President Donald Trump recently celebrated his first 100 days in office — a milestone severely tainted by a global tariff war, a shaking economy that appears prime for recession, and one of the lowest approval ratings seen for a president within their first few months since 1953. JIM WATSON / AFP via Getty Images And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images Well, despite any shortcomings, his most loyal base members appear to be holding strong.
Or, at least, that's how it appears in this now-viral compilation of interviews between an MSNBC reporter and Michigan MAGA supporters. MSNBC / tiktok.com Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement In the clip, which has been viewed over 3.5 million times on TikTok, a series of MAGA voters are asked to react to Trump's first 100 days. And, well, it's very telling.
Andrew Harnik / Getty Images Related: Everyone Is Absolutely Losing It Over This Canadian Newspaper Mocking Donald Trump "I know tariffs got everybody scared," one person said. "I'm willing, I think, to go through a little bit of initial pain." "Nobody likes to pay more for anything, I don't, but in the long run, I think it's gonna be good."
MSNBC / tiktok.com "Tariffs, they don't scare me at all," another responded. "We have to have some pain to have the gain." Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement "People are saying, 'Oh, well, prices are gonna go way up.
We won't be able to do anything.' Well, how was the last four years? My grocery bills were ridiculous.
[And] that was for no reason — this is for good reason." Related: People's Jaws Dropped When AOC Shared Her Very Blunt Reason For Not Attending Donald Trump's Inauguration MSNBC / tiktok.com On immigration, an interviewee suggested Trump has added structure to the border crossing system. MSNBC / tiktok.com Meanwhile, this one said they "really believe [Trump is] the one God's chosen."
However, when it comes to immigration, "It's just one of those things where you put yourself and you feel the empathy aspect of it… When you see a kid being pulled away and you're like, 'Man, is there another way we could have did that?' …
Some of the family stuff, I was wondering some ways we could handle that a little bit differently." Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement MSNBC / tiktok.com In the comment section of the video, viewers called out what they see as hypocrisy between how Biden's economic plan was viewed compared to Trump's. "Biden: MY BILLS ARE RIDICULOUS!!!
Trump: im ready for a little pain! My bills are still crazy but this is for a good reason," one person wrote. Others simply called the justifications maddening.
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