Study released a day before State of the Union address shows president has lost support among Republicans
Most US adults think Donald Trump is moving the country in the wrong direction during his second presidency, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll released the day before his State of the Union speech.
Fifty-five percent of adults feel that Trump is changing the country for the worse, a 13-point increase from around the same time of his first presidency, the survey conducted from 27 to 30 January found.
The number of people who held that view also increased four points from April.
Unsurprisingly, support for the president splits down party lines.
So he got into power without any voting. ? Am I understanding you correctly ?
So in that case I guess we don’t know very accurately how many people supported him at that point.
It would probably be speculating at best to his popularity.
It does seem though in general, initially he was fairly popular with the people and some of the other politicians.
There was a election and his party received the most votes, but it was far from what they needed to govern just by themselves. He had to find another party willing to form a coalition with to get above the required threshold. The other parties with strong results, the Left and the Social Democrats, refused to join him for obvious reasons. The Centre Party thought he could be easily controlled and saw their chance to get into government with him. They did not take him or his threats seriously.
Everything he did to seize power was completely legal, he just used the system against itself. And to circle back to the original point: While his party was popular at the time, the vast majority of people did not want them in power. As you said correctly, it’s nearly impossible to determine his actual popularity after 1933.
I was aware that he used legal maneuvering to take control. (From that video I referred to)
And then at a certain point stopped abiding by the very system laws that allowed him to get into position.
Which is very concerning. Because I think many people and many politicians are under the impression that they can keep trump in check with laws.
But he only abides by them when they suit him and disregards them when they don’t.
And those who oppose him always stay within the laws.
When we have no laws of enforcement/punishment of the executive branch, then any laws are dismissible by the executive branch when it suits them.
And there is already a long history of presidents doing this. Trump isn’t the first. Just the worst.
Our current government system is set to ultimately fail when tested in this way.
It’s playing a game where your opponent is allowed to cheat with no penalty and can even change the rules at their whim. But you are bound to the rule book.
Not impossible to still beat but nearly. And unlikely.
I agree, Trump is currently progressing much faster than Hitler did in turning the country into a dictatorship. The lack of a united opposition is concerning from an outside perspective.