After an eventful and tumultuous month in American politics, majorities of American voters disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of Russia and immigration at the border, while half approve of his job on the economy, according to a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Trump’s overall job-approval rating in […] Read more »
As new tariffs take hold, more see negative than positive impact for the U.S.
Americans’ views of the new tariffs between the United States and some of its trading partners tilt more negative than positive, a new Pew Research Center survey finds. Overall, nearly half (49%) of U.S. adults say increased tariffs between the U.S. and its trading partners will be bad for the […] Read more »
The Midwest eases its Trump swoon and flirts again with Democratic candidates
… Republicans made historic inroads into the Midwest in 2016 when union households and white voters who lacked college degrees abandoned the Democratic Party. Four states that had backed Barack Obama for president — Iowa, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin — flipped to Trump, and a fifth, Minnesota, nearly turned red […] Read more »
Trump’s Foreign Policy and American Public Opinion
President Donald Trump’s appearance at the NATO meetings in Brussels has returned our attention once again to his views on the need to change the role of the United States on the world stage. Trump’s attempts to shift the ways of U.S. foreign policy are not a new phenomenon, of […] Read more »
Americans Say China Trade Unfair, Trade With Canada, EU Fair
As the Trump administration’s tariffs on Chinese goods have gone into effect, a majority of Americans — 62% — believe China’s trade policies with the U.S. are unfair, suggesting the public supports the concept of attempting to change China’s policies. Americans, however, tilt toward the belief that two other recent […] Read more »
Trade war could turn Trump’s biggest strength into weakness
Throughout a bumpy, controversial presidency, Donald Trump has consistently celebrated one bit of good news, the numbers around the economy – a climbing stock market and a falling unemployment rate. Now, the president’s trade war, which went to another level Friday by targeting anew 1,000-plus Chinese products, threatens to eat […] Read more »