Posted on 04/18/2017 3:01:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Trump’s rocky first months in office haven’t much bothered his voters. At least, not yet.
Yes, there have been lots of stories from the Rust Belt about stirrings of discontent among the Trump faithful. But those are mostly anecdotal and so far data – meaning polls – don’t back that thesis up.
For instance, in a big new Pew Research survey fully 92 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say Mr. Trump has done as well or better than they expected. Only 7 percent say he’s done worse.
What this means is that Trump’s base remains intact. In turn, his ability to lead and pressure the GOP-controlled Congress probably does too. After all, Congress as a whole is less popular than he is. House Speaker Paul Ryan’s job approval rating, in that same Pew poll, is an abysmal 29 percent. That low number could damage Representative Ryan’s ability to drive any upcoming tax reform effort.
But Republicans haven’t yet become a populist-tinged Party of Trump. Chaos matters. The administration’s flopped travel ban is still stuck in the courts. Obamacare remains, stubbornly, unrepealed. Tax reform is receding into the distance. Trump’s GOP backing might dwindle as well....
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
A few of his non-interventionist supporters are a bit disturbed at present by his strong military action, but mostly, his support seems to be holding.
Did they think he was going to shut down the Pentagon?
We didn't make the war in Syria and we didn't born that little pi** pot...Kim.
N Korea should have been stopped during the Clinton Administration.
No but we did think he wouldn’t lob missiles in countries we are not at war with.
Nothing further came of it so all’s well that ends well.
Maybe it sent a message to a few other countries.
It did destroy 20 craft that were killing ISIS critters and “moderates” that we are still, for some unknown reason, supporting.
Those gassed children were with ISIS?
I am very happy with Trump. He is teasing with global warming now. For him it has become a powerful bargaining chip and a cheap one at that. But he will not use it to hurt our economy.
What??,,the media have reported that this administration is a disaster. They have reported that Trump doesn’t know what he is doing. They have reported endless bad news about this president and his staff. His press secretary had an awkwardly worded statement about Hitler so the media and Democrats want him crucified...... Etc. Etc....
You mean to say that middle America has a different viewpoint of all of this?????
Mostly happy, but he needs to end DACA.
He correctly called it an illegal executive order and it should have been ended already.
It undermines all the other efforts to remove illegal aliens.
It’s smart to start with the felons, but it is not enough to just remove the felons.
All illegal aliens must go, cutting off benefits and employment would go a long way towards helping them decide to leave on their own.
Bro, I’m not fooled by Jedi mind tricks.
And even if it were true, I didn’t know one kid’s life in Syria was GREATER THAN one kid’s life in NK, where the test chemical weapons on people year round (you know that), or greater than the ones killed on Yemen by chemical weapons the other day, or the ones killed every day ALL OVER AFRICA by the dust known as gun powder.
Expect more from you in a response.
‘Dreamer’ deported because he forgot ID, couldn’t prove status
http://nypost.com/2017/04/18/dreamer-deported-because-he-forgot-id-couldnt-prove-status/
Do you know how we are allowed to respond if we are ever gassed or attacked with biological weapons?
Know what’s rocky? When you belong to a cult call yourself Christian anyway then try to pray disease away.
Good. One unlucky DACA recipient removed because he did not have his wallet.
The program was correctly identified as illegal by Candidate Trump. It did not become legal just because he is now operating it.
Thousands are still being given work permits and renewals.
Watch and see if the Border Patrol takes action against the agent responsible in this case.
I hope they don’t, but if they do, it doesn’t look good.
So far, Trump has been exactly the President I wanted Cruz to be. I hope he continues as such and suspect he will.
The civilized world does not tolerate the use of WMD. So far the civilized world has Trump as its only member.
Disliking intervention doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s not sometimes necessary or the least unpleasant option.
I am still of the opinion that chemical weapons were a game changer, and by attacking the delivery method and nothing more, it was a good decision.
—So far that’s not what polls say -—
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WELL we may FINALLY get the MSM to ‘admit’ the polls are worthless and shouldn’t be paid attention to....
So all those jets did nothing but gas children (if they ever did)? Are you saying the Syrian Air Force has never bombed ISIS?
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