TRUMP HITS 50 PERCENT AGAIN – AT 11:40 A.M. ET:  The president is having a good polling week.  The Rasmussen poll has him today at 50 percent, a psychologically important number: 

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-nine percent (49%) disapprove.

The latest figures include 33% who Strongly Approve of the way Trump is performing and 40% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -7.

COMMENT:  Obviously, this can change suddenly.  But the president seems to have his eye on the prize, and that prize is a Republican victory in November, or at least a minimizing of loss.  The talks with North Korea's Rocket Man are coming up.  If they succeed, it will be topping on an already baked cake, filled with actual accomplishments.

A key point in that Rasmussen report, by the way, is the fact that the president's approval and disapproval numbers are almost equal.  At one time the disapproval number was much higher.

The midterms are six months away.

May 3,  2018