Reactions to the Trump Administration’s Turbulent Start

‘I think that this administration really brought out the true colors of everybody.’

‘I’m looking at 2026 midterms at a litmus test for oligarchy as a fundamental thing.’

‘I just want public schooling to stay kind of conservative and pure because I have little girls.’

‘Change happens. You won’t always like the people who are in power.’

‘All these new things only seem to be working for the higher class of Americans.’

‘Students feel that the issues they care about are left out of government.’

‘I think it definitely has put a bad narrative on Christianity.’

‘I worry about whether I will even have a future as a teacher.’

‘For the first time, I felt genuine fear of my family being taken away from me.’

‘I’m interested to see where the never-Trump conservative movement goes from here.’

‘I was expecting more people to try and rein in the craziness, but it didn’t happen.’

‘Sometimes I wish history could just be kept to the books, not happening around us.’

‘With the policies and executive orders and firings, there are a lot of things not helping the American people.’

‘All of my friends that are trans or queer identifying have been under attack.’

‘We could end up with a non-constitutional system in just a matter of years, depending on how people react.’