Here's What's Driving Trump's Approval Numbers
Matt Vespa | April 01, 2025 7:00 AM
The market has been volatile. Canada has been throwing a tantrum over the new tariff policy, and the legacy media thinks they landed a haymaker on President Trump over the Signal story. To recap, that inside-the-beltway kerfuffle was admittedly a self-inflicted wound. Top Trump officials were discussing anti-Houthi operations on the encrypted messenger app, and someone accidentally added the anti-Trump fake news writer Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic onto the chat. Goldberg claims that top-secret war plans were discussed. That’s a lie.
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1906025071597990078The mainstream media said that the American people find this to be a grave issue. Another lie—and the press is not winning. I’ve seen that talking point tossed around, which provides a funny juxtaposition since Trump’s approval rating is soaring. Even CNN polls have the president with a high approval rating. What’s causing it? Believe it or not, it’s from a swath of new supporters from younger voter blocs (via RealClearPolitics):
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