movie Melanoma.
The top five happiest people in the world are in Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Israel.
Link: worldpopulationreview.com
#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-10 02:09 PM | Reply
It will go up when Trump... isn't President any more.
#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-10 11:48 PM | Reply
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