ABC News: Trump’s Six Month Approval Rating the Lowest for Any President in 70 Years

‘The president’s job approval rating at just 36 percent’

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KARL: "Good morning. Almost six months into the Trump presidency and the headlines this week were once again dominated by Russia. The newly disclosed meeting at Trump Tower put President Trump’s son, his son-in-law, and his then-campaign chairman in the same room with a Russian-American lobbyist and a Kremlin-connected lawyer believed to have dirt on Hillary Clinton. Is this a turning point in the Russia investigation? And what does it mean for the president’s ability to push his agenda forward?All this comes as there were signs of momentum this week for the president and the country. The stock market hitting record highs. The cease-fire in southwest Syria largely holding. And ISIS cleared out of Mosul in Iraq. But this morning, a grim snapshot of opinion in our new ABC News/Washington Post poll. The president’s job approval rating at just 36 percent, the lowest six-month approval rating for any president in 70 years. The majority of the country says the president is not making significant progress towards his goals. And as for the mystery meeting on the 25th floor of Trump Tower last summer, 63 percent say it was inappropriate. And now, the list of who took part in that meeting grows. Don Jr. insists nothing came of it. Here’s what he told Fox News."

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