The United States is in the midst of a historic government shutdown. At the current pace, the shutdown will break the record of the Trump administration’s first shutdown in 2018-2019. There is no end in sight to the shutdown, but members of both parties are calling on the President of the United States to get involved.
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The same president who tried to resolve the wars in Gaza and Ukraine with what appears to be close to zero success, while Ukraine is still fighting for its life and the ceasefire in Gaza is already being violated regularly.
The polls have never been Donald Trump’s friend since he has been in power. According to the latest major nonpartisan poll, Trump’s approval rating drops to 37%. As a reminder, Trump’s diehard support base has traditionally been in the 30-35% range, so Trump is on pace to have only his core support remaining in his camp.
Add to that rising prices, unpopular tariffs, inflation and a weak job market, the use of the military in American cities, and this president has many problems he should address.
On Saturday, at least 7 million Americans took to the streets of cities and towns to protest against Donald Trump.
Since Trump no longer has to face voters, he has chosen to ignore what others want. He was very open and did what he wanted with his presidency, which is the opposite of representative democracy.
Millions and millions of people marched to make their opposition to Trump’s direction of the country loud and clear.
They said that America has no kings, and that those who defend Trump by claiming that he is not a king have been sabotaged by their own president.
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