Never ever forget.
The cruelty IS THE POINT.
The Trump Voters Who Like What They See
“Even if they don’t agree with everything he’s doing, he’s doing something.”
By Elaine Godfrey
Earlier this month, after it became clear that the Trump administration would not be facilitating the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from a Salvadoran megaprison, I texted a close childhood friend. He’d voted for Donald Trump in each of the past three presidential elections, and I asked for his evaluation. “Trump might be taking it too far,” my friend replied. “But then again,” he added, “he’s a man of action and we wanted change.”
Someday in the future, historians might well point to April 2025 as the first sign of an enduring erosion in Trump’s popular support. In just the first week of this month, America witnessed another mass expulsion of federal workers, in this case from several health agencies, followed by a tariff rollout that sent 401(k)s plunging like a Six Flags log flume. Even with stocks partially rebounding, feedback from riders has not been great for the president: Poll after poll has registered a drop in overall support for Trump, with many voters citing economic uncertainty. Trump’s numbers on immigration, long a strength of his, are also beginning to slip. Another recent survey suggests that Trump has the lowest approval rating of any newly elected president in at least 70 years.
But even as Trump’s critics cheer the apparent change of heart among some of his supporters, they face an inconvenient reality: Many of his voters are jubilant. For these happy millions, the first 100 days of Trump’s second presidency have been a procession of fulfilled campaign promises—and have brought the country not to the precipice of economic ruin or democratic collapse, but to a golden age of greatness. They see Trump as ushering in a new era of action, according to my conversations with several Trump supporters and pollsters in recent days.
Imagine seeing someone destroy the World’s best economy in 100 days, and point to that, and say, ‘ Yep, that’s what doing a good job looks like.’
Lips so pursed.
This is a great Video about these voters. The poster absolutely nails it.
Tiff4Mahogany_44 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 NATO MEMBER (@tiff4mahogany) posted at 7:40 PM on Wed, May 14, 2025:
These people want a white man to have Clyburn’s power.
Clyburn doesn’t stuff ballot boxes or send dishonest robo calls.
He just endorses the candidate he feels represents his community.
The horror. So unfair. How dare he?!
(https://x.com/tiff4mahogany/status/1922814417944658189?t=uz_bkH-59Xz1H77AO-Wm9A&s=03)
Randall Barnes (@AuthorRandallB) posted at 10:06 PM on Wed, May 14, 2025:
I think a lot of these Democratic politicians think that throwing President Biden under the bus will make them and the party look objective in contrast with MAGA.
But it actually makes them and our party look weak. I wish they’d stop. Y’all aren’t helping AT ALL.
(https://x.com/AuthorRandallB/status/1922851026408763841?t=d84dBy3nr_syPKraWBzOzg&s=03)
Virginia is 20% Black.
Ife (@peacelily1121) posted at 6:53 AM on Thu, May 15, 2025:
Virginia governor vetoes bill to allow African American history courses to count toward graduation https://t.co/2tIJUCNgaq
(https://x.com/peacelily1121/status/1922983732144701897?t=sKGYTR52rQMD-6wOjAx42A&s=03)
Chanteezy Is In Her Rest Era ♉️💛🪷 (@iamchanteezy) posted at 9:14 AM on Thu, May 15, 2025:
The majority of Democratic and Democratic leaning White Men are problematic.
(https://x.com/iamchanteezy/status/1923019057264992389?t=xBGMFWlCyca2yuDLqUx5qQ&s=03)
Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 (@JoshEakle) posted at 9:09 PM on Wed, May 14, 2025:
New posters are going up across D.C. today.
MAGA isn’t simply a political movement.
It’s a cultural project aimed at transforming the American spirit—a rebellious and anti-authority spirit—into one that celebrates autocracy and oppression.
They’re legitimately trying to turn America into North Korea.
https://t.co/QX4bQdcpCp
(https://x.com/JoshEakle/status/1922836615304708248?t=70O2uoLZV6IFacrqg2Ti-A&s=03)
Brendan Duke (@Brendan_Duke) posted at 8:17 PM on Wed, May 14, 2025:
It has really really flown under the radar how the SNAP cuts in the House bill have grown.
The House budget assigned $230B in deficit reduction to the Ag committee.
People assumed that meant $230B in SNAP cuts, but now it’s about $300B to make room for $60B in farm subsidies.
(https://x.com/Brendan_Duke/status/1922823562001277211?t=q_O2QXVOYF4rXCs3Qd2qSw&s=03)
Social Conserv. 📚 (@bookkeepPLUS) posted at 10:55 AM on Wed, May 14, 2025:
All these bigots salivating at a “Derek Chauvin fed pardon.
Umm losers, he isn’t getting a state pardon and will still be in jail for 20 plus years
He is serving his state and fed term concurrently
/1
Social Conserv. 📚 (@bookkeepPLUS) posted at 10:55 AM on Wed, May 14, 2025:
And also, he will get transferred from his country club prison to a state prison
Be careful what you wish for /2
(https://x.com/bookkeepPLUS/status/1922682173183717413?t=yXMhntcHGGKELkFoo6qDCg&s=03)
The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) posted at 10:24 AM on Thu, May 15, 2025:
An original copy of the Magna Carta has been held in Harvard Law School’s library for decades without anyone realizing it.
https://t.co/WNc0bYhJIX
(https://x.com/thedailybeast/status/1923036670418375121?t=a0-or1UA9KJP5gHbUUxsAA&s=03)
The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) posted at 7:28 AM on Thu, May 15, 2025:
Trump on Qatar: “We are gonna protect this country. It’s a very special place with a special royal family…It’s great people and they’re gonna be protected by the United States.” https://t.co/CzyfLT8OaU
(https://x.com/BulwarkOnline/status/1922992530192236733?t=hT4llDqGrRGEP8Q94t-N1Q&s=03)
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) posted at 3:37 PM on Wed, May 14, 2025:
Alsobrooks to RFK Jr: “You are the wrong person for this job. And you had in this hearing today the unmitigated gall to say at the beginning of your testimony that China is ahead of the United States in healthcare because China does not have DEI.” https://t.co/Zr4Vg1LLP6
(https://x.com/atrupar/status/1922753146708701653?t=-UMjo_jFCpNXbxKoDTpZdg&s=03)
City of Detroit (@CityofDetroit) posted at 9:13 AM on Thu, May 15, 2025:
For the first time since the 1950s, Detroit just took the lead in the State of Michigan for population growth. #BeLikeDetroit
(https://x.com/CityofDetroit/status/1923018975585169591?t=kK1Cps8rlcm1yoS-IYs6UA&s=03)
RD T.O.C.G. WarrioR (@rdwarrior6691) posted at 9:43 AM on Thu, May 15, 2025:
A MUST READ & MUST RETWEET
From 3 yrs ago. The Incredible Whiteness of David Hogg https://t.co/mNXl8EYWQH
(https://x.com/rdwarrior6691/status/1923026391118774426?s=02)
Robert Reich (@RBReich) posted at 11:45 AM on Thu, May 15, 2025:
The carried interest loophole lets rich private equity execs pay lower tax rates by treating their income as capital gains.
The GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” makes devastating cuts to social programs but leaves this loophole intact — despite Trump promising to end it.
Priorities.
(https://x.com/RBReich/status/1923057072460968427?s=02)
THIS is insane.
😲😲😲😲😲
Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) posted at 11:45 AM on Thu, May 15, 2025:
Pilots flying into Denver International Airport on Monday couldn’t communicate with air traffic controllers for about six minutes after multiple radio transmitters failed. https://t.co/NK3c15sSlB
(https://x.com/chicagotribune/status/1923057058691125522?s=02)
gil duran is on bluesky (@gilduran76) posted at 6:53 PM on Wed, May 14, 2025:
As I wrote when Trump announced his “freedom cities,” the concept is clearly out of the Network State playbook.
Trump’s weird new cities and the Network State cult (August 2024):
https://t.co/8UIiLVrxO9
(https://x.com/gilduran76/status/1922802403008561388?t=EsahcDC5ergovj2_4vZcgQ&s=03)
gil duran is on bluesky (@gilduran76) posted at 6:51 PM on Wed, May 14, 2025:
The mask is coming off of the Network State cult.
Here is Network State evangelist Balaji Srinivasan boosting Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong calling for the creation “10 or so” new tech cities on federal land.
Of course, Trump has already announced plans for 10 new cities… https://t.co/pifdq4e1K1
(https://x.com/gilduran76/status/1922801876476613005?t=xq2d-IT1hBRDmINExIU4eQ&s=03)
Fox News (@FoxNews) posted at 5:24 PM on Thu, May 15, 2025:
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor argued that Trump’s order invalidating birthright citizenship violated four Supreme Court precedents, and that it was justified for a federal judge to grant an injunction against such a controversial order. https://t.co/bN9FSJX7AI
(https://x.com/FoxNews/status/1923142543220359306?t=3qNigqKSfRNWYXGr9gH2EQ&s=03)
Chris D. Jackson (@ChrisDJackson) posted at 11:57 AM on Thu, May 15, 2025:
🚨 NEW: In a revealing Puck report, Hunter Biden allegedly told Jake Tapper at the 2018 Super Bowl: If we weren’t in public, “I’d knock you out.”
Why? Tapper had reportedly called Hunter repeatedly from a blocked number years prior asking to be told the moment Beau Biden died.
Now that same guy is cashing in with a smear book about the family he harassed during their grief.
Absolutely disgusting.
https://t.co/p2Le809Nr8
(https://x.com/ChrisDJackson/status/1923060134902644881?t=4iz6QorID-DMRP47gBsSIQ&s=03)
Ford News (@FordJohnathan5) posted at 8:58 PM on Thu, May 15, 2025:
🚨 #BREAKINGNEWS Senator Ted Cruz says that birthright citizenship is a failed policy. Cruz however was not born in the US, but was granted citizenship through a 1970 immigration birthright policy due to his mother being a citzen. @tedcruz 🚨
https://t.co/gU9JpiiWE5
(https://x.com/FordJohnathan5/status/1923196451653402904?t=ViMrZ95bvzmLrd8AkrJT_w&s=03)
Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) posted at 6:00 AM on Fri, May 16, 2025:
This week, a federal appeals court ruled that DOGE must resume efforts to hand over internal documents about their operations to CREW.
This is a win for transparency and one step closer towards greater accountability.
https://t.co/T6jLcSNAam
(https://x.com/CREWcrew/status/1923332674644582762?t=Y_gFGhN4orkPNj0es9hSAQ&s=03)
Decoding Fox News (@DecodingFoxNews) posted at 9:16 PM on Wed, May 14, 2025:
Derek Chauvin was convicted in state court of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter for the death of George Floyd, and was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison.
Trump can’t pardon state charges.
(https://x.com/DecodingFoxNews/status/1922838498886766953?t=3ooomi4jalaLtFaN5oB-HA&s=03)
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