This week’s Economist/YouGov national survey is maybe a shade less ridiculous than usual with its findings from Trump 2024 voters, but even at its very relative worst it still manages to unearth the sheer fucking dumbassery of these people. This round they asked respondents “Do you think that recent tariffs imposed by Donald Trump will help or hurt… US global standing” to which 23 percent of respondents overall said “help,” 50 percent said “hurt,” 12 percent said neither, and 14 percent didn’t know, while among Trump 2024 voters it was 51 percent help to just 15 percent hurt, 20 percent saying neither, and 14 percent saying they didn’t know if it was good for foreign relations.
Maybe even dumber was their perception of US standing in the world since Trump returned to power, with 67 percent saying yes compared just 30 percent overall saying it’s improved, lol.