The first part of a headline for this Washington Post poll caught my eye, and I admit, I didn’t read the second part. It reads”Voters broadly disapprove of Trump but remain divided on midterms, poll finds.”
After reading the article, I discovered that while Trump is one of the least popular presidents in our history, our entire system is festering in an unflushed toilet. The poll is behind a paywall, that you can get around if you know how (this link should work).
Here’s the breakdown:
Donald Trump’s approval sits at 41% — and 59% disapprove, his worst rating since the Capitol still smelled like tear gas. Independents? Nearly 70% disapprove.
If this presidency were a restaurant, the Yelp page would have blood on it. If it were the Oval Office, the walls would be painted in ketchup and broken glass.
Trump promised power, deals, cheaper groceries, and a “country winning again.” Voters look around and see:
- Presidential power stretched like a medieval rack
- Tariffs squeezing wallets, not China
- Prices still stubborn, grocery carts still humiliating
- A foreign policy that feels like improv night at a dive bar
And the public is sending a message:
“We’re not buying it, grandpa.”
64% say he’s going too far expanding presidential power.
Majorities don’t like the federal worker purge fantasies, the National Guard cosplay, or the political meddling in universities.
This isn’t quiet disappointment.
It’s the country tugging on the emergency brake.
But to be fair! Democrats aren’t winning from this.
They aren’t even jogging ahead. The public doesn’t like democrats either.
46% say they’d vote Dem for Congress. 44% GOP.
Coin flip politics in a moment that should be a layup.
Worse, 68% say Democrats are out of touch, more than Trump or the GOP. In a three-way game of spin the bottle, the democrats are not getting any smooches.
It’s not that people are running to Trump. It’s that they aren’t running to anyone.
We’re living in the era of the political shrug.
“I don’t like him…
but I don’t feel seen by you either.”
The truth humming under this poll:
People don’t want a savior.
They want a government that lives in the same grocery aisle, the same rent market, the same anxious future.
Trump’s bleeding politically.
Democrats are catching none of it.
Voters aren’t choosing a side.
They’re waiting for a reason.
We’re done with all the treason. The overreach. The ballroom. The glitzy parties. The private use of government jets. The bathroom remodels. The presidents permanent middle fingers stretched out in our general direction.
Until someone speaks with America rather than at it, this will keep being the mood:
a tired country staring at two political parties and saying,
“You sure you know what the hell you’re doing?”
Le Café Witteveen 