The American Human: A Snapshot of Why Most Americans Disapprove of Trump

Friday, January 19, 2018

A Snapshot of Why Most Americans Disapprove of Trump

I caught this news report of a Joni Ernst town hall meeting where she got a earful from disenchanted voters. It demonstrates what Trump's GOP minions are up against in 2018.

Dude: One is the loneliest number. But do you have to be such a dick?

Yes, in most ways, "Trump is such a dick" sums up both his essential style and opens up a view into what might be his Waterloo, which is that people -- or some -- might envy or even admire dicks, but they rarely like them. Most Americans don't.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ends his first year in office with 39 percent of Americans approving of his job performance, according to the latest national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll — the lowest mark in the poll’s history for any modern president ending his first year.

Fifty-seven percent disapprove of Trump’s job, including a majority of respondents — 51 percent — who now say they strongly disapprove, which is a record high for Trump in the survey. That’s compared with 26 percent of Americans who strongly approve of the president’s job.

Conservative Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa got a scolding from the dissatisfied at a meeting with constituents:

Senator, you might want to listen to your people. So far, it doesn't seem you do. That might be your Waterloo.

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1. Civilized societies require the rule of law.
2. Science is my preferred method for examining and understanding reality.
3. Religion is superstition.
4. An educated society is a healthy society.
5. Democratic governments are by their very nature socialist.
6. Market economies are by their very nature capitalist.
7. Markets are not (entirely) efficient or rational and thus require regulation.
8. Don’t confuse politics with public policy.
9. Civil discourse requires rational argument, even if yelling or stomping your feet or name-calling is more fun.
10. If you consider making stuff up a viable tactic, you are disallowed from civil discourse.
11. Puritanism is America’s original sin.
12. Income redistribution is good for society, hoarding is not.
13. Everybody, from time to time, needs help.

About the American Human

The American Human is written by Calvin Ross, a retired teacher who at various points in life has been a musician, woodworker, restaurateur, narrator, English teacher in Japan, novelist, technology journalist, and private tutor to Japanese children here in the U.S.

Happily residing in the wine country of Sonoma County north of San Francisco, Calvin has lived in the Philippines, the Netherlands, and the aforementioned Japan, as well as in Chicago, Colorado, Georgia, and many different towns in California, including, of all places, the Mojave Desert.

Calvin, you may note quickly, is a liberal progressive who doesn't think being called a socialist is all that bad, especially since he sort of would like living in Denmark if it weren't so cold. He blogs because he can.