By Robert A. Vella
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll Aug. 26-29, 2018 indicates the American public has turned sharply against President Trump. While his poll numbers have never been very good since taking office, it is clear now that the fallout from criminal investigations and prosecutions of his inner circle are having a dramatic effect on public opinion. Check out these stunning results:
- 60% disapprove of the President’s job performance while only 36% approve.
- 47% disapprove of his handling of the economy whereas 45% approve (keep in mind that current economic conditions are generally good, statistically at least).
- 45% agree that corruption has increased under Trump and just 13% say it has decreased.
- 63% support the Mueller investigation of Trump while 29% oppose it.
- 53% believe the President has obstructed justice in the Mueller investigation whereas 35% believe he has not.
- 67% say the criminal case against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort is justified versus 17% who say it is unjustified.
- 66% oppose a presidential pardon for Manafort and 18% support it.
- 62% side with Attorney General Jeff Sessions in allowing the Mueller investigation to continue while 23% side with the President in wanting to stop it.
- 64% say the President should not fire Sessions whereas 19% say that he should.
- 61% would agree that Trump committed a crime to influence the 2016 presidential election if he directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to make hush money payments to the women he had affairs with and 31% would not agree he committed a crime.
- 49% want Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against the President while 46% do not.
As the legal walls close in around the President, and there’s no reason to think otherwise at this point, Republicans in Congress and GOP leaders around the country will increasingly see Trump as a political liability. If that sentiment reaches a critical mass, they will turn on him in a heartbeat just as they turned on President Nixon during the Watergate scandal. However, they will resist doing so for as long as possible. If that critical moment is realized, Republicans will pressure Trump to resign in order to avoid a politically damaging impeachment crisis. I think that’s where this is heading, and I suspect Trump will fight to the very end.
The Secular Jurist 
Hope you’re right. my fingers and toes are crossed. Just applied to have my “vote at home” ballot sent to me. Can’t WAIT to get it and vote!
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Excellent! Is that vote by mail?
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Yes. I like it cause I can take my time and look people up on the internet if I’ve a question about them.
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Absolutely, we always vote by mail in Washington state. I haven’t been in a voting booth since the early 1990s, I think.
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Me either. I hear all the voting instructions in them these days are written in Russia. Go figure.
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lol! I wouldn’t doubt it!
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He’ll resign because then he can try and shape his own narrative where hje hasn’t lost.
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Your point is well-made, but I can’t see him resigning. I think to him, it would be admitting there’s something to all the “stuff” about him. Plus I don’t think his ego would let him. JMO
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It’ll be interesting whichever way it swings. Some people on Twitter this week were asking if he’d resign to end the invesitgation and save his children from certain jail time. That is, “resign and this all ends.” A testament to just how horrible a person he is, most people said he wouldn’t and would throw his children under the bus if it meant saving himself.
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He’d flay his children alive if he thought it would get him out of trouble. He’ll never resign, IMO. He may never leave the WH no matter what happens. “It’s ALL fake! ALL elections are fake! I can NOT leave the WH under these fake conditions! I MUST stay in as president until the GOP can conduct a fair and truthful investigation into these FAKE elections and these FAKE criminal charges against me! FAKE!! ALL ut me is FAKE!!!” And the GOP’s response will be, “Yes, Sir, Mr. Trump. You’re our Master and we do all that you say. Praise be the all-loving warmth of Christ’s undying love! Amen.”
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I keep trying to post this, but itr’s not working. Let’s try again…
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LMAO!!! That’s hilarious!
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John, your first two attempts to post this went to spam for some reason. But, since your third attempt worked I deleted them.
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Cheers, thanks. I feared a delayed rain of Trump Fake News pics 🙂
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Ha! Let’s hope that truly happens!
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I’m sure he would want to shape his own narrative in that event. By resigning, however, he would lose his executive powers and privileges and leave himself totally exposed to criminal prosecution. So, I think he’ll not resign unless forced to by his own party.
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Whatever way the wind blows, he’s going to take as many people down with him. It’ll be a scorched earth policy.
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That’s frightening.
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Literally. “Geez, I wonder will happen if I press this big red button marked ‘Apocalypse’?”
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What’s astounding to me is there seems to be NO END to his antics. I don’t recall previous presidents creating so much disruption and mayhem as he has. I mean, to go even one day without some sort of stink coming from the WH has become exceedingly rare!
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Very true. Trump makes even Nixon look sane in comparison. I’ve said from the beginning that this man is both psychologically unstable and unfit for office, and his tenure so far as president only reinforces my opinion.
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Teddy Roosevelt, Nixon and LBJ were all disruptive. But not on a scale to match Trump. Nixon was crazier and dangerous. The two Bushes and LBJ got us into wars. So far Trump is ahead of those three. Trump is killing the environment. That is the worse part to me.
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Reblogged this on sdbast.
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While these poll numbers appear very encouraging, I’ve come to distrust polls after that November 2016 shocker.
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Good point. But in this case, we can compare the polls taken by the same media organizations over time and the trends all show declining support for Trump (which were never very high to begin with).
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Hoping these polls are correct
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The real clear politics composit poll show he dropped to 42.2 approval, down almost two points.
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The same poll shows the democrats at 50 and the gop at 39 in the congressional generic poll. But the polls do not tell you who will actually vote.
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Yes, that’s an excellent point. In recent years, Republicans have had better overall turnout than Democrats. Although this year, it looks like the midterms might be a referendum on Trump.
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You can never sufficiently underestimate the integrity of the Republican Party, the GOP that refuses to just go away.
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I wonder if DT ever goes to bed thinking, “Oh if only I had a brain I could make all this go away!”
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