{"id":590176,"date":"2026-04-22T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=590176"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:01:00","slug":"drudge-report-thinks-trump-comparison-to-jimmy-carter-will-get-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=590176","title":{"rendered":"Drudge Report thinks Trump comparison to Jimmy Carter will get attention"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A rehashed comparison from a news aggregate site placed President Donald Trump beside President Jimmy Carter in what proved a reminder to many how \u201cDRUDGE sold out years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Much like Republicans in name only (RINOs), myriad once-reliable media outlets have shifted gears or changed hands over the years, allowing owners to wear the conservative reputation of the past like a skinsuit. Counted among them is the Drudge Report, which leveraged the malaise under Carter to present a dire outlook for the Trump administration as the website\u2019s lead.<\/p>\n

Featuring the present and past chief executives side by side, the banner read, \u201cTRUMP APPROVAL: 32% \u2026 MATCHING CARTER LOWS .. MORE WAR CONFUSION.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oblivious to the radical leftward shift of the aggregate site, a social media user demonstrated how the once go-to for conservatives was being used for spin by commenting, \u201cMAGA Simps will dismiss this headline by calling it \u2018left wing propaganda\u2019. I cannot wait to see their faces when they find out this was the morning headline on The Drudge Report.\u201d<\/p>\n

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MAGA Simps will dismiss this headline by calling it \u201cleft wing propaganda\u201d. I cannot wait to see their faces when they find out this was the morning headline on The Drudge Report.#DV1<\/a> #USDemocracy<\/a> #DemsUnited<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/SFcoS6nakc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Marty Taylor (@RealMartyT7) April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The first link led to an American Research Group poll that found Trump at his lowest approval rating during his entire tenure in the White House.<\/p>\n

\u201cA total of 32% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, and 63% say they disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job, according to the latest survey from the American Research Group,\u201d read the poll summary. \u201cIn March, 34% of Americans approved of the way Trump was handling his job and 63% disapproved.\u201d<\/p>\n

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American Research Group \u2013 Trump Approval<\/p>\n

Approve: 32% (-2)
\nDisapprove: 64% (+1)<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s lowest approval in either term
\n\u2014\u2014
\nNet Approval Trend
\n\"\ud83d\udfe4\" Mar 2025: -6
\n\"\ud83d\udfe4\" Oct 2025: -23
\n\"\ud83d\udfe4\" Mar 2026: -29
\n\"\ud83d\udd34\" Apr 2026: -32<\/p>\n

April 16-20 | 1,008 RV pic.twitter.com\/w6NmsEl48R<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As for the second link, it connected to Statista.com, featuring tracking of Carter\u2019s abysmal approval rating<\/a> leading up to his 1980 loss to then-former California Gov. Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n

While corporate media readily dismissed the self-evident similarities between Carter and then-President Joe Biden, including the record-high inflation, wallet-draining gas prices, and the hostage crisis in Gaza that extended beyond his administration, outlets appeared more than willing to paint such a picture featuring Trump.<\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal reported<\/a> that \u201cTrump screamed at aides for hours\u201d after an F-15E\u00a0 Strike Eagle had been shot down, triggering a 36-hour rescue mission. The Journal\u2019s Josh Dawsey and Annie Linskey went on, \u201cThe Europeans aren\u2019t helping, he said repeatedly. Gas prices averaged $4.09. Images of the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis\u2013one of the biggest international policy failures of a presidency in recent times\u2013had been looming large in his mind, people who have spoken to him said.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was further relayed that the president was said to have expressed in March, \u201cIf you look at what happened with Jimmy Carter \u2026 with the helicopters and the hostages, it cost them the election. What a mess.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Drudge Report made the same banner comparison in 2020 with the headline \u201cPOLL SHOCK: TRUMP APPROVAL 38% \u2026 JIMMY CARTER LEVELS\u201d linking to a CNN article<\/a> that read in part, \u201cOverall 38% approve of the way Trump is handling the presidency, while 57% disapprove. That\u2019s his worst approval rating since January 2019, and roughly on par with approval ratings for Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush at this point in the reelection years. Both went on to lose the presidency after one term.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reactions were hardly willing to accept the comparison, as social media users instead slammed the aggregate site.<\/p>\n

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FYI:<\/p>\n

Nobody reads Drudge anymore after it was bought and became liberal democrat scum media<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Dood (@bobbycotton2024) April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And many of you \u201cuseful idiots\u201d will believe it.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Patrice (@Patricemonziel) April 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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So everyone knows.<\/p>\n

DRUDGE sold out years ago. He actually sold out and sold out.<\/p>\n

WENT LEFTIST and still pretends.<\/p>\n

\u2014 CaptMike (@getcloserhome) April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Yeah, like a decade ago. Drudge report became super, stupidly liberal in the lead up to 2016. It happened slowly at first, then rapidly near the end.<\/p>\n

\u2014 LuminancePhotos (@LuminancePhotos) April 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A rehashed comparison from a news aggregate site placed President Donald Trump beside President Jimmy Carter in what proved a reminder to many how \u201cDRUDGE sold out years ago.\u201d Much like Republicans in name only (RINOs), myriad once-reliable media outlets have shifted gears or changed hands over the years, allowing owners to wear the conservative… Continue reading Drudge Report thinks Trump comparison to Jimmy Carter will get attention<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":590177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=590176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/590177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=590176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=590176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=590176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}