The Rasmussen Reports polling firm pegs President Trump’s current approval rating at an eye opening, all time high of 52%.
The controlling shareholder of Rasmussen Reports, Ted Carroll, tells Inside Washington that Trump’s “sharp rise” in public approval is “a confluence of factors”. Carroll cites: “the ending of the U.S. governmental shut-down; a strongly positive, widely-viewed State of the Union speech; rising U.S. consumer confidence; and a host of Democratic Party pratfalls involving charges of racism and sexual assault.” He also points to last week’s widely panned unveiling of New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez&rs ...