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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

Americans feel OK about their own lives — It’s the country they think is falling apart

WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:23.3

However, where they're having an issue is the country.

0:27.7

So it's not them that is the problem.

0:30.8

It's everyone else.

0:32.4

Oh, you mean me?

0:34.1

It couldn't be me.

0:35.7

That's the issue.

0:36.6

No, no, no, no.

0:37.0

It's got to be you that's the problem. Well, we've seen a lot of polls that say, you know, current life satisfaction is at an all time low and how there's the younger generation who wants to leave the country. But when people are asked head on, they say, oh, no, I'm not the problem. It's how the country is run that is the problem.

0:55.5

Yeah, and I think this is the continued, you know, move of our culture into a more narcissistic

1:00.6

society, even more so than it's ever been in our lives. We think we're right. We're going to

1:06.3

argue and yell at you and scream till we're blue in the face to tell you we're right and never

1:10.7

listen to somebody's other opinion or even challenge our own opinions on certain situations.

1:15.6

Well, you could also say that it shows a big gap between personal well-being and national

1:21.7

pessimism that voters want better governance. And why wouldn't you? Well, I'll guarantee you

1:27.2

that part of the results of that

1:28.6

study, there's a huge chunk of people in there that absolutely have Trump derangement syndrome. And so

1:33.2

while they're doing okay and they're financially all right and their family's good, they see Trump in

1:38.4

office and just can't think of anything else other than the country's going to hell on a handbasket

1:43.1

and everything is in a terrible condition right now. Well, they want some results on economy and security. That's going to be part of it too. Sure. Look, we got to hold Trump accountable and Trump needs to do better. He's done some good things. He's done some bad things and we need more of the good than the bad. But a huge portion of this country is suffering from Trump derangement syndrome.

2:02.2

Look at the state of the union when he sat there and said,

2:05.6

if you agree with me, stand up, we should focus on American citizens first and not illegal aliens

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