The Daily Populous Monday June 30th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by newrepublic.com and submitted by Comfylo

It’s becoming clearer that many of President Trump’s supporters are realizing how badly they’re getting shafted by his big budget bill and other leading initiatives. Senator Mitch McConnell just privately admitted that many Republicans are getting major blowback from their “people back home” about the bill’s deep Medicaid cuts, adding that “they’ll get over it.” A stunning Fox News poll just found that a majority of white men without a college degree oppose the bill. Crucially, these voters make up “the heart of Trump’s base.” Even Trump’s own pollster just bluntly suggested that Trump voters are feeling betrayed. On top of all that, Trump supporters again and again have been horrified to learn that his deportations are victimizing immigrants they like. And the tariffs are already hurting Trump country. So how badly are his working-class voters getting hit? To find out, we talked to economist Jared Bernstein, who paints a dark picture of the impact they’re feeling from all these policies taken together. Add it all up, Bernstein concludes, and the Trump-GOP lack of concern as their voters learn they’re taking it on the chin is “mind-boggling.” Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.

Viral_Poster on June 30th, 2025 at 10:08 UTC »

Even now, they’d still vote for him. “Thank you sir, may I have another?”

BTRCguy on June 30th, 2025 at 10:01 UTC »

"But I would vote for him again if he ran for an unconstitutional third term, because he's still better than any Democrat."

gentlemantroglodyte on June 30th, 2025 at 09:58 UTC »

The guy literally pardoned people who were defrauding his own supporters over wall funding. You can only be shocked by this if you have had your head in the sand for the past 10 years.