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Americans have a bleak outlook on the nation’s future ahead of its 250th birthday next month, with most saying the U.S. has already seen its best days and a record-low number saying they are extremely proud to be Americans, according to a new NBC News poll.

nbcnews.comPoll: America at 250 is riven with doubt and pessimism — but with glimmers of hopeNational pride, faith in major institutions and belief in the “American Dream” declined in new NBC News polling.

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even hanging the flag now identifies you as a repub, they have taken over the flag and show it little respect, can remember the building joy for the 200th, now it’s building dread for the 250th which features a trump rally, oh boy

Fortunately 50% now agree that as we’ve implemented it currently it is insufficient. This is the key ingredient we need in order to enact massive structural change as we have many times in our history. This is exciting.

THE ONLY HOPE THIS COUNTRY HAS IS THAT THE INEVITABLE COMES SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. ELECTIONS WILL FIX NONE OF THIS. WE ARE BEYOND THAT EVENT HORIZON. THE OLIGARCHY KNOWS WHAT'S COMING AND THEIR ABUSES WILL ONLY INCREASE IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM IT. THERE CAN BE NO MERCY.

We drown every day in oceans of bad news, both from our government, and from foreign countries. The Shitler Admin. is making a mockery of our country. They are hurting both immigrants and citizens alike, while Congress sits on its hands. We're drowning in debt and the outlook is indeed, bleak!

🛑🛑🛑 ‼️‼️‼️ What does it mean - trump "won"? 🤣🤣🤣 🖕👑 In Russian, the word that sounds like "won" means "OUT"... 💥💥💥 🇺🇸🗽 I agree - trump OUT..

this is what 30 years or relentless media and corporate assault on democracy gets you ... a failed Congress and President and a divided polarised nation

With a president openly talking about suspending our Constitutional rights and a Congressional majority party willing to let him do it...yes, the outlook is bleak. But not hopeless. My husband and I are both veterans still holding to our oaths to uphold and defend the Constitution.

We will come back better than ever. Hopefully, we will have learned from this horrible mistake of trump and strengthen our democracy, as well as root out the corruption, making it better than ever! We will come back to greatness! We are Americans!

Yes, what may not be clear is that half the nation, the conservative part, wants it to become more corrupt, lawless, anti-democratic, racist, nativist, theocratic, misogynistic, ignorant, sick, violent, while the other half, the liberal part, wants it to become less all those things.

I'm not proud. Not proud at all, but America never was as great as we thought it was when we were young and naive. For some people, it was never free and still isn't. That is a tragedy that needs to change.

I'm just going to say it - I don't even consider myself an American anymore. I'm a blue stater. Currently an Oregonian but formerly a New Yorker and briefly in my life, a Californian. I see zero civic kinship with red staters, don't want them meddling my life & would prefer federalism on steroids.

Taxation without representation is back. Time for another revolution to kick out the elites who take our money and use it for vanity projects and to start unnecessary wars. In the meantime, we can't afford healthcare, gas, groceries, or housing.

It’s kinda hard to get excited for our 250 birthday Because Donald Trump made celebration all about him, I still think that Pamela Harris would’ve done 10,000 times better than what Donald Trump has been doing. I blame you, Maga I really really REALLY dislike that group right now!? 😡

No revolution can succeed without popular support & a high level of commitment. We are now asking all Americans to overthrow this current administration and take a leap of faith that we can return to democracy that is inclusive, honest & will ultimately be better than the hate that surrounds us now.

Good on you, NBC headline writer! This marks the first time I have seen riven used in a major network headline — please tell me there was a debate about vocabulary levels and the copy editors won.

USA on verge of subjugation by Putin Oligarch Crime Syndicate. We are being betrayed by Putin’s puppet Trump & his corrupt pro-Putin regime, GOP, TechOligarchs, Peter Thiel, Vance, Elon Musk. Evangelicals & GOP don't care about Democracy: they've been promised ChristianNationalistFascist government.

Why would anyone feel proud of being American with the orange disaster in the White House? We are more hated by the rest of the world than we’ve ever been. And it’s all on Trump and his idiotic supporters.

The ONLY HOPE America has going forward……THE ONLY HOPE..!!!!!!…… ..is to get rid of the poison that is the president and the toxic GOP party at EVERY LEVEL OF GOVT!! GOP = DOMESTIC TERRORISM TRUMP FAMILY = CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION

Corruption on display every fucking day. Get fucking real. The guardrails were destroyed by the rich and powerful. We don't have "rights." Carlin was right, using Japanese internment camps as a reference, we have temporary privileges. Those "extremely proud americans" are fucking fascists. SAY IT.

We have a month to take back the 250 narrative and give it to the Hard Working Americans, Hard-Worked Seniors, our Beautiful and Diverse Children, and Our Great but tortured history, let's remeber: IT'S ALL ABOUT INDEPENDANCE FROM A DICTATORSHIP, WHICH OUR GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO BE TURNING ITSELF INTO.

It's so interesting that in showing the "two sides" you have a picture of a political opinion (against ICE) and another that's just a lie (about the 2020 election). That's the US in a nutshell - lies on one side, strong opinions on another, and media positioning those as roughly equivalent.

What friends? What allies remain? Are you reading what the other countries are saying? Not just in official journalism-Drop in on some of their comments. The “friends” are fleeing. And many feel the citizens (as a whole) are getting just what they deserve. Sadly, MAGA is large & a mirror image 🤷🏻‍♀️

I doubt they can help those that don’t even help themselves. America has a history of forgiving egregious acts against humanity, including its citizens. If there never is a sufficient punishment over the overt harm to BIPOC & POC communities, it will continue. America is a rampaging toddler

Shit. UFC cage matches at the Whitehouse with a rapist and convicted felon un-indicted un-prosecuted un-imprisoned pedophile occupying government, private immigration prisons, rise of right-wing fascist Nazis and a continuing war that Trump started in the Middle East .. what is there to 'proud of?'

Vote @progressiveparty_usa @sydney4america Don't be dumb and keep the two party system like it's been working well for you all these years. Show them who's in charge. You vote for Dem or Rep, just go ahead and relinquish your rights as a human being.

Listen: everybody who is now proud of America STAY in your country don’t travel! At least not to Europe ! It’s your good right and freedom of speech but please stay there. The rest is more than welcome!!

Which expert and why haven’t they brought it to a judge? MAGA managed to get 30+ of the most baseless, time-wasting accusations into a courtroom where they were very quickly laughed out… but they were put in front of the judge. Not one single person has taken this to court because it didn’t happen.

Why, WHY when our money needed for health care, programs funded, feeding America etc.. going to put on a “show” for a worthless president who doesn’t give a shit about Americas people just to get attention for himself!! It is unthinkable!!!

Men now disrespect women, and they rule. So. No. Both sides are in bed with biz and tech. To get this far into fascism, with no prosecution of crimes is disheartening, to say the least. Tired of the roller coaster of Epstein. Some son of a prince got a measly 4 years for multiple rapes. So. Fuck it.

🤔 What a very tepid way to alert the world that Americans 🇺🇸 have lost faith in their country + leadership because their ability to hope and prosper has been utterly crushed by a supremely corrupt cruel inept government = THANK YOU 🙏 DEARLY TRUMP REPUBLICANS NOW GO F YOURSELVES!!!

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the founding of our country, Americans should be filled with pride and joy for this momentous occasion. Instead, many are sad, feeling hopeless and livid that our great country has been destroyed at the hands of one wannabe-dictator. This is NOT our America.

I’m ignoring the entire week of the 4th. There are too many reasons to not celebrate what this country is, what it accepts, and its disregard for those in need in favor of more billionaires and trillionaires. It’s lost its way and I don’t see it coming back.

Can't say I am proud of America, under the dumpty don regime. I hope one day when he and his regime are gone, we can become proud Americans again. dumpty don has done grave damage to our country around the world and here at home.

The bicentennial was SO much better…. Now? It feels like celebrating the END of democracy, which isn’t for me a very pleasant event.

I am not proud of 2026 America. I love my country, but it's a global embarrassment at best right now. At worst (and far more likely) a global detriment. I am not celebrating anything on July 4th this year.

Pete Buttigieg may have hit the nail on the head. In late 2024 I heard him say, “maybe America has reached its limit on progress.” I am thinking the same thing but hope not.

If you believe that, why weren’t you in the streets in the days after the election? Seems to me if someone stole your election folks would do something, but no one did a thing. No one was in the streets, no one did anything. Huh.

I'd feel better if we didn't have an entire political party whose members want to PARDDON Derek Chauvin for the glaringly obvious, willful murder of George Floyd. Pro-police authority. Pro-violence. Pro-domination. White supremacist. Anti-freedom from harm through accountability. Anti-rule of law.

If all people want to do is bitch about what's happening and not actually get their asses up off their sofas and out from in front their TVs and help take our country back then fuck them.

I’m still proud to be an American 🇺🇸 who despises what our current government has done to the laws, rights and protections of our past. We will rejoice at the demise of this rogue cabal of thugs and criminals and work hard to restore the integrity and dignity of our future. Stay tuned. We aren’t dead

A majority of American institutions are to blame: the office of the “Presidency” to the Supreme Court, the racist radicalism of the Republican Party to the weak fecklessness inability of the Democratic Party to offer any meaningful political pushback. The people can’t rely on anyone but themselves.

What's to celebrate? Rising food costs? Rising gas prices? The murder of our citizens? Hatred? Xenophobia? Misogyny? The lack of healthcare? The people starving? The destruction of the education system? The endless wars? The staggering debt? These are his legacy and none of them are celebratory.

It is bleak now. Between the Powell Memo & Reaganomics - which Bush extended, and Trump made permanent- the great experiment failed. It's been greed before greatness for the last 50 years. Wages for workers has been stagnant, while CEO pay went thru the roof along with politicians bank accounts.