Summary

Donald Trump’s influence on global right-wing politics is waning as his association increasingly becomes a political liability.

In the UK, Nigel Farage’s popularity has dropped, with 53% of Reform Party supporters now viewing Trump unfavorably. This shift undermines Farage’s chances of political success.

Internationally, leaders like Canada’s Pierre Poilievre and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni are distancing themselves from Trump.

Meanwhile, Trump’s economic promises have faltered, with US growth forecasts down and stock markets struggling.

The fading appeal of Trumpism marks the end of his ideological hold on Westminster politics.

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    3 days ago

    Jon Stewart made a joke about how dems keep saying the right-wing “fever” is going to break. He showed clips all the way back to Obama.

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      DOGE gutting the goverment and randomly firing tens of thousands of people. Social Security at risk. The VA at risk. The Department of Education - dead. The stock market in correction territory. Consumer confidence down. People protesting at Tesla stores. Children dying of preventable diseases. Massive crowds showing up for AOC and Sanders. At war with our allies as we randomly deport people…

      Checks approval polling for Trump - 49%

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        I swear, the orange fuck could nuke Texas and kill every Texan and his approval rating would only drop by .01%

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            Yeah, no. American oil might not be the biggest money these days, but if he nuked Oklahoma there would be some really pissed off oil tycoons.

            On further thought, dump is absolutely dumb enough to be tricked into doing this by the rat selling it as some kind of short sale scheme and becoming the fall guy.

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        The stuff you mentioned only matters if people know how to vote in their own best interest, and they don’t. All the Tesla protesters and the AOC crowds likely voted Democrat anyways. Nobody’s mind has changed.

        I think that can start to change in the coming months. On April 2 Trump’s full tariffs are going into effect. There will be a retaliatory response from the whole world. But make no mistake. If the election were held again today Trump would still win.

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      When Trump can run an ad about giving sex changes to prisoners, to then place them in a female prison, you realize there needs to be a shift towards what the average person actually wants.

      Inclusively is nice, but we instead have a guy dismantling everything.

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        Trump claimed “they’re eating the cats, they’re eating the dogs” live on national TV and it didn’t make a difference, he could run an ad about Democrats being void monsters from beyond the abyss and the average person would go with it.

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      Yeah, it’s not a fever, it’s more like a reversion to our primitive mean. That being said, actually doing things they have to defend is what made fascism uncool the first time.