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Here’s why many Western leaders’ approval ratings are tanking

RT News · · 1286 words · By Tarik Cyril Amar
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Here’s why many Western leaders’ approval ratings are tanking Every political and social order comes in two flavors: What its small elite and the minority exploiting it to the full want everyone to believe, and the reality that most of its members actually…

Claims checked 15
Techniques found 5
Topics 3

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What happened

Here’s why many Western leaders’ approval ratings are tanking Every political and social order comes in two flavors: What its small elite and the minority exploiting it to the full want everyone to believe, and the reality that most of its members actually…

Why it matters

The two never match, but this mismatch need not be a big problem.

Common ground

However, if the difference becomes too great and too obvious for too long, no order can continue unchanged.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Fear: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Loaded Language 100% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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Name Calling / Labeling 90% confidence
Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.
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Appeal to Fear 80% confidence
Building support by instilling anxiety or panic in the audience.
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Exaggeration / Hyperbole 90% confidence
Overstating facts or claims to create a stronger emotional response.
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Oversimplification 85% confidence
Reducing a complex issue to a simplistic framing that distorts understanding.

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15 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“both the beginning of the criminal Israeli-US war against Iran and deliberately timed, repeated rumors about peace have facilitated manipulative trades worth billions of dollars”
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Multiple web search results from March and April 2026 describe an Israeli-US war against Iran and specifically mention manipulative trades and market manipulation involving billions of dollars in oil markets linked to social media posts by President Trump.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 26, 2026 · That manipulative 'deal' Trump tweet wiped out billions of dollars worth of traders who had held on Crude oil. ... billion dollars is not the ...
https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/posts/if-you-examine-the-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 5, 2026 · INSIDER TRADING AND MARKET MANIPULATION AND NO ONE CAN STOP HIM. ... The US is surreptitiously manipulating the situation to its ...
https://www.facebook.com/dailymaverick/posts/the-latest-isra…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 25, 2026 · Bets on the oil market worth half a billion dollars were made by traders about 15 minutes before President Trump posted on social media ...Missing: Manipulative | Show results with:Mani…
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-tehran-d…
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“9/11 was also accompanied – and preceded – by trading, for which the description “highly suspicious” is an understatement”
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While the evidence confirms the 9/11 attacks occurred, the provided search results (Wikipedia, 9/11 Commission Report, History.com) do not mention specific 'suspicious trading activity' preceding the attacks. The search results are general overviews of the event.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The aircraft hijackers in the September 11 attacks were 19 men affiliated with al-Qaeda, a jihadist organization based in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. They hailed from four countries: 15 of the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijackers_in_the_September_11_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 111 days remain until the end of the year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The September 11 attacks, colloquially known as 9/11, were a coordinated series of suicide attacks perpetrated by the Islamist terrorist organization al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Ninete…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
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“Britain under the widely hated Starmer regime, for instance, is a Zionist police state”
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The claim that the UK is a 'Zionist police state' is a subjective political characterization/opinion. While evidence confirms Keir Starmer is PM and faces criticism regarding his stance on Israel, the term 'Zionist police state' is an ideological label rather than a verifiable fact.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Local elections in the United Kingdom were held on 7 May 2026 for 5,066 English councillors for 136 English local authorities (all 32 London borough councils, 32 metropolitan boroughs, 18 unitary auth…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_Kingdom_local_elec…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sir Keir Rodney Starmer (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and former lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keir_Starmer
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Victoria Starmer (née Alexander; born 1973 or 1974), styled Lady Starmer, is a British occupational health administrator and former solicitor. She is married to Keir Starmer, who has been Prime Minist…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Starmer
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“it also condemns any statements of public solidarity with the victims [of Israel's crimes]”
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The claim states the UK government condemns statements of solidarity with victims. However, evidence from May 2025 explicitly states that the UK's Labour government 'issued statements condemning Israel's ongoing attacks on Gaza,' which directly contradicts the claim that they condemn solidarity with the victims.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israel lobby in the United Kingdom comprises individuals and groups seeking to influence British foreign policy in favour of the State of Israel, bilateral ties with it, Zionism or the policies of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_lobby_in_the_United_Kin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel–United Kingdom relations, or Anglo-Israeli relations, are the diplomatic and commercial ties between the United Kingdom and Israel. The British embassy to Israel is located in Tel Aviv. The UK …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–United_Kingdom_relation…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) is a pro-Israel activist group in the United Kingdom. UKLFI is known for launching numerous legal claims against what it sees as anti-Israel activities, sometimes describ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Lawyers_for_Israel
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“perfectly legitimate speech is prohibited as “terrorist,” the police harass political dissidents as well as the courts and their procedures”
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Web search results from June and July 2025 indicate the UK government moved to ban 'Palestine Action' under anti-terror laws and discuss the use of the Terrorism Act 2000, supporting the claim that speech/activism is being labeled as terrorism.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 28, 2025 ... The UK government is moving to ban Palestine Action under anti-terror laws. 5 things that could put you at risk of a terrorism charge.
https://www.facebook.com/AmnestyUK/posts/next-week-the-uk-go…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 2, 2025 ... Some 80 terrorist organisations are currently proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000. Proscription is, rightly, ideologically neutral: it ...
https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-07-02/debates/6C9…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 25, 2025 ... Investigating Domestic Terrorist Organizations. (a) The National Joint Terrorism Task Force and its local offices (collectively, “JTTFs”) shall ...
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/coun…
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“Germany... has a breathtakingly, historically unpopular government that is only even in place because the last election saw widespread and statistically bizarre miscounts which together acted – very un-randomly – to conveniently eliminate a whole new-left party (the BSW), and thus its voters, from parliament”
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Evidence confirms a German federal election took place on February 23, 2025, and that the BSW is a rising party, but there is no evidence in the provided results regarding 'widespread and statistically bizarre miscounts' used to eliminate the BSW from parliament.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (German: Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands [ˈkʁɪstlɪç demoˈkʁaːtɪʃə ʔuˈni̯oːn ˈdɔʏtʃlants], CDU [ˌtseːdeːˈʔuː] ) is a Christian democratic and conse…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The "Brandmauer" or the “firewall against the far-right" in Germany is a strategy of noncooperation and deplatforming by mainstream political parties and others within German society to suppress the g…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall_against_the_far-right…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2022, Germany's economy has experienced a downturn that marked a dramatic reversal of its previous "labour market miracle" period of 2005–2019. The country, which had been considered to be Europ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_economic_crisis_(2022–p…
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“The German new right (AfD) and its voters, meanwhile, are openly threatened with unconstitutional punishment if they dare succeed too much: vote too much AfD and your kid’s high school diploma will be treated like dirt”
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Evidence confirms the AfD is a far-right party and that it is viewed as a threat by some, but there is no specific evidence provided that voters are threatened with their children's high school diplomas being 'treated like dirt' or other professional penalties for their political affiliation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 European Parliament election in Germany was held on 9 June 2024. It was the tenth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first European Parliament election a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_elect…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The AfD Thuringia is the Thuringian state chapter of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD). The state chapter is led by Björn Höcke and Stefan Möller as state chairmen and has been classif…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AfD_Thuringia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alternative for Germany (German: Alternative für Deutschland, AfD [aːʔɛfˈdeː] ) is a far-right, right-wing populist, national conservative, and in parts völkisch nationalist political party in Germany…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_for_Germany
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“In the words of the Wall Street Journal... “Europeans are fed up and taking it out on their leaders.””
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A Wall Street Journal article dated May 8, 2026, is explicitly titled 'Europeans Are Fed Up and Taking It Out on Their Leaders,' directly confirming the quote.
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web search NEUTRAL — In 2011, The Guardian found evidence that the Journal had artificially inflated its European sales numbers, by paying Executive Learning Partnership for ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal
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web search NEUTRAL — May 8, 2026 · The discontent is focused on leaders that voters feel are unable to address the day's most pressing problems.
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/europeans-are-fed-up-and-ta…
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web search NEUTRAL — WSJ online coverage of breaking news and current headlines from the US and around the world. Top stories, photos, videos, detailed analysis and in-depth ...Missing: dissatisfied | Show results with:di…
https://www.wsj.com/
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“Britain’s Starmer regime has just received a horrific drubbing in local elections”
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No evidence was provided for this claim in the search results.
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“In a study rating the popularity of 24 leaders, the three worst performers were the heads of France, Germany, and the UK”
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No evidence was provided for this claim in the search results.
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“The leaders of Italy, the Netherlands and Spain all have disapproval ratings between 55 and 57 percent”
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“In the US, more than half of all voters disapprove of President Trump’s policies”
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“Almost 60 percent are unhappy with Trump’s handling of inflation”
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“Fifty-five percent of voters believe that Trump has hurt the economy; only a fourth think he has helped it”
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“Berlin, being Berlin, naturally is gearing up to fight Russia directly”
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