They are going to totally gaslight Americans in the 2026 election and not respond to affordability questions:

[applegrove]

MAGA’s Theory of Trump’s Dismal Approval Ratings

January 9, 2026 at 10:49 am EST By Taegan Goddard 96 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/01/09/magas-theory-of-trumps-dismal-approval-ratings/

The Dispatch: “The political result of Trump’s full populism in his second term appears to be largely the same as the political results of his first term: a president with an underwater approval rating and a drubbing in the off-year elections that portends a blue wave in the midterm elections.”

“So how exactly do congressional Republicans answer Trump’s question about why he and Republicans aren’t more popular in the mind of the public? Some Republicans contend the problem is simply one of messaging, while others claim the party needs to be even more populist. While polling shows Trump and the GOP faring poorly on the economy and affordability, few elected Republicans are willing to argue that Trump’s tariffs—at their highest level since the 1930s—are a source of the GOP’s political woes.”

“The core tenet of today’s Republican Party is that Trump cannot fail; he can only be failed. And according to Missouri GOP Sen. Josh Hawley, congressional Republicans have failed Trump by not fully implementing a populist agenda.”

[2naSalit]

1. It seems like...

The gang of pedophiles is living 'Animal Farm' while the rest of us are living '1984'.

[applegrove]

2. I never read or watched 1984. Animal Farm Cartoon I saw as a teen.

It was so awful.

[2naSalit]

4. I saw the cartoon...

Of Animal Farm I have yet to read 1984. I've heard so much about it all my life, now I don't think I need to since we're living it, I have first hand knowledge.

[applegrove]

5. Yup. Once you live with evil in your life, you don't forget.

I learnt all about it at 30 and onwards. I came from people who were very good eggs. It was horrible, shocking and very painful.

[maxsolomon]

3. There is no answer to "Affordability".

There are no laws policy or tools in America that could address it. Prices go one way: up.

Whether they go up slowly or quickly, politicians, especially idiot Repuke politicians, have no control over. The Feds managed to bring down pandemic inflation which was GLOBAL, but it hurt the economy, and it took Biden's entire presidency.