{"id":15207,"date":"2026-06-18T16:03:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=15207"},"modified":"2026-06-18T16:03:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:03:28","slug":"will-america-still-be-here-in-another-250-years-more-than-a-third-of-us-dont-think-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/?p=15207","title":{"rendered":"Will America still be here in another 250 years? More than a third of us don\u2019t think so"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On July 4th, America will celebrate 250 years since the dawn of its creation. But according to a new <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/two-three-americans-say-us-democracy-danger-failing\">Reuters\/Ipsos survey<\/a>, many Americans aren&#8217;t feeling very hopeful about the nation&#8217;s future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The survey, which polled 1,537 U.S. \u200badults from June 12 to the 15, found that over a third (38%) of Americans didn&#8217;t think the country would continue to exist in its current form for another 250 years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interestingly, the view comes from both sides of the aisle, with 40% of Democrats and 26% of Republicans sharing the belief.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Likewise, the vast majority of Americans (64%, up from 57% just 10 months ago) say that the nation could be headed for failure. While it&#8217;s somewhat unsurprising that 85% of Democrats hold the view, 50% of \u2060Republicans also agreed with the statement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-americans-divided-on-white-house-celebrations\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Americans divided on White House celebrations<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The big mood came amid President Trump&#8217;s 80th birthday celebration, which featured a UFC fight at the White House. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, Trump is preparing for America 250 celebrations, which will feature Trump himself as the headliner after a number of musical artists pulled out of the planned concert series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, Trump took to Truth Social to share his plans for <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116753672230328052\">his July Fourth \u2018TRIBUTE TO AMERICA\u201d rally<\/a>, which will take place on the National Mall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, a two-week-long fair <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/15\/us\/politics\/freedom-250-america-250.html\">planned by Freedom 250<\/a>, a group Trump created, will feature religious, conservative, and anti-LGBTQ groups. Trump&#8217;s face will appear on America <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/28\/us-passports-trump-image\/\">250-themed passports<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/09\/politics\/ufc-trump-organization-coins\">coinage<\/a>, as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, while Trump appears undoubtedly ready to celebrate in typical Trump fashion, most Americans aren&#8217;t interested in the White House&#8217;s July 4th antics, with more than three-quarters (77%) of Democrats and half of Republicans (51%) saying the planned celebrations are too political, per the recent poll. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Likewise, 55% said they are not likely to &#8220;attend or view&#8221; an America 250 event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, even as many Americans say they don&#8217;t believe the nation will remain intact, even more are worried about other consequential issues. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seventy-seven percent said they believe political violence is likely to escalate over the next five years. Inflation is top of mind, too, with 70% disapproving of the way Trump is handling the issue, followed by cost of living (69%) and the economy (63%).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, 62% say they disapprove of the way Trump is doing his job on the whole. And it seems clear from the latest survey that Americans don&#8217;t feel Trump&#8217;s impact can be easily undone, either.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91560617\/will-america-still-be-here-in-another-250-years-more-than-a-third-of-us-dont-think-so\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 4th, America will celebrate 250 years since the dawn of its creation. But according to a new Reuters\/Ipsos survey, many Americans aren&#8217;t feeling very hopeful about the nation&#8217;s future.&nbsp; The survey, which polled 1,537 U.S. \u200badults from June 12 to the 15, found that over a third (38%) of Americans didn&#8217;t think the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brand-spotlights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildgreenquest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}