SHOCKED Voters Get INSTANT KARMA over Trump's REAL PLANS

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Ben Meiselas 1:01
Americans who were not paying attention at all during the election are now responding to some polling questions and they are shocked at what Donald Trump says he's going to do. And Americans, by and large, do not support almost anything that Donald Trump says he's going to do. Still, Americans simply don't believe he's going to do the things he says he's going to do. but they don't support the things he says he's going to do. They just think he's making it up, apparently. What does that say about our country and the electorate right now? Take a look at this YouGov poll, for example. The net support for imposing tariffs on Mexico, negative 9%, on Canada, Negative 18%, so more Americans appear to be okay with Mexico.
Ben Meiselas 1:51
Go figure, after all of the demeaning language Donald Trump has used about Mexico and Mexicans and people south of our border. But overwhelmingly still, Americans don't support tariffs on Mexico and Canada. which Donald Trump says he will do on day one. Next question. Do you think martial law could be necessary under any circumstance in the United States? 40%, 45% say no, 20% say yes, 35% are unsure. Donald Trump has threatened that he's going to invoke the Alien Seditions Act and invoke martial law to do his bloody mass deportation. So, americans there again don't support something donald trump said during the campaign he was going to do next one do you support eliminating the cfpb the consumer financial protection bureau 44 of americans oppose it 19 support it 37 are unsure so still here in this poll the majority people oppose something
Ben Meiselas 2:58
that Donald Trump and his Doge committee and Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and other Republicans say that they will do, eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Approval for the Affordable Care Act, something Donald Trump says he will repeal. You'll recall that over the weekend, last weekend that is, Donald Trump went on Meet the Press with Kristen Welker. She asked him, do you have any plans when you repeal the Affordable Care Act of what you're going to replace it with? Trump said that they have concepts of plans and Republicans throughout the past few weeks have been attacking the Affordable Care Act over and over again, which prevents insurers from from discriminating against people on the basis of pre-existing conditions and it brought tens of millions of people health care who didn't have it before now look there are serious flaws in our health care system that need to be fixed But having healthcare versus not having healthcare at all is the difference between life or death. How can we improve the system?
Ben Meiselas 4:01
Something that President Biden was focusing on. Here, 54% of Americans approve the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare. 38% disapprove, according to the Gallup poll. Next one, this is big, right? Donald Trump's whole thing is cryptocurrency. His SEC director is gonna allow anybody to do whatever they want with cryptocurrency. We've done all of the reporting. Donald Trump owns a crypto company, World Liberty Financial. He cut that deal with that guy, Justin Sun, who runs the Tron blockchain, which has been under the investigation by the SEC for engaging in fraudulent trading, Justin Sun. denies all of the allegations justin's son was that guy who bought a 6.2 million dollar banana at an art show and then ate it to flaunt his wealth cryptocurrency should it be more regulated no change less regulated or unsure the you gov poll says 42 percent of americans think cryptocurrency should be more regulated 18 say no change 10 less 30 percent unsure

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