The first 8 days
by digby
Trump’s approval rating since inauguration:
That’s, uhm, not good.
By contrast, George W. Bush, who also lost he popular vote and took office under dubious circumstances had a 57% approval rating at this point in office. Trump can’t get above his popular vote total.
At this point it doesn’t mean anything because he’s got the same amount of power and ten times the ego of a president who did win in a landslide and he’s determined to use it to do everything he wants. But you can see why he’s hurrying so fast. In some polls he’s in the mid-30s and it’s hard to see how he can keep Republicans on board if he continues to sink.
Of course, they’re all obviously terrified of him because he’ll call them names on twitter so maybe that’s not really an issue.
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