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Trump’s Polls Are Slipping—So Why Does He Feel More Dangerous Than Ever?

2026-01-18 News & Politics
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Trump’s polls are slipping, but his authoritarian project keeps accelerating. Does his unpopularity matter, and on which issues is he most vulnerable—Greenland, NATO, ICE or the economy?

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@Lynn-r6r7e 2026-01-18

Karl Stojka (1931–2003), an Austrian Romani Holocaust survivor, is most famously quoted for his reflections on how ordinary people participated in the atrocities of the Nazi regime. The most prominent quote attributed to him is: "It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor, who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race."

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@mhilde7744 2026-01-18

Remember MITCH McConnell and how he could have indicted djt BUT DIDNT!

219 21 replies
@allisonjohnsmith 2026-01-18

Please address the fact that SCOTUS has been re writing our Constitution as if they believe they are the founding fathers of a new constitution for us. These men have not fought in war nor represent the population nor are they of the intellectual calabre required to write new doctrine. Tehy are destroying the constitution and I believe they are committing treason.

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@charleshaines6316 2026-01-18

A cornered predator is dangerous. Put it down before it destroys the planet.

201 15 replies
@EmJaayEm 2026-01-18

There’s an article in the Atlantic about the sacrifices Danes made in Afghanistan. It’s so sad reading about 20 year old soldiers dying and then years later their parents having to deal with the president of the US (who sent them to war through article 5) insult their country and their children’s sacrifice.

167 11 replies
@Magablows 2026-01-18

A nut. A psychopath. A pdf.file. A sociopath. A narcissist. Combine these things with a near-total lack of intellect, and you have a real mess in charge of this nation.

80 1 replies
@PolyglotPfannkuchen 2026-01-18

The most dangerous rabid skunk is a cornered rabid skunk.

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@GregvHill 2026-01-18

He’s a megalomaniac who feels trapoed. Hitler in the bunker.

70 1 replies
@DebHensrud 2026-01-18

The Minnesota "fraud "was already being investigated and handled by Minnesota!

69 6 replies
@brainseagle 2026-01-18

Hitler lost all support outside the Nazi party and never slowed down till his suicide.

44 1 replies

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