And a two, and a theree: his numbers are perfect!
President Donald Trump has been in office for just more than seven months, and his approval ratings by many measures have plateaued after a low coinciding with the Jeffrey Epstein scandal in July.
While Congress has been on recess throughout August, Trump has deployed the National Guard in D.C. to combat crime and homelessness, and threatened to do so in other cities. He also implemented new tariffs against several countries.
Recent polls show that Americans are becoming more partisan, and have stronger feelings about Trump’s job performance than in the past.
So what do Americans think? Here is what to know:
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As of Jan. 27, Trump received a +6.2 percentage point approval rating, but as of March 13, it flipped to slightly negative, the RealClearPolitics graphics show. The approval rating reached its most negative on April 29 at -7.2 percentage points, which fell around Trump’s 100-day mark. It came close to that low again on July 22 and 23 at -7.1 percentage points, as the controversy over Epstein carried into its third week.
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A historical analysis by Gallup shows Trump’s approval ratings in August of his first years in office − both as the 45th and 47th presidents − are lower than any other modern president at the same time in their administrations.
In a Gallup poll conducted from Aug 1-20, 40% approved of Trump’s job performance. Here is how that compares to other presidents in August of their first year of their term, according to Gallup:
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Joe Biden (August 2021) - 49% approve
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Trump (August 2017) - 36% approve
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Barack Obama (August 2009) - 53% approve
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George W. Bush (August 2001) - 56% approve
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Bill Clinton (August 1993) - 44% approve
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George H.W. Bush (August 1989) - 69% approve
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Ronald Reagan (August 1981) - 60% approve
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According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Aug. 22-24, 40% approve and 54% disapprove of Trump’s job performance. The poll surveyed 1,022 U.S. adults with a margin of error of ±3 percentage points.
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The survey found a similar plateau when it came to two of Trump’s key policy issues, immigration and the economy. Among respondents, 37% approved of his performance on the economy, with 55% disapproving. Immigration garnered slightly higher numbers, at 43% approving and 51% disapproving.
Pollsters found 38% of Americans support using troops for law enforcement in the U.S. capital, with 46% opposed. The rest were unsure or declined to answer the question.
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An Economist/YouGov poll surveyed 1,523 U.S. adult citizens between Aug. 22-25, 56% of respondents disapproved of how Trump is handling his job, compared to 41% who approved.
The poll asked if Trump had been too forceful in implementing his agenda in seven areas, and in each one, more respondents said he went too far than “about right” or “not gone far enough.”
When it came to tariffs, 52% of Americans said Trump has gone too far, compared to 31% who said it was just right and 9% who thought it was not far enough.
His numbers are perfect in that they show how the public sees the bad job he’s doing.
There were protests against the felon all over the country on Labor Day.
Labor unions and community activists gathered for mass protests on Labor Day, the latest in a series of demonstrations against the Trump administration.
On a holiday set aside to recognize and honor the contributions of American workers, hundreds and sometimes thousands turned out in rallies and political protests across the country on Sept. 1, aiming to demonstrate the power of the working class.
Large crowds turned out at rallies and marches in major cities including Boston, Chicago, Detroit, New York and others. More than a thousand "Workers Over Billionaires” themed events were planned nationwide.
Guliana to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he will award former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, two days after his longtime political ally was seriously injured in a car crash.
Certainly there’s a good reason for this. Aaah, of course. (The bolding is mine.)
The decision places the award on a man once lauded for leading New York after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and later sanctioned by courts and disbarred for amplifying false claims about the 2020 election. Giuliani was also criminally charged in two states; he has denied wrongdoing.
What’s it called when a government controls the press?
Donald Trump exploded at ABC News on Sunday night over contributor and longtime Democratic strategist Donna Brazile.
The president demanded Brazile, a former chair of the Democratic National Committee, be fired from the network following criticism of him from her on “This Week.”
But in true Donvict style, he’s one-upped (one-downed?) the dictatorship playbook.
He also called for another payment from ABC, which last year agreed to a $15 million settlement — to fund his presidential library — over an inaccurate statement made by anchor George Stephanopoulos on the air.
The full post on the felon’s Xitter clone is in the link.
In yet another stable(flloor droppings) genius move, the felon’s attempt at outsourcing concentration camps blows up in the taxpayer’s face.
A small African nation currently imprisoning five immigrants deported from the United States reportedly asked the Trump administration for half a billion dollars to detain them.
The administration resumed a policy of deporting immigrant detainees to so-called third countries in July, starting with the tiny African nation of Eswatini. Eswatini’s government at one point requested millions of dollars in exchange, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.
Those documents also show that Eswatini was open to detaining 150 people from other nations for more than $10 million from the United States, the newspaper reported.
And you’ll love this bit.
Eswatini diplomats told The Independent in July that they were blindsided by the Trump administration’s plan to send a group of men with criminal convictions to their country; they had only learned about the flights from social media.
So what’s going to happen with these detainees?
Eswatini officials said they plan to arrange for those detainees to be sent back to their countries of origin, while activists in the country are challenging what they say is an unconstitutional secret agreement with the Trump administration.
The Eswatini government said the men “will be repatriated” and the United Nations International Organization for Migration is working with the country to “facilitate the transit of these inmates to their countries of origin.”
Nearly two months later, those men remain imprisoned in Eswatini.
And, get this, the felon’s been lying about the so-called detainees. (Shocker!)
Homeland Security officials labeled Etoria and the other men sent to Eswatini “depraved monsters” who are “so uniquely barbaric” that those countries won’t accept them.
Jamaican officials rejected the administration’s claim that the country is not cooperating.
“The Government has not refused the return of any of our nationals to Jamaica,” according to Jamaican foreign minister Kamina J Smith.
Jamaica will “continue its engagements” with the Trump administration to make arrangements “to facilitate the individual’s return to Jamaica,” she wrote in July.
The felon surrounds himself with “only the best”, doesn’t he?
President Donald Trump attempted to dispel brewing concerns over his health by posting a photo with a football coach who fell from grace over leaked emails containing racist, sexist, and homophobic language.
Trump touted his golf game with former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden in a Truth Social post on Sunday.
“Great playing Golf with Jon Gruden — A really nice guy, and true character!” the president wrote, attaching a photo of himself fist-bumping with the once-venerated coach, who was wearing a Trump hat.
And, wow, this is starting to get to CSI level examination to determine what’s really happened and when with the felon and his clingon of buttkissers.
It is unclear whether the photo was taken on Sunday. Eagle-eyed social media users were quick to point out that Gruden was wearing the same outfit in an Instagram post dated Aug. 23—a day that Trump also spent at the golf course—fueling speculation that the photo was eight days old. Others mused that the image was AI-generated.
Don’t worry, Donvict. Cruella de Vile still worships you and your dictatorial infatuation.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stunned critics on Sunday with a wild, dramatic claim about Donald Trump.
During a discussion on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” about the president’s possible deployment of the National Guard to Chicago, Noem said Los Angeles “wouldn’t be standing” if Trump hadn’t mobilized troops there in June to counter protests against his anti-immigration crackdown.
“That city would have burned down if left to the devices of the mayor and the governor of that state,” Noem told host Ed O’Keefe.
Here’s some advice for you, Cruella de Vile. The key to writing fiction is to write good fiction.