Numbers (and Putin) arent doing Trump any favors

The thing about Donald Trump is he doesn’t have the numbers. That became apparent starting on Election Day, when he trailed Hillary Clinton, a flawed candidate, by 3 million votes. And that was a high point. Ever since then, except for a few blips, Trump’s numbers have been going down, down and down.

A Quinnipiac poll taken on Inauguration Day had 44 percent of voters disapproving of how he was handling the job, versus 36 percent approving. New presidents are usually given the benefit of the doubt. Some Trump voters argued — and Clinton voters hoped — that once Trump settled in that august office, he would act less crazy, leave policy to the experts and be tamed by the Republican leadership.

None of those things has happened. Hence, a recent Quinnipiac poll shows his disapproval numbers soaring to 55 percent of voters, while the percentage approving stays stuck. Other polls report similarly grim numbers.

And that was before Trump traumatized the civilized world by announcing plans to pull America out of the Paris accord on global warming. Seven in 10 Americans — including almost half of self-identified Trump voters — favored our staying in, according to a Yale poll.

Can Trump’s lousy numbers go lower? Sure.

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