>It’s really not ideology that’s tanking Trump right now. I mean, yes, his administration is the meanest, most xenophobic, and most imperialist in at least the past century. And I’d like to think that would be a deal-breaker for the vast majority of middle-ground American voters, but if we’re being real, it probably isn’t. Independent and moderate voters have been with Trump on immigration, broadly speaking, since he first started doing his nativist routine a decade ago. And even a lot of populist leftists can get behind an “America First” foreign policy and protectionism for American manufacturers. Maybe Trump should be flailing politically because he’s brazenly profiting off the presidency and renaming half of Washington after himself, but near as I can tell, that part doesn’t especially trouble people, either.
>No, what’s killing Trump right now isn’t the extremist agenda — it’s the mind-blowing incompetence. Deporting immigrants is one thing; masked agents executing American citizens on Midwestern boulevards is another. Ending Iran’s nuclear ambitions might get majority support on paper, but launching a [war](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/war/) without any clear rationale, without having thought through even the most basic consequences, is how you lose the electorate in a hurry. (About six in 10 Americans disapprove of Trump’s wartime performance, according to Pew Research, and that number isn’t going down anytime soon.) Gas prices are spiking, mortgage rates are soaring, financial markets are lurching back and forth. Airport terminals look like Disneyland in July.
I think it can be both extreme ideology and extreme incompetence.
Gadshill on
> Put it this way: When Trump finally replaced Kristi Noem with Markwayne Mullin, a former plumber and MMA fighter who keeps intimating that he’s been some kind of secret military agent but can’t talk about it, every sane person in Washington applauded as if this were the second coming of James Baker in his prime. That tells you all you need to know.
Maximum_Indication on
I don’t care if he’s costing himself the country, I care that he’s costing us our country.
CouchCorrespondent on
Trump, his administration, and the GOP have proven over and over that they are masters of incompetence.
And our country and the world suffer from the consequences of it.
EvoEpitaph on
He’s really just picking all unqualified people for just about every position on top of being unqualified for his own role. This actually pretty easily explains why he went bankrupt in so many ventures.
The more surprising thing is why people keep wanting to lend him money or services with the history that he has.
Smithy2232 on
I try to stay positive.
Given how off the rails Trump has been this term, I’m hopeful that people come to their senses and vote him out the next time around. I’m also hopeful that the midterms go Democratic as well.
Mission-Calendar-443 on
Better than him costing us our country. He should be tried for treason .
fujidust on
Costing *us* the country
AceofKnaves44 on
He’s president with almost absolute power. On everything besides the tariffs and maybe birthright the Supreme Court has given him everything, including total protection from ever having to face justice for anything he does. If midterms happened tomorrow I think a blue wave would happen and yes he knows that. So why do you think he’s trying so hard to stop them from happening? If he does that, there’s no stopping him for the rest of his life and there’s no escaping this.
mangoserpent on
I wish his incompetence WOULD cost him something. Instead everybody else suffers.
Stanwich79 on
HOW IS IT COSTING IF HE’S MADE OVER 3 BILLION?!
AINonsense on
Is this headline from 2017?
throwaway20231203 on
That’s a sacrifice he’s willing to make, while he’s still making bank.
Stuffed-Bear412 on
It’s costing *US* a lot too.
KneeDeepInThe-Hoopla on
I don’t know that I would label what Trump is doing as incompetence per se. It is more Trump’s pigheadedness, a huge appetite for destruction, insatiable greed, thirst for blood, complete intolerance towards most other humans, a gigantic unchecked ego coupled with a huge chip on his shoulder, and unfortunately the power and backing of people as vile as himself are what is destroying the country, and a good chunk of the rest of the world.
BlueHorse_22 on
Trump has become too comfortable with his “I don’t care what Americans think” presidency.
educated-emu on
Its costing you and the gop with all their corrupt ways is doing.
They know and don’t care
Lachadian on
Donald Trump is working precisely as intended. He is, has been, and will continue to be an active saboteur intent on destroying this country and the western world order for the direct benefit of Russia, China, and Israel. These headlines are sane washing the biggest traitor this country has ever produced.
mrjasong on
He was just as incompetent in his first administration. It also cost him the election in 2020. I can’t believe everyone just developed a collective amnesia about it.
AwwwBawwws on
Donald Trump’s incompetence is costing him the world.
achtwooh on
One of the greatest ironies is that if he had just milked credit for the vaccines and behaved like a vaguely normal human who gave a F about the deaths, he would have walked re-election. Monumental incompetence is what he does.
ntwild97 on
It’s not his.
AdCharacter7966 on
Trump is winning big time – he avoided jail and have made billions so far.
He lost nothing
mightyboink on
He. Doesn’t. Care.
This presidency is all about making himself and his friends richer while burying the Epstein files. Nothing else.
_bk_adv on
It’s not his fucking country to lose.
His unique brand of evil, incompetent narcissism is costing the American people the country.
Revolvlover on
Trump as a name is non grata, his family will never be safe anywhere.
No_Pudding_4598 on
Him? He’s costing US OUR country.
jimibimi on
The country is not “his” to lose on the first place
another_account_bro on
I even noticed the con sub barely gets any up votes for anything. Unless it is flat out Jesus worshipping over there. I’m seeing posts that are 24 hours old with maybe 50 likes max. The magas have given up over there. It’s nothing but Russian troll posting at this point. Correct me if I’m wrong.
SpatulaWholesale on
To be fair, it was also his incompetence that won him the country.
Classic-Exchange-511 on
And it’s costing the American people far more
KopOut on
It’s costing us the country. He’s making a fucking fortune and he never cared about the country to begin with.
californicating on
There are two chambers of Congress, both controlled by Republicans, that aren’t doing anything useful. Don’t let them of the hook.
MarcheMuldDerevi on
I read it as incontinence
gdshaffe on
Competent people are not often drawn to fascism. It is an ideology for losers.
Seguefare on
The incompetence that was glaringly obvious all along? Yeah, thanks for warning.
we_are_sex_bobomb on
It’s not fair to single him out like that – his incompetence is costing *all of us* our country.
DJGlennW on
Don’t believe anything. VOTE!
Knighth77 on
The country is a small cost to Republicans.
Agent7619 on
Donald Trump’s incompetence is costing US the country.
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>It’s really not ideology that’s tanking Trump right now. I mean, yes, his administration is the meanest, most xenophobic, and most imperialist in at least the past century. And I’d like to think that would be a deal-breaker for the vast majority of middle-ground American voters, but if we’re being real, it probably isn’t. Independent and moderate voters have been with Trump on immigration, broadly speaking, since he first started doing his nativist routine a decade ago. And even a lot of populist leftists can get behind an “America First” foreign policy and protectionism for American manufacturers. Maybe Trump should be flailing politically because he’s brazenly profiting off the presidency and renaming half of Washington after himself, but near as I can tell, that part doesn’t especially trouble people, either.
>No, what’s killing Trump right now isn’t the extremist agenda — it’s the mind-blowing incompetence. Deporting immigrants is one thing; masked agents executing American citizens on Midwestern boulevards is another. Ending Iran’s nuclear ambitions might get majority support on paper, but launching a [war](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/war/) without any clear rationale, without having thought through even the most basic consequences, is how you lose the electorate in a hurry. (About six in 10 Americans disapprove of Trump’s wartime performance, according to Pew Research, and that number isn’t going down anytime soon.) Gas prices are spiking, mortgage rates are soaring, financial markets are lurching back and forth. Airport terminals look like Disneyland in July.
I think it can be both extreme ideology and extreme incompetence.
> Put it this way: When Trump finally replaced Kristi Noem with Markwayne Mullin, a former plumber and MMA fighter who keeps intimating that he’s been some kind of secret military agent but can’t talk about it, every sane person in Washington applauded as if this were the second coming of James Baker in his prime. That tells you all you need to know.
I don’t care if he’s costing himself the country, I care that he’s costing us our country.
Trump, his administration, and the GOP have proven over and over that they are masters of incompetence.
And our country and the world suffer from the consequences of it.
He’s really just picking all unqualified people for just about every position on top of being unqualified for his own role. This actually pretty easily explains why he went bankrupt in so many ventures.
The more surprising thing is why people keep wanting to lend him money or services with the history that he has.
I try to stay positive.
Given how off the rails Trump has been this term, I’m hopeful that people come to their senses and vote him out the next time around. I’m also hopeful that the midterms go Democratic as well.
Better than him costing us our country. He should be tried for treason .
Costing *us* the country
He’s president with almost absolute power. On everything besides the tariffs and maybe birthright the Supreme Court has given him everything, including total protection from ever having to face justice for anything he does. If midterms happened tomorrow I think a blue wave would happen and yes he knows that. So why do you think he’s trying so hard to stop them from happening? If he does that, there’s no stopping him for the rest of his life and there’s no escaping this.
I wish his incompetence WOULD cost him something. Instead everybody else suffers.
HOW IS IT COSTING IF HE’S MADE OVER 3 BILLION?!
Is this headline from 2017?
That’s a sacrifice he’s willing to make, while he’s still making bank.
It’s costing *US* a lot too.
I don’t know that I would label what Trump is doing as incompetence per se. It is more Trump’s pigheadedness, a huge appetite for destruction, insatiable greed, thirst for blood, complete intolerance towards most other humans, a gigantic unchecked ego coupled with a huge chip on his shoulder, and unfortunately the power and backing of people as vile as himself are what is destroying the country, and a good chunk of the rest of the world.
Trump has become too comfortable with his “I don’t care what Americans think” presidency.
Its costing you and the gop with all their corrupt ways is doing.
They know and don’t care
Donald Trump is working precisely as intended. He is, has been, and will continue to be an active saboteur intent on destroying this country and the western world order for the direct benefit of Russia, China, and Israel. These headlines are sane washing the biggest traitor this country has ever produced.
He was just as incompetent in his first administration. It also cost him the election in 2020. I can’t believe everyone just developed a collective amnesia about it.
Donald Trump’s incompetence is costing him the world.
One of the greatest ironies is that if he had just milked credit for the vaccines and behaved like a vaguely normal human who gave a F about the deaths, he would have walked re-election. Monumental incompetence is what he does.
It’s not his.
Trump is winning big time – he avoided jail and have made billions so far.
He lost nothing
He. Doesn’t. Care.
This presidency is all about making himself and his friends richer while burying the Epstein files. Nothing else.
It’s not his fucking country to lose.
His unique brand of evil, incompetent narcissism is costing the American people the country.
Trump as a name is non grata, his family will never be safe anywhere.
Him? He’s costing US OUR country.
The country is not “his” to lose on the first place
I even noticed the con sub barely gets any up votes for anything. Unless it is flat out Jesus worshipping over there. I’m seeing posts that are 24 hours old with maybe 50 likes max. The magas have given up over there. It’s nothing but Russian troll posting at this point. Correct me if I’m wrong.
To be fair, it was also his incompetence that won him the country.
And it’s costing the American people far more
It’s costing us the country. He’s making a fucking fortune and he never cared about the country to begin with.
There are two chambers of Congress, both controlled by Republicans, that aren’t doing anything useful. Don’t let them of the hook.
I read it as incontinence
Competent people are not often drawn to fascism. It is an ideology for losers.
The incompetence that was glaringly obvious all along? Yeah, thanks for warning.
It’s not fair to single him out like that – his incompetence is costing *all of us* our country.
Don’t believe anything. VOTE!
The country is a small cost to Republicans.
Donald Trump’s incompetence is costing US the country.
It’s costing people their lives, too.
He is a absolute shit show as a president. .