Trump approval rating

President Donald Trump has a 41.4% approval rating. https://t.co/gFuJdJjGOg pic.twitter.com/UQY5L7K5Y0

— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) July 24, 2018

#PresidentDonaldTrump's job approval https://t.co/6lf7ABC8ZJ GRAPH pic.twitter.com/JJN5mtsGXW

— Quinnipiac University Poll (@QuinnipiacPoll) July 24, 2018

Over the last 14 days, Trump's disapproval has stayed at 53.0 in the RCP average and his approval has dropped from 43.4 to 43.3.

— Ramesh Ponnuru (@RameshPonnuru) July 24, 2018

update

Upon reflection, I do think I sometimes get lost in the weeds in these discussions about Trump approval. Clearly his numbers have been *very* stable, especially over the past 3-6 months, despite there being an awful lot of news. That's a really important story. https://t.co/wOpaINoTlO

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) July 24, 2018

Percentage saying Mueller investigation is legitimate is increasing

Trump keeps calling it a witch hunt.

New high in US Voter opinion that the #RussianInvestigation is legitimate rather than a witch hunt https://t.co/K4D2uT6B05 GRAPH pic.twitter.com/qCh0mbHFRj

— Quinnipiac University Poll (@QuinnipiacPoll) July 24, 2018

Voters want to know what was said in Trump-Putin meeting

Most of what we have learned has come from the Russians. The private meeting was a poor idea in the first place.

US Voters think they have the right to know what was said in the meeting between Trump and Putin https://t.co/fMkATEPPFG GRAPH pic.twitter.com/yF5PHFVnLd

— Quinnipiac University Poll (@QuinnipiacPoll) July 24, 2018

Only half believe our elections are fair

More bad news before the 2018 midterms. The losers are going to have a hard time accepting the results.

From this article:

“A mere 51% of Americans believe that elections are fair and open, according to the latest Ipsos poll conducted in partnership with the University of Virginia Center for Politics. Among Democrats, this belief is lower (43%) than among Republicans (68%) or Independents (49%). This supports findings from previous Ipsos polls that show a general decline in institutional trust over the years. “

Whirlpool praised Trump’s tariffs on foreign washing machines but were hurt by tariffs on aluminum and steel

I don’t feel sorry for anyone who supported Trump’s foolish policies. They should have expected this.

Whirlpool once was a leading cheerleader for President Trump's tariffs. Now, it's struggling. https://t.co/lBTCfzb4kZ pic.twitter.com/uAtnnCQuR6

— CNN (@CNN) July 24, 2018

Europe is getting corn from Canada

Another failure of Trump’s tariff policies

Great tale from the indefatigable @RodNickel_Rtrs — Canada feeds European corn appetite as tariff war shrinks U.S. sales https://t.co/9ckERVPPhd

— David Ljunggren (@reutersLjungg) July 24, 2018

Russian hackers have penetrated utilities

Trump has said nothing. Why?

Russian hackers have penetrated electric utilities and could have caused blackouts, federal officials said https://t.co/eZhwUvDP8r

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 24, 2018

Impact of the tax cuts

Only 3x in history have wealth inequality & the stock market been at their peak the exact same time corporate tax rates were at their low.

1. Great Depression
2. Great Recession
3. And now…

And each of those times the @GOP controlled all three houses…https://t.co/SGGzy0wYkl

— ALBΞRT MacGloan (@AlbertMacGloan) July 24, 2018

I think Trump is preparing to not accept 2018 election results if Republicans lose

I have said this before. Trump will say the elections were rigged and may try to invalidate the results. I never thought he would say Russia favors the Democrats. We all heard Putin say he wanted Trump to win in 2016. Trump’s tweet is nonsense.

If Trump really believes there will be election meddling, then he should do something to prevent it. Remember, last week he said Russia was not meddling in the 2018 elections before he walked it back.

Trump is laying the foundation for later claims that ONLY election results favoring the GOP will be valid.

In 2016, he did this with his repeated “RIGGED” assertions, and the media inadvertently assisted him by challenging Dems to say they would accept any results.

🚨🚨🚨 https://t.co/nSD9Vcl9kH

— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) July 24, 2018

Dear @realDonaldTrump: Based on your statement below, I look forward to you pushing for funding for election security. The House GOP voted last week to turn down that funding. Tell them they are wrong. Thanks. https://t.co/sZhFo22kZX

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 24, 2018

This is not normal. It's not normal that the president is tweeting this kind of nonsense given the facts as we know them.

Trump could have tweeted "PASS THE SECURE ELECTIONS ACT NOW!" He could be trying to make elections safe from outside interference. Instead, disinformation. https://t.co/IgnXrB9pS6

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) July 24, 2018

If so, it's weird that you aren't taking the prospect of more Russian sabotage seriously, in direct contradiction of your Director of National Intelligence. https://t.co/TCZ05SCu7S

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 24, 2018

Vladimir Putin, feet from Donald Trump, last week: "Yes, I wanted him to win." https://t.co/7ahAWVdAgd

— Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) July 24, 2018

So if there's a blue wave, it will suddenly be Russia's fault? https://t.co/wfR8GE5wMy

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) July 24, 2018

update 8/1/18:

I worry about how many of T’s followers could easily be convinced by T, backed by Putin-directed social media and Putin-orchestrated events, that any Blue Wave that flips the House or removes or votes out T is a coup or is at least rigged and should be violently resisted.

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 2, 2018

This is exactly my point!

Putin may not accept Trump’s invitation to Washington

Reuters: Kremlin, coy on new summit idea, says Putin and Trump can meet at G20https://t.co/dCuUq0Z8Ca

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 24, 2018