Frank Newport reports @gallup.com that: “President Donald Trump's job approval rating fell to 36% for the three-day period of March 24-26, following Republican House leaders' failed effort to pass a new healthcare bill that would have replaced the Affordable Care Act.
“Trump's three-day reading prior to Friday's events was 41%. His previous low point was 37%, recorded March 16-18. His highest reading was 46% in the week following his Jan. 20 inauguration, and he has averaged 42% for his term to date.”
Newport points out that “Presidents George W. Bush (lowest approval rating: 25%), George H.W. Bush (29%), Ronald Reagan (35%), Jimmy Carter (28%), Richard Nixon (24%), Lyndon Johnson (35%) and Harry Truman (22%) all had job approval ratings lower than 36% at least once during their administrations.”
On the same day, the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 45% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. while fifty-five percent (55%) disapprove. Which means that those polled by Rasmussen like Trump by nine percent more than those asked by Gallup and far more than both Bush’s, Reagan, Carter, Nixon, Lyndon Johnson and Truman at their lowest points.
Aside from the polling data, practical realities continue to confirm that the new POTUS is delivering for his supporters by giving them still more of what they want.
This morning Ian Thibodeau and Melissa Burden reported @detroitnews.com via Drudge that nearly three months after Ford cancelled plans to construct a new $1.6 billion in plant in Mexico to build the Ford Focus, the company announced in January it would invest $700 million at Flat Rock assembly and create 700 new jobs in Michigan.
As a result, Ford’s present investment in U.S. manufacturing expansion summarizes as follows: “The automaker plans to invest $9 billion in U.S. facilities through 2019, resulting in 8,500 new or retained jobs, according to the 2015 contract. Besides the $700 million investment at Michigan Assembly for new products — the 2019 Ford Ranger pickup and the all-new Ford Bronco planned for production by 2020 — the contract outlines a $400 million investment planned for Flat Rock for Ford Mustang and Lincoln Continental production, and a $150 million investment at the Romeo Engine plant for engine updates. It is unclear whether Tuesday’s announcements go beyond those plans.”
However, it isn’t only individual business development that shows growing confidence in the new administration, as reflected by additional survey data from the Gallup poll mentioned above.
According to Gallup’s Lydia Saad last Thursday: “The Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index shows: “U.S. investor optimism about the nation's investing climate jumped markedly in the first quarter, following steady gains throughout 2016. The Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index stands at +126, up from +96 in the fourth quarter of 2016 and +40 a year ago.
“Steady improvements in investor confidence over the past year have driven the index to its highest point since +130 in November 2000, toward the end of the dot-com boom.
“The index reflects two aspects of investor confidence encompassing seven different measures:
- investors' outlook for three personal financial matters, including their income, their 12-month investment targets and their five-year investment goals
- their outlook for four aspects of the economy, including the stock market, economic growth, unemployment and inflation
Right alongside the vast improvement in overall investor optimism, Steve Goldstein, D.C. bureau chief @marketwatch.com writes: “Consumer confidence in March soared to the highest level in more than 16 years, according to data released Tuesday.
“The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index leapt to 125.6 in March from 116.1 in February, coming in well ahead of the MarketWatch-compiled consensus of 114.1.”
Given reasons for the upturn in consumer confidence include Trump’s election and the prospect of lower taxes and more infrastructure spending. At the same time: “Confidence has yet to be impacted by Congress’s inability so far to enact the president’s ambitions. The cutoff data for responses was March 16, before Republicans were forced to scrap a vote on repealing and replacing Obamacare.”
Yet, other survey’s have shown that Trump has not been held accountable by his constituents, who’ve held the “swamp” in D.C. responsible for any setbacks that have arisen to date.
Bringing us back to the positive side, today's Gallup poll also shows: “Consumers felt more optimistic about the jobs market. The percentage of consumers stating jobs are “plentiful” rose from 26.9% to 31.7%, while those claiming jobs are “hard to get” decreased from 19.9% to 19.5%.”
While positive indications continue to mount regarding jobs and the economy overall and tax reform promise fulfillment looms next on the POTUS’s agenda, it seems he’s had enough mud slung at him by the MSM regarding any kind of Russian entanglement. So, he‘s finally begun pushing back.
An article by Jerome Hudson @breitbart.com this morning says that: “President Donald Trump took to Twitter Monday evening and asked why aren’t congressional lawmakers probing the various deals, transactions, and connections former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have to Russia.”
Trump’s first tweet asked: “Why isn’t the House Intelligence Committee looking into the Bill & Hillary deal that allowed big Uranium to go to Russia, Russian speech.”
That was followed by: “…money to Bill, the Hillary Russian “reset,” praise of Russia by Hillary, or Podesta Russian Company. Trump Russia story is a hoax. #MAGA!”
Mr. Hudson then provides the details that: “Trump’s assertion that then-Secretary of State Clinton “allowed big Uranium to go to Russia” and Bill Clinton’s high-dollar “Russian speech” were allegations first reported by The New York Times (NYT) and based on research from the NYT bestseller Clinton Cash, authored by Breitbart News Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer.
“The facts found in Clinton Cash, reported by the NYT, and deemed accurate by establishment media reveal how Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State coincided with the influx of tens of millions of dollars from foreign sources into the Clinton Foundation which resulted in favorable actions for Russia’s government.
There’s significant detail in the article. Here’s a link: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/28/trump-calls-for-investigation-into-the-clintons-russian-ties/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social
All of which serves to remind the public that questions regarding possibilities of Trump involvement with Russia came from Democrat propaganda which has yet to be supported by any evidence whatsoever. But, on the Democrat side itself, much has been known for quite some time, regarding their presidential candidate and her husband’s highly profitable Russian relationships.
Bringing up the question once more as to when, if ever, Democrats will learn to think before they draw, fire and aim.
That's it for today folks.
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