# Who in America is actually happy about the Trump/politics situation today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [April 6, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069 "2026-04-06T17:05:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/41 "2026-04-07T21:27:54Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I would question whether this really reflects their inner feelings though. I can’t extrapolate my parents to cover an entire demographic, but I’ve known them and other Trumpers to have the concept of “polling face.” That is to say, they gripe a lot about Trump and MAGA in private, but when it comes to answering questions from pollsters, they know the importance of showing a united, resolute front. So they may dislike a lot of Trump policy but tell a pollster they approve, just to make loyalty show up in the polls. Worth repeating. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/42 "2026-04-07T22:07:03Z")
Yep. “I will not give you the pleasure of seeing me backing down.” ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/43 "2026-04-08T12:17:42Z")
I don’t know if it’s so much “the liberals”, so much as it’s “someone”. It’s the concept that he/they are sticking it to someone who deserves it, that fosters this sense of sacrifice in a good cause for them. Of course, “someone who deserves it” is a catch-all group that basically means anyone who doesn’t conform to their particular worldview and set of preconceived notions about gender, sexuality, economic theory, citizenship, etc… It seems to me at least, to be rooted in the idea that there’s some sort of Platonic ideal of the world and how things in it should be, behave, look, act, etc… and anyone/anything that diverges from that ideal needs to be hammered down flat so that it does. They think that their current views on everything are the normal and natural way things should be. Which is kind of ignorant in light of historical and archaeological evidence, but it goes with the territory. It’s a fundamental outlook on life sort of thing. Where most of us see someone wearing a jockstrap and feathers at a Pride parade and think “That guy is living his best life. Good for him.”, the people on the other side of the aisle see someone who’s not conforming to how they believe men should be in terms of sexuality, dress, or behavior, and it angers them because they don’t understand it, and because it challenges them. So they endeavor to hammer him down flat as a result. In terms of Iran, they’ve been set up through 40 some-odd years of news coverage, their own actions, and our own actions as a standing enemy of the United States. It’s not like Iran was chosen out of a hat; they have been stirring shit and adversarial to the United States for _decades_. To the Trump supporters this is them being a nail that’s needed to be hammered down for a LONG time, and they’re rejoicing that it’s finally being done, whether or not it makes sense now, whether or not it’s a good use of our resources, and whether or not it hurts them personally at the gas pump or wherever. That’s the problem here; they view Iran’s defiant existence as something that needs correction, and are all for it, even if it requires sacrifices on their part (and ours). ---
**Author:** ![Cmyers1980](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyers1980/32/11814_2.png) [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/44 "2026-04-08T12:58:58Z")
Fanatics, contrarians, morons and otherwise rotten people. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/45 "2026-04-08T13:53:53Z")
The few Trump supporters I know have been largely silent. Most won’t admit things are going poorly though I had one tell me the tariffs weren’t going as well as they hoped. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/46 "2026-04-08T14:34:17Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > They all live in these small towns on the NJ/PA border where all of them could have been one of the trees for all they’ve accomplished in life Interesting. William Gibson described this type of people in this area in _Mona Lisa Overdrive_: > He’d grown up in white Jersey stringtowns where nobody knew shit about anything and hated anybody who did. “Stringtown” seems to come from Lincoln, NJ, which was once called Stringtown: > **[Lincoln, Gloucester County, New Jersey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln,_Gloucester_County,_New_Jersey)** > > Lincoln is a hamlet and unincorporated community in South Harrison Township, Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. > Formerly known as Stringtown, it is located in the southeastern part of the township, near the border with Salem County. It contained a grist mill, saw mill and a few houses. The grist mill was purchased in 1828 by James Jessup, who then purchased the saw mill in 1833. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/47 "2026-04-08T15:17:17Z")
Iranians were killing their own people and it looked likely to continue. I don’t believe the regime was ready to fall and certainly wouldn’t have left without millions more dead. The rest of the world outside of Israel looked disinterested and only care now because the nations buying cheap Iranian oil are now having to looking else ware. This situation is collectively the worlds fault and responsibility which even now many are shirking. Trump is a fool prone to do foolish things, but I am not willing to put all of this on him. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/48 "2026-04-08T15:20:02Z")
Well sure, Netanyahu helped. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/49 "2026-04-08T15:21:21Z")
Israel was killing far more civilians in territories it controls that Iran, shouldn’t that ahve been “the world’s” first priority then? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/50 "2026-04-08T15:23:54Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Iranians were killing their own people and it looked likely to continue. And none of the people involved in this disaster cared about that _at all._ Except for the ones who wanted to kill even more Iranians, that is. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/51 "2026-04-08T15:50:03Z")
This. A thousands times this. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/52 "2026-04-08T16:15:48Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > A recent CNN poll had Trump with a 100% approval among self-described MAGA voters. That’s not surprising since a “self-described MAGA voter” is by definition a Trump supporter. Someone who doesn’t support Trump would not describe themselves as a MAGA voter. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/53 "2026-04-08T16:23:16Z")
Trumpists seem very happy indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/54 "2026-04-08T16:23:34Z")
Iranians shot innocent Iranians protesting their pitiful situation, Israel tries with every missile to kill the people deciding to wage war on Israel. Those two are not the same and as far as quantity of dead are concerned Iran is doing far worse already and it could only have gotten worse. The world, “Won’t somebody do something?” _5 seconds later_ “Won’t America stop doing anything!?” ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/55 "2026-04-08T16:29:24Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > The world, “Won’t somebody do something?” > > _5 seconds later_ > > “Won’t America stop doing anything!?” More like The world, “Won’t somebody do something?” US: Bombs the shit out of Iran, killing civilians, and doubling the world price of oil, and not helping the people of Iran at all. one month later: “Are you people fucking insane?” ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/56 "2026-04-08T16:30:47Z")
Except that I know a whole lot of them who are not happy. That’s kind of why I started the thread. To be sure, anecdotes is not polling data (and even then, polling doesn’t show true feelings), but I’ve read and seen a whole lot of bubbling discontent within the MAGA ranks. Such as, as mentioned, isolationist MAGAs being pissed off about “more wars in the Middle East,” anti-Semites mad about Trump support for Israel and Netanyahu, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/57 "2026-04-08T16:34:56Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Iranians shot innocent Iranians protesting their pitiful situation, Israel tries with every missile to kill the people deciding to wage war on Israel. That’s not how international institutions see it, several of them have called what Israel is doing “genocide” and/or “ethnic cleansing”. But that gets to the nucleus of the problem who is “the world”? who decides what warrants intervention and what doesn’t? the UN? Donald J. Trump?. Having a country kill civilians is bad, bombing those same civilians in order to “liberate them” (and fail at that even) is worse. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/58 "2026-04-08T16:39:07Z")
Say Trump doesn’t exist and our current president decides with all the other nations to stick with the decades of sanctions that haven’t worked. An insurrection emerges after innocents are tired of getting shot and in order to bring light and focus to their struggle a few hide in the mountains near the Strait and every now and again attack an oil tanker. No insurance company will insure craft in the Persian Gulf and we are exactly in the same spot. Only now we might attack these freedom loving insurrectionists instead of the regime causing the problems. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/59 "2026-04-08T16:41:54Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Except that I know a whole lot of them who are not happy. Right, but I think that poisons the well. No one liked COVID and our sitting president did not help, but no one was asking, “So which conservatives like COVID?” ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069/60 "2026-04-08T16:44:07Z")
> [@robby](#): > > That’s not surprising since a “self-described MAGA voter” is by definition a Trump supporter. Someone who doesn’t support Trump would not describe themselves as a MAGA voter. I know. The OP asked who is happy. People who say they are MAGA are happy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-america-is-actually-happy-about-the-trump-politics-situation-today/1029069.md?page=4)