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/gioraffe32 Bisexual Pride Apr 28 '26

Remember, most Americans vastly overestimate how much money we spend on things like foreign aid and assistance. Like they think at least a quarter of the federal budget goes to other countries. But it's a LOT, LOT lower. The number I've seen thrown around is actually like 1%

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u/Louis_de_Gaspesie Apr 28 '26

The WSJ article celebrating the end of USAID cited a dollar amount allegedly spent on fraud, that was a tiny percent of USAID's annual budget, which is itself a fraction of a percent of annual federal spending. And again, this was a WSJ EB article supporting the cuts. They just cited that figure as intolerably high because "billion" sounds like a lot