Commenting after President Donald Trump’s performance in Helsinki, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell observed, “I have said a number of times, I’ll say it again: The Russians are not our friends. And I entirely believe the assessment of our intelligence community.” Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander said in a release, […] Read more »
When it isn’t just ‘LOL. Nothing Matters’ for Trump
President Donald Trump’s performance at Helsinki left many shaking their heads. He was criticized by the left and perhaps surprisingly from normally friendly voices like former Speaker Newt Gingrich. To some, it may feel like we’ve been here before. Trump often does stuff that those in the political elite don’t […] Read more »
Politics Podcast: The Trump And Putin Show
The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team reacts to the Monday press conference of President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which Trump sided with Putin over U.S. intelligence agencies on the question of whether Russia interfered in the 2016 election. The crew debates why Trump was so publicly warm to […] Read more »
Ipsos Social Media Analysis: Trump Statements in Helsinki
An analysis of the first 600,000 tweets from the United States mentioning U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Russian President Vladimir V. Putin during and after their joint press conference in Helsinki shows overwhelmingly negative reactions. Net sentiment toward Mr. Trump is negative in every single one of the 50 […] Read more »
Key public opinion findings on Trump, Putin and the countries they lead
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet next week in Finland for their first bilateral summit (though they have met in less formal settings on other occasions). Issues on the table could include the NATO military alliance, U.S. sanctions against Russia, the conflict in Syria and […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Trump not tough enough on Russia, approval of Mueller down
Voters think President Trump has been too soft on Russia, yet a majority approves of his July 16 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a new Fox News Poll. Meantime, approval of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation has dropped below 50 percent. … Even so, Americans want Mueller […] Read more »