President Trump hits majority disapproval in record time, Gallup finds

[TomCADem]

Source: LA Times

President Trump's actions during his first week in office have appeared to be aimed at the voters who already supported him, not at reaching out to the rest, and that's taken a rapid toll on his support, which was already historically low.

Gallup, which has measured job approval for presidents for decades, shows Trump's approval so far at 45%, with 48% disapproving. That's an average of several days' polling.

The daily trend lines are not kind to the new administration. As of Saturday, 51% of Americans disapproved of Trump's performance.

That's a record for the speed of getting to majority disapproval.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-trailguide-updates-how-has-the-public-responded-to-1485715449-htmlstory.html

[triron]

1. Only 51% disapproval

wtf is wrong with Americans??!! Should be over 80%

[tenorly]

5. Faux News is what wrong.

Reagan knew what he was doing when he had the FCC rescind the Fairness Doctrine - shortly after Rupert Murdoch was given an expedited (possibly illegal) citizenship so as to able to own a news channel.

[Judi Lynn]

7. It really figures. Had never heard this. It's good to know how he oozed into place. Evil peeps.

[tenorly]

14. You said it. Murdoch has been a psy-ops project from day one.

His rise in Australia, from the proprietor of a struggling newspaper started by his father, to a media powerhouse, was said to have been financed by the CIA in the 1970s through the Nugan Hand Bank - basically a Richard Secord-run money laundry they kept around to finance illegal activities in that part of the world.

Nugan Hand was shut down by Australian regulators in 1980; Murdoch, alas, couldn't be touched.

[onlyadream]

8. Fox needs to go

I saw an idea to crowd source funding to buy Fox News. I thought that would be a great idea, if it could be done.

[tenorly]

15. It would take a joint SEC and FCC effort.

The SEC, to uncover any financial wrongdoing; and the FCC, to reimpose the Fairness Doctrine and review their permit to parade as a news outlet when the courts have only authorized them to operate as "entertainment."

[YOHABLO]

9. Right wing radio talk as well. It's flooded every market.

[tenorly]

16. Absolutely.

Lumpball and his ilk are nothing more then the Powell Memo in action: radicalize the voters, so that even moderate policies appear "far-left" in nature.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Fairness Doctrine not a solution. Would give equal time to climate deniers, for example. . . nt

[bathroommonkey76]

2. Trump will be blasting out some tweets at 3 am tonight

Gallup & LA Times better take cover. haha

[YOHABLO]

10. You think the dude is snorting lines? He's up all night!

[olddad56]

3. if our country wasn't insane, his disapproval rating would be 99.9%.

what the fuck are people thinking.

[pstokely]

4. do they have ratings by state?

?

[YOHABLO]

11. Is that a rhetorical question?

[NanceGreggs]

6. Well, at least he's good at something.

That's quite a record.

[tanyev]

12. He's got the best disapproval ratings.

They're yuuge. They're going to be tremendous.