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A strong majority of Americans blame President Donald Trump for the record-long government shutdown and reject his primary rationale for a border wall, according to a new poll that shows the turmoil in Washington is dragging his approval rating to its lowest level in more than a year.

Overall, 34 percent of Americans approve of Trump's job performance in a survey conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That's down from 42 percent a month earlier and nears the lowest mark of his two-year presidency. The president's approval among Republicans remains close to 80 percent, but his standing with independents is among its lowest points of his time in office.

The drop in approval comes as Trump begins the third year of his presidency under the weight of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, an international trade war that's straining the global economy and new revelations about his push for a real estate deal in Russia during his 2016 campaign.
Compared with earlier presidents, Trump's approval rating has been relatively stable over the course of his presidency, ranging from the mid-30s to the mid-40s.

By contrast, President Barack Obama never fell below 40 percent in polling by Gallup. Still, five presidents since Gallup began measuring presidential approval have had their rating fall into the 20s at least once, including Harry S. Truman, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. Trump has never fallen into that range of historic lows, but he's also the only president never to have reached 50 percent in Gallup's polling.

The new AP-NORC poll shows most Americans see the shutdown as a major problem, and they blame Trump far more than congressional Democrats for the mess that has ensnared the lives of roughly 800,000 government workers who are going without pay.
Sixty percent of Americans say Trump bears a great deal of responsibility for the shutdown. About a third place the same amount of blame on congressional Democrats (31 percent) or Republicans (36 percent).

George W. Bush Résumé

 
 
Past work experience:
a.. Ran for congress and lost.
b.. Produced a Hollywood slasher B movie.
c.. Bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas, company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
d.. Bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using tax-payer money. Biggest move: Traded Sammy Sosa to the Chicago Cubs.
e.. With fathers help (and his name) was elected Governor of Texas.
Accomplishments: Changed pollution laws for power and oil companies and made Texas the most polluted state in the Union. Replaced Los Angeles with Houston as the most smog ridden city in America. Cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas government to the tune of billions in borrowed money. Set record for most executions by any Governor in American history.
f.. Became president after losing the popular vote by over 500,000 votes, with the help of my father's appointments to the Supreme Court. Accomplishments as president:
a.. Attacked and took over two countries.
b.. Spent the surplus and bankrupted the treasury.
c.. Shattered record for biggest annual deficit in history.
d.. Set economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12 month period.
e.. Set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market.
f.. First president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.
g.. First president in US history to enter office with a criminal record.
h.. First year in office set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history.
i.. After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, presided over the worst security failure in US history.
j.. Set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips than any other president in US history.
k.. In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their job.
l.. Cut unemployment benefits for more out of work Americans than any president in US history.
m.. Set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12 month period.
n.. Appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history.
o.. Set the record for the least amount of press conferences than any president since the advent of television.
p.. Signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any president in US history.
q.. Presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed.
r.. Presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have.
s.. Cut healthcare benefits for war veterans.
t.. Set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind. (http://www.hyperreal.org/~dana/marches /)
u.. Dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.
v.. My presidency is the most secretive and un-accountable of any in US history.
w.. Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (the 'poorest' multi-millionaire, Condoleeza Rice has a Chevron oil tanker named after her).
x.. First president in US history to have all 50 states of the Union simultaneously go bankrupt.
y.. Presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud of any market in any country in the history of the world.
z.. First president in US history to order a US attack and military occupation of a sovereign nation.
aa.. Created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States.
ab.. Set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any president in US history.
ac.. First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the human rights commission.
ad.. First president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the elections monitoring board.
ae.. Removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history.
af.. Rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant.
ag.. Withdrew from the World Court of Law.
ah.. Refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.
ai.. First president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 US elections).
aj.. All-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations.
ak.. My biggest life-time campaign contributor presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation).
al.. Spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history.
am.. First president in US history to unilaterally attack a sovereign nation against the will of the United Nations and the world community.
an.. First president to run and hide when the US came under attack (and then lied saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1)
ao.. First US president to establish a secret shadow government.
ap.. Took the biggest world sympathy for the US after 911, and in less than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history).
aq.. With a policy of 'dis-engagement' created the most hostile Israeli-Palestine relations in at least 30 years.
ar.. First US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability.
as.. First US president in history to have the people of South Korea more threatened by the US than their immediate neighbor, North Korea.
at.. Changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.
au.. Set all-time record for number of administration appointees who violated US law by not selling huge investments in corporations bidding for government contracts.
av.. Failed to fulfill my pledge to get Osama Bin Laden 'dead or alive'.
aw.. Failed to capture the anthrax killer who tried to murder the leaders of our country at the United States Capital building. After 18 months I have no leads and zero suspects.
ax.. In the 18 months following the 911 attacks I have successfully prevented any public investigation into the biggest security failure in the history of the United States.
ay.. Removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history.
az.. In a little over two years created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided the US has ever been since the civil war.
ba.. Entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.
 
Records and References:
a.. At least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available).
b.. AWOL from National Guard and Deserted the military during a time of war.
c.. Refuse to take drug test or even answer any questions about drug use.
d.. All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away to my fathers library, sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.
e.. All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.
f.. All minutes of meetings for any public corporation I served on the board are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public view.
g.. Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and un-available for public review.
h.. For personal references please speak to my daddy or uncle James Baker (They can be reached at their offices of the Carlyle Group for war-profiteering.)

In the beautiful Midwest, windchill temperatures are reaching minus 60 degrees, the coldest ever recorded. In coming days, expected to get even colder. People can’t last outside even for minutes. What the hell is going on with Global Waming? Please come back fast, we need you!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 29, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will sign a border security bill to avert another government shutdown, but also declare a national emergency to try to obtain funds for his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall, a White House spokeswoman said on Thursday.

In an attempt to bypass Congress to get money that lawmakers have so far denied him for his wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, Trump appeared headed toward triggering a swift court challenge from Democrats on constitutional grounds.

The top Democrat in Congress immediately denounced the president’s move. Asked by reporters whether she would file a legal challenge to the emergency declaration, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, “I may, that’s an option.”

“President Trump will sign the government funding bill, and as he has stated before, he will also take other executive action - including a national emergency - to ensure we stop the national security and humanitarian crisis at the border,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said.

“The president is once again delivering on his promise to build the wall, protect the border, and secure our great country,” she said in a statement.

"We stand with President Juan Guaido as the legitimate President of Venezuela. And we will keeping standing until your libertad is restored."

In photos, @VP Pence's trip to Colombia: https://t.co/0FgpJ0YSN8 pic.twitter.com/rfx0vGLHKQ

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 3, 2019