BabyBoomer50s
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“President Joe Biden is now so unpopular that he has fallen a bit below even Donald Trump. Real Clear Politics average of presidential approval polls has Biden at 41% approval and 53% disapproval. Trump’s corresponding 2018 approval number edges Biden at 41.4%, with disapproval at 53.9%.”
It is a bit of a stretch to say Biden is less popular than Trump at this stage of their presidencies. The numbers are so close it’s more reasonable to say that Biden and Trump’s popularity is pretty much even. But the precipitous drop for Mr. Biden, and the seemingly endless trajectory is absolutely stunning.
I attribute it to 3 main things:
1. Incompetence. The most notable display came with the Afghanistan withdrawal, but many other examples hit the news daily. Covid, the border, terrible personnel decisions, etc.
2. Cognitive decline. Covid allowed him to minimize public appearances during the campaign. Now that he’s in office, Americans are witnessing his confusion regularly. We all cringe when he speaks.
3. Inflation. First he tried to deny it. Transitory he said. Now he’s pivoting to a cocktail of empathy and silly gimmicks like suspending the gas tax.
What are your explanations?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opin...s-popular-than-trump-hes-earned-it/ar-AAU1vgk
It is a bit of a stretch to say Biden is less popular than Trump at this stage of their presidencies. The numbers are so close it’s more reasonable to say that Biden and Trump’s popularity is pretty much even. But the precipitous drop for Mr. Biden, and the seemingly endless trajectory is absolutely stunning.
I attribute it to 3 main things:
1. Incompetence. The most notable display came with the Afghanistan withdrawal, but many other examples hit the news daily. Covid, the border, terrible personnel decisions, etc.
2. Cognitive decline. Covid allowed him to minimize public appearances during the campaign. Now that he’s in office, Americans are witnessing his confusion regularly. We all cringe when he speaks.
3. Inflation. First he tried to deny it. Transitory he said. Now he’s pivoting to a cocktail of empathy and silly gimmicks like suspending the gas tax.
What are your explanations?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opin...s-popular-than-trump-hes-earned-it/ar-AAU1vgk