STILL HOLDING – AT 10:29 A.M. ET:  We're watching polling trends to see if the president was hurt by last week's alleged comments about foreign nations.  Thus far we're not seeing any real damage, although CNN thinks it's the end of the world.  From Rasmussen: 

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 45% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Fifty-four percent (54%) disapprove.

The latest figures include 29% who Strongly Approve of the way the president is performing and 45% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -16.

COMMENT:  The president is only one point off his 46% high for the week.  Now, it's possible that other polls will pick up different results.  But my sense is that this is a ginned-up story, milked by the anti-Trump press, but of lesser interest in the real world.

The tax cut will become effective for most families in early February.  Polling in the month after that will tell a much bigger story than polling after a presidential remark. 

January 16,  2018