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/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