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AStern

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 12:13 PM Apr 29

NY Times finds 12 of the STUPIDEST people alive that swung to Trump in 2024 and how they see him now. [View all]

Has anything that’s happened over the 100 days of the Trump presidency made you change your mind about Trump, for good or for ill?


Meagan, 37, Texas, white, small-business owner
I love what he’s doing with the government and cleaning up spending. But things like immigration, where I feel like we’re spending a lot of money to ship people back to countries and they’re taxpayers and they’re members of our community and constitutional rights are being violated — that’s a mess. It’s a mixed bag.


Brian, 50, California, white, TV production
I remember thinking, “I’m worried he’ll go too far.” And 100 days in, I guess I’m worried he’s going to go too far.


Jessica, 37, Virginia, Black, administrative assistant
Me, too.


Mark, 61, Florida, white, controller
He’s doing what he said he would do. He’s actually following through on his promises.


Mark, 61, Florida, white, controller
I said he’s following through on what he said he would do. When was the last time we had a politician that did that?


Jessica, 37, Virginia, Black, administrative assistant
I definitely said to myself, “How is it that the first seven days he’s in office, things are happening and Biden went through almost his entire term with nothing happening?”


Chris, 34, Georgia, white, aviation
I couldn’t believe the first week. I was like, “Wow, a president can do stuff.”



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