Trump’s first-year report card: Voters say he’s no genius

The following article by Steven Shepard was posted on the Politico website January 16, 2018:

More than one-third give the president’s performance a failing grade.

Perceptions of President Donald Trump’s performance also break sharply along partisan lines. | Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s quarterly report card is in — and if he were back in school, he’d find himself on academic probation.

More voters give Trump a failing grade for his first year as president than think he deserves an “A” or “B,” according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, conducted earlier this month. Trump’s best marks come on the economy, jobs and fighting terrorism. But he gets poor marks for his handling of health care, the national debt and foreign relations. Continue reading “Trump’s first-year report card: Voters say he’s no genius”