Stop us if you heard this one before: Trump threatens The New York Times
With Donald Trump finishing up his first year as president for the second time, there’s a new New York Times/Siena poll about his job performance.
Two things about it are not surprising.
One, his approval rating is not good. And, two, Trump is mad as hell about it.
The poll revealed a job approval rating of only 40%, while 56% disapprove. Only 32% — that’s less than a third — believe the country is better off since he became president again.
In practically every area — managing the federal government, the economy, Venezuela, immigration, relationships with other countries, wars in Ukraine and Gaza and more — Trump has support from less than half the country. The lone area where he has a slight approval (50% to 46%) is his handling of the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
But, overall, these poll numbers paint a dismal picture of the president.
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