TRUMP MOVES UP – AT 9:52 A.M. The left was gleeful last week over President Trump's bumpy ride, and some of the president's domestic missteps, and apparently dreamed of a President Trump whose approval ratings would dive into the thirties (a point that, by the way, Obama reached in one phase of his presidency).

Not so fast, lefties.

The president's foreign trip, a triumph in every respect, and a major victory for American influence, is having its impact.  We always stress that polls are tentative, snapshots in time, and that they will very one from the other, but the Rasmussen numbers for this president are starting to rise again:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 48% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Fifty-two percent (52%) disapprove.

The latest figures for Trump include 31% who Strongly Approve of the way Trump is performing and 42% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -11. (see trends).

The Islamic State (ISIS) took credit for this week’s horrific bombing attack at a concert venue in Manchester, England that killed 22 people. Before the latest incident, 53% of Americans said the United States and the international community can do more to help Europe fight these terrorists.  

Rasmussen Reports is in the process of surveying voters about the threat ISIS poses to the United States and will release those results on Thursday.

During his visit to Saudi Arabia this week, President Trump called on the Saudis and others in the Muslim-majority world to lead the fight against terrorism globally. Voters still say the Saudis have not been aggressive enough in fighting terrorism.

COMMENT:  The president has made many, many mistakes, and he can still blunder away this new momentum.  Also, he's under constant investigation over real or imagined misdeeds, with the mainstream media egging on the investigators.  It's the old drip, drip, drip of destruction.

But if he learns, he can still be a fine, even a great president.  It's really up to him.

One thing he must do is seal the leaks coming from the White House, leaks that probably violate the law.  If he has to go through the White House with polygraphs, I'm all for it.

May 24,  2017