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Summary

Consumer confidence has declined since Donald Trump’s return to office, with the University of Michigan reporting a drop in sentiment and rising inflation concerns.

Many Trump voters are frustrated by market turbulence and sweeping executive orders. Voter Paul Bisson fears economic instability, saying, “That’s not what we signed up for.”

Geneticist Nicholas Schuch plans to move savings to Swiss Francs, expecting ongoing chaos.

Polls indicate growing anxiety, with some supporters questioning Trump’s policies and their long-term economic impact.

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[-] leadore@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

Bullshit. I live in a red state. They're not turning on him at all. You can always find a couple of people to express any view that you want to amplify and write an article pretending they're representative of their entire group.

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 9 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly, go to any conservative space and they're just happy that the "libs are getting owned."

[-] Corno@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The reason I find it hard to sympathize with the people who voted for him is because he's been advertising everything he's currently doing for the past few years, and now the people who voted for him are surprised that he's actually doing what he'd said he'd do.

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[-] roofTophopper@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I dunno if I like articles like this, because I haven't really heard anyone really say this. I like in podunk Midwest state and folks around here are set that things are already getting better, and if they aren't, it's because of the last administration or because Democrats keep getting in the way.

Online, comments from articles and a certain sub reddit are all bouncing around ecstatically and shouting "WINNING" with everything that is happening. I'd like to think the mirage is fading, but I have been able to find truth of that just yet.

[-] niketunic@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

“this isn’t what we signed up for”

literally everyone has been trying to tell you it is

[-] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They signed up to make everyone else suffer and now they're shocked and dismayed that they're probably going to suffer too. I feel for everyone that has to share a country with people that would throw them to the wolves first chance they get while demanding unearned respect for themselves. But if I were religious, I'd tell these people to rot in hell.

Seriously, if sanity ever returns to the world, I hope that the lesson we walk away with is that right wingers, conservatives and religious fundies should never be allowed anywhere near positions of power again. Because when they have it, their whole aim is to uplift themselves and only themselves while fucking over everyone else in society.

[-] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

No. This is exactly what they signed up for. WTAF did they think was going to happen?

[-] otto@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

They expected to never face the consequences of their shitty shitty actions.

[-] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

They hoped for cheap eggs and open racism.

[-] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

They are 50% there.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, you lived through a whole term of this shit already. Not sure how you can be surprised now.

[-] Aidinthel@reddthat.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

They thought the leopard would eat other people's faces and not theirs. Remember that one lady from his first term? "He's not hurting the right people." That quote tells you everything you need to know about his voters.

[-] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Bullshit. Trump supporters have no idea what "market turbulence" means and are cheering the executive orders. This is just manipulative feel-good bullshit.

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[-] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Lmao fuck all of them. This is exactly what they signed up for. You fucked around now find out you worthless cunts.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

With all due respect, this is exactly what you all signed up for you stupid fucking pieces of shit.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

"all due respect"

Not much respect is due here

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Don’t worry, none was given.

[-] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

This is not only what you signed up for, but you signed the rest of us up for it too.

Thanks.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

With all due respect

Which is about Zero.

[-] ubergeek@lemmy.today 6 points 2 weeks ago

Um, he is doing exactly what he said he would do. These people just thought being white would keep them safe.

[-] phx@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Not even. There are even people in immigrant families that voted for him because "he's only going to deport the bad ones" and then [surprised Pikachu] a bunch of their own family get deported

There's stupid, and there's zealotism, but stupid zealots are the worst

[-] notyourbuddy@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 week ago

Friend of mine is Mexican living in Texas and voted for him because he thought it would help him get a job. I didn’t ask for more of an explanation but that is the kind of shit we are dealing with.

[-] ctkatz@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

that's really rich. chaos is the reason he got into the office in the first place, and was offering nothing but chaos for 2 years before the election.

[-] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Trump voters don't care about these things. they have a completely different rhetorical frame. this article is bullshit. trump voters are liking the chaos a lot because they think its good because they think liberals are bad. all you need to do is follow the usual conservative talking heads if you want to know what they're thinking.

I hate this clickbait feel good happy toxic optimism shit. it doesn't do any good to anyone. this article was only written to keep leftists stupid. downvote this fake garbage.

[-] Ahrotahntee@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

The media is publicizing these lies to keep people from getting the idea that they need to do something.

"Oh good his voters are turning on him" helps placate the opposition. It keeps people from wanting to do something.

[-] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

no, they're doing it because it gets you to post the article on Reddit and Lemmy, to your Facebook so you feel like youre winning the debate with your dad.

it's pure nihilism

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

I hate this clickbait feel good happy toxic optimism shit.

Every time I see an article like this, I go check old.shittyplace.com/r/conservative and see nothing but Trump cheerleaders. When the tide starts to change there, I'll believe they might have gained a spark of awareness.

[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Until they stop admitting to voting for Trump or start outright saying, "We fucked up," this is just nitpicking his priorities.

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[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yes you DID. YES YOU DID!

And it's going to be a whole fuck-ton more than just economic instability, you dumbasses.

[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

What is some? I mean if 1% of his supporters are having second thoughts is that enough to care about. I mean we need REAL numbers not just a few people who suddenly woke up and made the news.

[-] PorradaVFR@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Narrator: “it was exactly the fuck what they had voted for”.

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[-] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

no, assholes....this is EXACTLY what you signed up for. revel in it.

you didn't just accept it

you fucking demanded it.

now live with it.

[-] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

"This chaos isn't what I signed up for" says people who voted for chaos goblin who told people he wanted chaos

Get entirely fucked trump voters. As well as the people who told me that BoTh SiDeS aRe ThE sAmE and TrUmP wIlL nOt Be WoRsE tHaN GeNoCiDe JoE oR KiLlEr KaMaLa

The "I told you so"s will never be worth it.

[-] regrub@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Throwback to his first term when one of his supporters said "He's hurting the wrong people!"

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder if anyone has done a "where are they now?" on that guy and tracked him down and found out how he's voted since.

[-] regrub@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I believe it was a woman who said it. Either way, their motivation for supporting Trump seems to be to cause harm to people they believe deserve it, and the motivation hasn't changed.

[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Do we really think there's a significant number of Trump voters out there who regret their vote? Really?

It seems far more likely to me that most Trump voters are doubling down. "Prices are going to come down way lower than they were before Trump took office. This is actually Biden's fault. Prices are going down, actually. Particularly eggs, depsite what the woke MSM would tell you. In fact, eggs are cheapest in states with the least restrictive gun regulations and highest deportation rates for illegals. Prices have never been this low. Trump is making Mexico pay our grocery bills."

Sure, you can find one or two people who will claim to be regretful Trump voters. (Just like you can find a very few microbiologists who swear the universe was created in six literal days around 6,000 years ago.) But I can't imagine any significant number of Trump voters having that much self awareness and intellectual honesty.

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[-] meowmeowbeanz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

You wanted a circus, now clutch your pearls as the clowns riot. Democracy’s corpse twitches while you gawk at the monster you stitched from Fox propaganda and Facebook memes. “Not what we signed up for”—as if arsonists get to rage when the flames lick their own shoes. The system’s rotted, but you’d rather blame the maggots than admit you’re elbow-deep in the carcass.

Enjoy the show. Your messiah’s a carnival barker, and you’re the rubes who bought tickets to the end. No refunds.

[-] notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

No they aren't angry. They give zero fucks and just pull an RFK on Samoa. They will simply not to pay attention to "MSM" if it gets inconvenient, and any present change will be chalked up to Kamala.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think I have seen a few anecdotal instances where I'm seeing cracks. One of them is likely to lose their job directly because of donvict being in office.

I have no sense of how widespread it really is, though. There is that guy running that channel about maga leaving the cult. And of course the media they watch will do nearly everything possible, as long as possible, to prop up the illusion of "Trump".

[-] notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

That's very optimistic. Remember people leaving the GOP ship in droves after Jan6? By 2024 they managed to return to trump somehow. Almost everything that happened in the past 3 weeks that is of consequence to peoples livelihoods had been entirely predictable. I wouldn't count on the judgement, nor the political memory of people with sudden "trumpgret" in 2024.

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