THe Gallup Polls, considered the most reliable of all public opinion polls historically, demonstrate that after nine months in office twice, Donald Trump has the lowest public opinion ratings of any of the last seven Presidents, going back to Ronald Reagan 45 years ago.
George W. Bush had the highest rating at 88 percent, occurring one month after the September 11 attacks in 2001.
His father, George H. W. Bush, had a rating of 68 percent in 1989.
Ronald Reagan had a rating of 55 percent in 1981, coming months after the attempted assassination in March of that year.
Barack Obama had a rating of 53 percent in 2009.
Bill Clinton had a rating of 48 percent in 1993.
Joe Biden had a rating of 42 percent in 2021.
Trump in his second term has a rating of 41 percent in 2025, and in his first term, he had an even lower rating of 37 percent.
With the growing lack of popularity of Trump’s domestic and foreign policies, it seems highly likely that Trump’s ratings will fall to an all time low for any President as time marches on!
Insane!
Trump disinvites South Africa from 2026 G20 summit.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/26/trump-south-africa-g20-00670452
Our legal and political systems both MASSIVELY failed.
Here’s where all the legal cases against Trump stand since his return to the White House.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-investigations-lawsuits-status-update-7b8b7f3ccb4318bca0aecf9c407032cd
Suspect in National Guard shooting in DC yesterday served alongside U.S. troops in Afghanistan, relative says.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspect-national-guard-shooting-served-us-troops-afghanistan-relative-rcna246170
Trump Admin to Escalate D.C. Military Takeover After Two National Guard Members Shot
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-escalate-dc-deployment-after-national-guard-shooting/
Judges allow North Carolina to use a map drawn in bid to give Republicans another US House seat.
https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-north-carolina-map-lawsuit-trump-ce0c6f203eef66a46f1aabb4eaaf32ed
Trump’s administration is blaming Biden’s administration for the shooting.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/27/first-thing-donald-trump-us-afghan-refugees-suspect-named-national-guard-shooting
Trump says US will soon take action against Venezuelan drug traffickers on land.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-says-us-will-very-soon-begin-stopping-suspected-venezuelan-drug-2025-11-27/
Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting.
“In a social media post sent late on Thanksgiving, US president said he would ‘end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens’ following Washington DC shooting”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/trump-says-he-will-permanently-pause-migration-from-third-world-countries-after-national-guard-shooting
Trump is insane, unhinged, etc.
U.S. immigration agency launches re-examination of green card holders from 19 countries ‘of concern’
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/uscis-reexamine-green-card-holders-trump-national-guard-shooting-rcna246232
The fact that ONE f’ed-up person did a heinous thing doesn’t make an entire country – let alone multiple countries – “of concern.” That’s just like arguing that if a white guy from North Dakota shoots someone, then every white guy from North Dakota is “of concern.” Makes no sense at all.
Officials criticize Biden vetting, but Afghan shooting suspect was granted asylum under Trump.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/officials-criticize-biden-vetting-afghan-shooting-suspect-was-granted-asylum-2025-11-27/
Trump says he may cut income tax ‘completely’ because of tariff income .
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-may-cut-income-tax-completely-because-tariff-income-2025-11-28/
WTF??? For starters, that would be illegal and unconstitutional. Second, tariff income doesn’t even come close to income tax revenue. Third, Trump is an imbecile.
Trump Hits Another Low, Calls Governor ‘Seriously Retarded’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-hits-another-low-calls-053431774.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAM9ptg0_QSaqmYlK6ZjMjIFG65R8ayc6bw338BgQ49X6c4bmBjyzEVsCLcDDjvtoZwI7scpddO7QZNmWluoT_D724Bl76IE7W4TMwfEouD_0SmI_2KFzbpLAlc781CWpbaC0FTtHyAtxDiVAYS1byfek93YUSVy-2q3RCBHFeHMe
Pete Hegseth is pure evil.
Pentagon Pete in Legal Peril Over ‘Kill Them All’ Orders
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pete-in-legal-peril-over-kill-them-all-orders/
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/world/americas/trump-pardon-honduras-hernandez.html?unlocked_article_code=1.408.Q4FQ.XiIovtejs1Pk&smid=url-share
An emboldened Trump escalates his anti-immigration crackdown after National Guard shooting.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/politics/trump-immigration-crackdown-national-guard-shooting
There is literally NO GOOD REASON for this. Also, it’s probably illegal and unconstitutional.
Counterterrorism officials vetted National Guard shooting suspect before he entered U.S.
“Individuals with knowledge of the process that the suspect went through entering the U.S. from Afghanistan contradicted senior Trump officials’ claim that he was not scrutinized.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/11/28/dc-shooting-afghan-resettlement-immigration/
College freshman is deported flying home for Thanksgiving surprise, despite court order .
https://apnews.com/article/babson-student-deported-thanksgiving-467393d8d9b9ae6351f99de7b9cbfb98
Trump’s hate-filled rant ignores facts on immigrant crime and economic benefits.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/29/trumps-hate-filled-rant-ignores-facts-on-immigrant-and-economic-benefits
Outrageous!
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/11/29/fda-vaccine-approval-child-covid-deaths/
Amid ‘instability and fear’ in Trump’s economy, Americans are cutting holiday spending.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/28/trump-economy-holiday-spending
Trump Issues Bonkers Threat to Charge Biden Over Autopen
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-issues-bonkers-threat-to-charge-biden-over-autopen/
Trump is COMPLETELY deranged, a nut, etc.
D.C. police to begin patrolling with National Guard after fatal attack.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/28/national-guard-dc-police/
Northwestern reaches $75M deal with Trump administration to get federal funding reinstated.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/28/northwestern-deal-trump-administration-federal-funding-00564286
Experts say strict new FDA protocol for vaccine approval is ‘dangerous and irresponsible’.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/29/regulator-fda-stricter-protocols-vaccine-approvals
Ex-Trump Lawyer: ‘The Constitution Is Not Adequate to Contain a President as Evil as Trump’
“Ty Cobb warns Trump is not merely incompetent but, in his words, ‘evil,’ and driven by a desire to accumulate and abuse power.”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/ex-trump-lawyer-the-constitution
Black Friday Sales Rise, Signaling US Consumers’ Resilience
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-29/black-friday-sales-rise-underscoring-us-consumers-resilience?srnd=homepage-americas
Insane!
Trump ramps up reporter attacks with White House media bias tracker.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/28/trump-media-criticism/
Trump says he’s picked who he wants to lead the Fed.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/01/trump-fed-chair-replace-powell-pick-hassett-front-runner
Do better, Big Journalism. Please do much, much better.
Low points from the New York Times, the BBC, the Washington Post and the New Yorker. And some highs.
https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/do-better-big-journalism-please-do
Trump says he’ll release MRI results; he doesn’t know what part of his body was scanned.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-mri-results-scan_n_692d1b5be4b05a7b1876b60d?kzl
How on earth do you go for an MRI and not know what part of your body is being scanned???
GOP lawmakers lack confidence in Trump’s plans to tackle costs.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5624257-republican-senators-question-trump/
Aftyn Behn’s rise challenges Tennessee’s GOP establishment.
“Tennessee’s 7th District race is challenging assumptions about how Democrats win red states”
https://www.salon.com/2025/12/01/aftyn-behns-rise-challenges-tennessees-gop-establishment/
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/costco-sues-trump-tariff-refunds-rcna246860
Vaccine Panel to Weigh Significant Changes to Childhood Shots
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/health/vaccine-committee-hepatitis-b-children-trump-rfk-jr.html
Suspended FEMA workers who criticized Trump administration got their jobs back — until DHS leaders found out.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/politics/fema-trump-suspension-investigation-letter
At least 11 Indiana Republicans were targeted with threats or swatting attacks amid redistricting pressure from Trump.
“The threats came after Trump publicly called on state lawmakers to pass new congressional maps that would benefit Republicans.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/indiana-republicans-swatting-attacks-redistricting-rcna246689
The White House’s new media ‘bias’ tracker is a desperate gimmick.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/02/white-house-media-bias-tracker-gimmick?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1764675407