Trump destroys record of being fastest president to hit more than 50 percent disapproval

[Everlong]

Donald trump has hit 51 percent disapproval just eight days into his presidency, which absolutely demolishes the record.

Here's how long it took the most recent presidents to accomplish that for the first time:

Reagan 727
Bush Sr. 1336
Clinton 573
Bush Jr. 1205
Obama 936
Trump 8

Unbelievable.

[KaiserGlider]

We have the best disapproval ratings, don't we folks?

[AkydefGoldberg]

Moral of the story: being a divisive, discriminatory dick helps your approval ratings in record time.

Only hope has been the number of people protesting at airports for what's right.

[KaiserGlider]

Moral of the story: being a divisive, discriminatory dick helps your approval ratings in record time.

Only hope has been the number of people protesting at airports for what's right.

I can't help but wonder where all these people were on election day. It's sill baffling to me that he actually won, even though he did lose the popular vote.

[ShaneOfan]

Lies. Liberal media lies. Everyone loves Donald. His approval levels are actually huge. The media just wants to make him look bad by saying he doing bad. They are just sad Crooked Hillary isn't President. His real numbers are huge. They love him bigley. He is totally going to be at 100 percent soon. Trust me. People like him. You will see once the wall goes up and all the evil Muslims are gone, his numbers will be over 100 percent. Believe it.

[Hanley!]

I can't help but wonder where all these people were on election day. It's sill baffling to me that he actually won, even though he did lose the popular vote.

Maybe next time the people whining about the lesser of two evils will actually go out and vote for the person who is less evil. Because as much as it sucks to vote for someone you don't completely support, it's better than letting it come to this.

[The Legend]

I can't help but wonder where all these people were on election day. It's sill baffling to me that he actually won, even though he did lose the popular vote.

Maybe next time the people whining about the lesser of two evils will actually go out and vote for the person who is less evil. Because as much as it sucks to vote for someone you don't completely support, it's better than letting it come to this.

The people going out and protesting did vote by and large, unless they were ineligible to vote.

[Hanley!]

I'd say you're quite probably right. The people who are willing to go out and protest, generally aren't the sort to not cast a vote. But there were a number of typically Democrat voters who didn't bother turning out to vote for Hillary Clinton because they didn't like her. And I understand why they don't, but it's becoming more and more clear by the day that they should have voted for her anyway.

[Daz]

I think the whole "just give him a chance" ship sailed, hit an iceberg and sunk quite violently, pretty fucking quickly.

[The Legend]

I think the whole "just give him a chance" ship sailed, hit an iceberg and sunk quite violently, pretty fucking quickly.

The problem with "give him a chance" is he bulldozed his way through his first week so much that we know exactly what he plans to do after just one week.

[KaiserGlider]

Middle of week 2 update:

- Attorney General refuses to defend travel ban, Trump fires her
- Obama condemns travel ban
- Press secretary says it isn't a ban one day after Trump calls it a ban
- Grants Steve Bannon access to National Security Council meetings
- Harley Davidson cancels Trump visit in fear of protests
- Appoints new Supreme Court Justice

[Daz]

Silencing dissenting voices by firing him is pretty terrifying. So is Trump subverting his own cabinet to make these unilateral decisions without consulting them first.

How are the American people supposed to have faith in their government if the President himself goes over their heads, or fires anyone who doesn't automatically agree with him and provides an opposing voice?