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riversedge's JournalTrump Got No Bump From Mueller. He Should Worry.
Lets hope he is Humpty Dumpy.
Trump Got No Bump From Mueller. He Should Worry.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-01/mueller-cleared-trump-but-his-approval-ratings-haven-t-changed
Good news on the president’s biggest scandal hasn’t improved his ratings.
By Jonathan Bernstein
April 1, 2019, 6:13 AM CDT
In terms of substance, the conclusion of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation was good news for Donald Trump. Not as good as Trump claimed. Not, perhaps, as good as Attorney General William Barr suggested in his summary of the case. Overall, though, the story of Mueller’s probe surely looks better for Trump now than it did 10 days ago.
But the politics? There the news is all bad for Trump. A week after Barr’s summary – and after some pretty successful spin from the Trump team that produced a lot of favorable coverage – there’s been no reaction at all from the electorate.
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Here’s why that’s bad news for Trump. His approval rating is the second-worst of any president on record after 801 days in office, which is where Trump was on Sunday. Only Ronald Reagan, at 41.1 percent, was worse. Trump is dead last in disapproval rating. No other president was over 50 percent. He’s also last in net approval (that is, approval minus disapproval) at -10.7.
Trump’s numbers have been unusually steady. His poor rating, and his low ranking among the 13 presidents of the polling era, isn’t a temporary fluke caused by recent bad news. It’s just where he always is. He’s been net negative since the earliest days of his presidency, and his disapproval has been over 50 percent for two years now. In fact, he’s been last in disapproval for all but about a month of his presidency.
Things could change, of course..............................
So there’s plenty of time for Trump to recover. ....................................................
The truth is, we don’t know why Trump is so unpopular, especially at a moment of relative peace and prosperity for the U.S. It could be the various scandals. It could be his refusal to behave like a normal president. It could be that his divisive campaign permanently alienated a lot of people. It could also be the specific unpopular public-policy positions he holds, whether it’s the tax law, health care, immigration, his border wall or some combination.
But whatever the reason, it’s hard to believe that a president could be reelected when more than half the country thinks he’s doing a bad job. ........................................................
Both the Marines and the US Air are in desperate needs of funds being diverted to the WALL...
This seems serious. Wasn't something posted a few days ago related to
Tara Copp
?Verified account @TaraCopp
Mar 27
Here's the .@usairforce urgent request to Congress for $4.9B for storm-wrecked .@Offutt_AFB @TeamTyndall. If it can't get funding, it will take $$ from 61 USAF repairs in 18 states. "We desperately need the supplemental funding to recover from the natural disasters." Lists here:
https://twitter.com/TaraCopp/status/1110925984151289857
https://twitter.com/TaraCopp/status/1110926720868200448
John S.
? @jr_chillin550
Mar 27
Replying to @TaraCopp @usairforce
My question is, did the AF know Offutt was prone to flooding?
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John S.
? @jr_chillin550
Mar 27
Replying to @TaraCopp @usairforce
Robbing Peter, to pay Paul.
..................................................This may have been posted on DU (I read it previously) 
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/camp-lejeune-still-mess-6-months-after-hurricane-florence-where-n986456
Camp Lejeune is still a mess 6 months after a hurricane hit. Why?
March 30, 2019, 1:10 PM CDT
By Courtney Kube and Mosheh Gains
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — More than six months after Hurricane Florence ravaged North Carolina, hundreds of buildings at Camp Lejeune and two other nearby Marine Corps installations remain frozen in time, with walls still caved in and roofs missing.
The Marines say they need $3.6 billion to repair the damage to more than 900 buildings at Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station New River, and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point caused by the storm and catastrophic flooding in its aftermath. And while they have torn down soggy, moldy walls, put tarps on roofs and moved Marines into trailers, so far they have not received a penny from the federal government to fix the damage.
Now the Marine Corps' top officer is warning that readiness at Camp Lejeune — home to one third of the Corps' total combat power — is degraded and "will continue to degrade given current conditions." In a recent memo to Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, Commandant Gen. Robert Neller cited, among other "negative factors," the diversion of resources to the border, where the Trump administration has sent active-duty troops to patrol and plans to use military funding to pay for a wall...................................................
Image: The globe and anchor stand at the entrance to Camp Lejeune, N.C
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