The president has suffered a series of setbacks — but his poll numbers remain surprisingly resilient
His administration faces a raft of investigations from House Democrats on everything from Russia to abuses of power. His summit with North Korea’s dictator went bust. His former personal attorney Michael Cohen trashed him spectacularly during a seven-hour hearing last week that offered a roadmap for future investigations. And the Republican Senate is gearing up to vote against his national emergency declaration.
Trump has tried to spin this moment of his presidency — in which he faces perhaps more threats than at any time since his election — as one that is “off-script” and purposefully so by design. “This is how I got elected, by being off script,” he told his supporters to applause at the annual conference for conservatives on Saturday. “And if we don’t go off script, our country is in big trouble, folks. Because we have to get it back.”Sign up for POLITICO Playbook and get the latest news, every morning — in your inbox.By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
But this “off-script” moment also marks a new normal inside the Trump White House, say several Republicans close to the administration. Even as political and legal setbacks pile up, the strong economy and emerging 2020 Democratic field continue to give his allies hope for his re-election. The U.S. economy — historically the most important factor in a president’s popularity —continues to boom. A late-2018 dive in the stock market, whose levels Trump fixates over, has nearly been reversed. Trump’s approval ratings have ticked up to 46 percent, according to the latest NBC/“Americans credit President Donald J. Trump as the economy continues to soar,” proclaimed a White House press release on Tuesday afternoon.
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