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Donald Trump is heading into the second half of his first presidential year mired in deep trouble with the voters and facing imposing obstacles to the success of his presidency.
Among the strongest criticisms of Trump, who was inaugurated six months ago on Jan. 20, are that he seems unable to stay on message, is too eager to attack his opponents in harsh and personal terms, is often inflexible at a time when compromise and conciliation are called for, and he isn't getting much done. This charge of ineffectiveness was bolstered Monday evening when two more Republican senators – Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas – announced they would oppose a Trump-backed Senate Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, which was passed under Democratic President Barack Obama.
Lee and Moran joined two other GOP senators – Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky – who said earlier they would oppose a procedural move to start debate on the measure. All this means that the GOP is at least two votes short of the 50 votes needed to pass the new health-care legislation. All 46 Senate Democrats and two independents are expected to vote against the bill.
In response, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he probably would still push for some kind of vote soon. And President Trump immediately called for a vote to repeal "Obamacare" but to delay the repeal for a while, possibly two years, so Congress would have time to work out a replacement. This repeal measure has only a remote change to pass, however, congressional experts say.
Overall, Trump supporters praise him for being a disrupter of the status quo in Washington and for attempting to push conservative policies such as cutting taxes and changing the health care system to reduce the federal role. This has enabled him to keep about 35 to 40 percent of the electorate on his side, according to most major polls.
But Trump has alienated much of the rest of America. The latest ABC News-Washington Post poll shows that 58 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump's job performance, and only 36 percent approve, down six percentage points from three months ago. This is the lowest rating for any president at the six-month mark in 70 years.
And Trump is now facing another series of problems, including ongoing investigations into possibly improper Russian links to his 2016 campaign, and congressional battles over his budget priorities, increasing the debt ceiling, avoiding a shutdown when the government runs out of money at the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, and improving the nation's crumbling roads, bridges and other basic facilities. And of course there are the looming fights over health care and tax cuts.
Even some Trump supporters in Congress are unsettled because he apparently can't resist lashing out and, as a result, keeps making news on stories that are negative for him and his administration. This happened again last weekend. On Sunday morning, President Trump wrote on Twitter to complain about "fake news," as he often does. He tweeted that the media have used "phony unnamed sources & highly slanted & even fraudulent reporting" to malign his son Donald Trump, Jr., and he said the media are "DISTORTING DEMOCRACY."
Trump defended his son against media stories about the young businessman's meeting with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign. The younger Trump says he wanted to follow up on a vague offer of incriminating information about Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Such information apparently wasn't provided but Donald Jr. has been widely criticized for meeting with the lawyer and possibly encouraging a foreign power to meddle in the U.S. election. President Trump said his son did nothing wrong.
Yet the public perceptions of Trump keep getting worse. The Post-ABC survey also found widespread dissatisfaction and embarrassment at Trump's use of social media, especially Twitter, where he regularly attacks and belittles his adversaries. Sixty-eight percent say Trump's tweets are "inappropriate," and 65 percent say they are "insulting." Fifty-two percent say the tweets are "dangerous." Only 21 percent of all Americans (and 41 percent of self-identified Republicans) say the tweets are "refreshing."
Many Americans also are troubled by what they see as shortcomings in Trump's character, notably his willingness to demean adversaries, and his bombastic personality, polls show.
https://www.usnews.com/news/ken-wal...ident-donald-trump-in-trouble-at-6-month-mark
He's gotten next to nothing done, and his administration is plagued in scandal. His polls numbers are the worst in history at this point in a Presidency. You've got to wonder if another year of accomplishing nothing will erode his support even further.
Among the strongest criticisms of Trump, who was inaugurated six months ago on Jan. 20, are that he seems unable to stay on message, is too eager to attack his opponents in harsh and personal terms, is often inflexible at a time when compromise and conciliation are called for, and he isn't getting much done. This charge of ineffectiveness was bolstered Monday evening when two more Republican senators – Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas – announced they would oppose a Trump-backed Senate Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, which was passed under Democratic President Barack Obama.
Lee and Moran joined two other GOP senators – Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky – who said earlier they would oppose a procedural move to start debate on the measure. All this means that the GOP is at least two votes short of the 50 votes needed to pass the new health-care legislation. All 46 Senate Democrats and two independents are expected to vote against the bill.
In response, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he probably would still push for some kind of vote soon. And President Trump immediately called for a vote to repeal "Obamacare" but to delay the repeal for a while, possibly two years, so Congress would have time to work out a replacement. This repeal measure has only a remote change to pass, however, congressional experts say.
Overall, Trump supporters praise him for being a disrupter of the status quo in Washington and for attempting to push conservative policies such as cutting taxes and changing the health care system to reduce the federal role. This has enabled him to keep about 35 to 40 percent of the electorate on his side, according to most major polls.
But Trump has alienated much of the rest of America. The latest ABC News-Washington Post poll shows that 58 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump's job performance, and only 36 percent approve, down six percentage points from three months ago. This is the lowest rating for any president at the six-month mark in 70 years.
And Trump is now facing another series of problems, including ongoing investigations into possibly improper Russian links to his 2016 campaign, and congressional battles over his budget priorities, increasing the debt ceiling, avoiding a shutdown when the government runs out of money at the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, and improving the nation's crumbling roads, bridges and other basic facilities. And of course there are the looming fights over health care and tax cuts.
Even some Trump supporters in Congress are unsettled because he apparently can't resist lashing out and, as a result, keeps making news on stories that are negative for him and his administration. This happened again last weekend. On Sunday morning, President Trump wrote on Twitter to complain about "fake news," as he often does. He tweeted that the media have used "phony unnamed sources & highly slanted & even fraudulent reporting" to malign his son Donald Trump, Jr., and he said the media are "DISTORTING DEMOCRACY."
Trump defended his son against media stories about the young businessman's meeting with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign. The younger Trump says he wanted to follow up on a vague offer of incriminating information about Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Such information apparently wasn't provided but Donald Jr. has been widely criticized for meeting with the lawyer and possibly encouraging a foreign power to meddle in the U.S. election. President Trump said his son did nothing wrong.
Yet the public perceptions of Trump keep getting worse. The Post-ABC survey also found widespread dissatisfaction and embarrassment at Trump's use of social media, especially Twitter, where he regularly attacks and belittles his adversaries. Sixty-eight percent say Trump's tweets are "inappropriate," and 65 percent say they are "insulting." Fifty-two percent say the tweets are "dangerous." Only 21 percent of all Americans (and 41 percent of self-identified Republicans) say the tweets are "refreshing."
Many Americans also are troubled by what they see as shortcomings in Trump's character, notably his willingness to demean adversaries, and his bombastic personality, polls show.
https://www.usnews.com/news/ken-wal...ident-donald-trump-in-trouble-at-6-month-mark
He's gotten next to nothing done, and his administration is plagued in scandal. His polls numbers are the worst in history at this point in a Presidency. You've got to wonder if another year of accomplishing nothing will erode his support even further.
