You know it’s bad when one of the country’s most venerable polling institutions suddenly decides that it’s seen enough and walks off the stage after 88 years. The development comes just in time for Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, with the president receiving a report card so bad that even lashing out and putting a 15% global tariff on all countries isn’t going to compensate for it.
A new Washington Post poll, in conjunction with ABC News and Ipsos, posted on Sunday delivered the kind of numbers that tend to give White House communications directors night sweats. Apparently, around 60 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump’s performance so far, with a brutal 47 percent saying they do so in strong terms.
