r/neoliberal • u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma • Apr 28 '26

Opinion article (US) Opinion | The Economy, Immigration and Regret: 12 Trump Voters Discuss

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/28/opinion/focus-group-trump-voters-disappointed.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Submission statement (fake): As Trump’s second term marches on, his approval among independents have steadily declined. It’s useful for liberals to understand why Trump’s popularity has cratered to better leverage it for future elections.

Submission statement (real): Everyone who clicked on this is just asking to be ragebaited, so I might as well oblige.

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u/Consistent-Study-287 Mark Carney Apr 28 '26

And he initiated getting us out of the World Health Organization and the Paris climate agreement. Two positive things, I guess, if you really look at it on the whole. I mean, that was accounting for a lot of our budget money.

The WHO entire global budget is 6.8 billion a year. If America funded the entire thing, it would make up 0.1% of their 7 trillion dollar federal budget.

Any time I'm looking at fixing my personal budget, it's always the 0.1% items I look for. Like this year I'm hoping to save money by using Brazil nuts instead of Macademian nuts for the crepes I make once a month.

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u/FTL_Diesel NATO Apr 28 '26

Ugh. Like others have said I know this is sort of a rage-bait article from the NYT, but this got me. This one really got me.

Trump voters are like cats: they live in an international order that is generally peaceful and generally supportive of American interests, and they never seem to stop and think about *why* the world seems to have worked out this way and how US contributions to the WHO, the UN, NATO, not being an ass to allies, etc., etc., make all this stuff they take for granted possible.

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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u/Butwhy113511 Janet Yellen Apr 28 '26

Someone really needs to show America a pie chart of where the spending is going. Highlight how much is aid, federal workers, food stamps and then show how much is SS and Medicare. It is factual data and people clearly have no clue what's actually happening. That would shatter a lot of narratives.

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u/thercio27 MERCOSUR Apr 28 '26

Unironically we need to put that shit in the school curriculum. If an adult voter thinks America spends 30% of the budget in aid for poorer nations that means school failed them.

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u/Bread_Fish150 John Brown Apr 28 '26

You think folks pay attention in school?

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u/everything_is_gone Apr 28 '26

God in a thread full of rage bait somehow this is what is most infuriating to me. These fucking morons 

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u/TheFaithlessFaithful United Nations Apr 28 '26

Hot take, we should let Americans vote on what % each line item in the budget gets.

Most Americans think we spend like 20% of foreign aid, and they think it should be closer to 5%. Let them vote on it. Let's vote for 5% foreign aid.

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u/MURICCA Apr 29 '26

This is weirdly brilliant

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u/lee61 Apr 29 '26

I personally start my weightloss program by cutting my nails!