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Americans Split on Trump’s Stability

January 18, 2018 Buck Banks

45% to 47%

A new Quinnipiac poll finds American voters disapprove of the job President Trump is doing, 57% to 38%. Key finding: “Wide gender, racial and political gaps leave American voters divided on whether Trump is ‘mentally stable,’ as 45% say he is stable and 47% say he is not stable.”

Most Think Trump Is Not Fit to Be President

January 11, 2018 Buck Banks

53% to 44%

A new Quinnipiac poll finds that American voters say President Trump is intelligent by a 53% to 44% margin, but they also say 69% to 28% that he is not level-headed and by 57% to 40% that he is not fit to serve as president. Grading President Trump’s first year in office, 39% of voters give him an “F,” while 17% give him a “D.” Trump’s job approval is a dismal 36% to 59%.

Trump Rates Own ‘Performance’

January 11, 2018 Buck Banks

“My performance — some people called it my performance, I consider it work — got great reviews by everybody except two networks… Some said it was one of the greatest meetings they’ve ever seen.”

— President Trump, quoted by Axios, boasting about his handling of yesterday’s bipartisan meeting on immigration.

Wolff Got Some Things Right in Book

January 8, 2018 Buck Banks

“There are definitely parts of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury that are wrong, sloppy, or betray off-the-record confidence. But there are two things he gets absolutely right, even in the eyes of White House officials who think some of the book’s scenes are fiction: his spot-on portrait of Trump as an emotionally erratic president, and the low opinion of him among some of those serving him. … In the past year, we have had many of the same conversations with the same sources Wolff used. We won’t betray them, or put on the record what was off.”

— Mike Allen and Jim Vande Hei

Trump Takes Credit for Commercial Aviation Safety Record

January 3, 2018 Buck Banks

“Since taking office I have been very strict on commercial aviation. Good news – it was just reported that there were zero deaths in 2017, the best and safest year on record!”

— President Trump, on Twitter, taking credit for planes not crashing.

Apparently, Trump Can’t Count Either

December 18, 2017 Buck Banks

“Remember, Republicans are 5-0 in Congressional Races this year. The media refuses to mention this. I said Gillespie and Moore would lose (for very different reasons), and they did. I also predicted ‘I’ would win. Republicans will do well in 2018, very well!”

— President Trump, on Twitter.

How Is Trump REALLY Doing?

December 14, 2017 Buck Banks

The Republican National Committee is polling true believers to measure how the president is doing. Here’s the poll:

Haberman: Trump Is ‘Unleashed’

November 30, 2017 Buck Banks

“Something is unleashed with him lately. I don’t know what is causing it. I don’t know how to describe it.”

— New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, quoted by Newsweek, on President Trump’s recent behavior.

General Accuses Trump of ‘Outrageous Assault on the Truth’

November 27, 2017 Buck Banks

“If this is who we are or who we are becoming, I have wasted 40 years of my life. Until now it was not possible for me to conceive of an American President capable of such an outrageous assault on truth, a free press or the first amendment.”

— Gen. Michael Hayden, on Twitter, in response to a tweet from President Trump.

Philly Mayor Questions Trump’s Upbringing

November 27, 2017 Buck Banks

“There is no compassion whatsoever in the White House. I’m just beside myself with sadness because our president is a bully, our president is a punk, and he just doesn’t get it. I don’t know where he was raised, but his family didn’t do a good job raising that guy.”

45% to 47%

A new Quinnipiac poll finds American voters disapprove of the job President Trump is doing, 57% to 38%. Key finding: “Wide gender, racial and political gaps leave American voters divided on whether Trump is ‘mentally stable,’ as 45% say he is stable and 47% say he is not stable.”

53% to 44%

“My performance — some people called it my performance, I consider it work — got great reviews by everybody except two networks… Some said it was one of the greatest meetings they’ve ever seen.”

— President Trump, quoted by Axios, boasting about his handling of yesterday’s bipartisan meeting on immigration.

— Mike Allen and Jim Vande Hei

“Since taking office I have been very strict on commercial aviation. Good news – it was just reported that there were zero deaths in 2017, the best and safest year on record!”

— President Trump, on Twitter, taking credit for planes not crashing.

“Remember, Republicans are 5-0 in Congressional Races this year. The media refuses to mention this. I said Gillespie and Moore would lose (for very different reasons), and they did. I also predicted ‘I’ would win. Republicans will do well in 2018, very well!”

— President Trump, on Twitter.

“Something is unleashed with him lately. I don’t know what is causing it. I don’t know how to describe it.”

— New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, quoted by Newsweek, on President Trump’s recent behavior.

“If this is who we are or who we are becoming, I have wasted 40 years of my life. Until now it was not possible for me to conceive of an American President capable of such an outrageous assault on truth, a free press or the first amendment.”

— Gen. Michael Hayden, on Twitter, in response to a tweet from President Trump.

“There is no compassion whatsoever in the White House. I’m just beside myself with sadness because our president is a bully, our president is a punk, and he just doesn’t get it. I don’t know where he was raised, but his family didn’t do a good job raising that guy.”

— Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (D), quoted by NBC Philadelphia.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“The man is afraid of the voice of the people and that the people understand and know what he’s doing. He’s trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what’s really going on with their government.”

— “Kamala Harris called President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House ‘absolutely abhorrent,’” The Wrap reports.

“Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We’re led by grifters and fools.”

— Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs, on X, on President Trump’s 35-person cabinet.

“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far… The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”

— Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), breaking with President Trump in a direct-to-camera video.

Numerati

1,000

10%

“The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study,” the Associated Press reports.

71%

$9.5 billion

“The Trump administration last year spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers as part of its plan to shrink the government and save taxpayers money, according to a new estimate by a congressional watchdog,” CNN reports.

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.