Polls Spell Trouble For President Donald Trump 89 Days Into Presidency | Morning Joe

SAW. YOU WOULD THINK THAT WOULD GIVE
HIM A COUPLE POINTS HERE AND THERE.
BUT AS MIKA IS ABOUT TO SHOW US, HE'S FLAT.
>> NEW POLLING FROM GALLUP HAS THE PRESIDENT'S APPROVAL RATING
AT 40%, ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS FEBRUARY.
HIS NUMBERS ARE SINKING ON KEY CHARACTERISTICS.
45% THINK THE PRESIDENT KEEPS HIS PROMISES.
THAT'S DOWN 17 POINTS IN TWO MONTHS.
52% SAY HE'S A STRONG AND DECISIVE LEADER, A DROP OF
SEVEN. 46% SAY HE CAN BRING ABOUT THE
CHANGES THE COUNTRY NEEDS, DOWN SEVEN POINTS.
JUST 36% SAY HE'S HONEST AND TRUSTWORTHY, DOWN SIX POINTS.
42% SAY HE CARES ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU, DOWN FOUR.
AND 41% BELIEVE HE CAN MANAGE THE GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVELY.
AT THE SAME TIME, A PEW RESEARCH POLL FINDS THE PRESIDENT'S JOB
APPROVAL HOVERING AROUND 39%, WELL BELOW THE POPULARITY OF HIS
PREDECESSORS AT SIMILAR POINTS IN THEIR PRESIDENCY.
>> OBAMA WAS AT 61, BUSH 55, CLINTON 49, BUSH 56, REAGAN 67.
>> HE HAD A RATING OF -- APPROVAL RATING OF 39%,
RELATIVELY LOW DISAPPROVAL NUMBER COMPARED TO TRUMP, 54%,
TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT CLINTON. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE
NUMBERS, MARK HALPERIN, YOUR MARIS POLL THAT YOU SO ABLY RAN
HAD DONALD TRUMP AT 39%. I WAS SKEPTICAL OF THAT POLL TO
BE HONEST WITH YOU. I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO -- I
THOUGHT AFTER THINGS SHOOK OUT HE WOULD BE AROUND 32, 33, 34%.
BUT THAT'S JUST DEAD ON WITH PEW AND GALLUP AND THESE OTHER
POLLS. >> THE POLLING IS PRETTY
CONSISTENT. JUST UNDER 40 OR JUST AT 40.
AS MIKA JUST SHOWED, THAT'S WORSE THAN OTHER PRESIDENTS AT
THIS POINT. YOU THINK HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A
BOUNCE. I THINK THE LACK OF CHANGE IN
WASHINGTON, LACK OF PROGRESS IN WASHINGTON IS WHAT'S HOLDING HIS
APPROVAL RATING DOWN. PEOPLE LOOKED AT HIS STYLE
DURING THE CAMPAIGN AND A LOT OF AMERICANS SAID THAT'S AN
UNORTHODOX STYLE -- >> HE'LL GET IT DONE AND HE SAID
HEALTH CARE WOULD BE EASY, MIKE. HE FAILED ON HEALTH CARE.
THE TAX CODE IS BOGGING DOWN NOW.
>> THE MUSLIM BAN. >> THE FAILING "NEW YORK TIMES,"
SUBSCRIPTION IS WAY UP SINCE DONALD TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES SAY HE'S NOW THE TAX CODE.
HE'S STUMBLING ON TAX REFORM. YOU'RE RIGHT, THE TRAVEL BAN.
>> DIDN'T GET IT DONE. >> HELD UP IN THE COURTS.
>> TWO THINGS. MARK JUST POINTED OUT ONE OF THE
THINGS. THE LEVEL OF EXPECTATION AMONG
VOTERS ON BOTH SIDES IS, OKAY, FINE, HE'LL GET SOMETHING DONE,
SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN. NOTHING REALLY HAS HAPPENED.
THE OTHER THING I FEEL IS HARDER TO GET TO, AND YOU PICK IT UP
ANECDOTALLY, AND IT'S ALMOST A COSMETIC ISSUE.
PEOPLE ARE SORT OF DISAPPOINTED THAT HE'S NOT ACTING MORE LIKE A
PRESIDENT -- >> SO YOU REMEMBER ONE MONTH IN,
I CAME HERE AND SAID I CALLED 14 OF MY FRIENDS IN FLORIDA THAT
SUPPORTED HIM. EVERY ONE OF THEM, EXCEPT ONE,
STILL SUPPORTED HIM, IT'S GREAT WHAT HE'S DOING WITH THE PRESS,
IT'S GREAT, STICKING IT TO EVERYBODY, RIGHT?
>> THEY'RE FROM THE PART OF FLORIDA THAT CAME THROUGH FOR
TRUMP. >> THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE
SAYING NOW. A LOT OF THEM ARE TELLING ME I'M
JUST NOT WATCHING ANYMORE. >> SICK OF THE TWEETS.
>> THIS IS INTERESTING. THEY TUNED HIM OUT.
I'M NOT WATCHING. THIS IS SOMETHING HE DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND. I'LL SAY IT FLAT OUT, HE DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND. EVERY PRESIDENT HAS A SELL-BY
DATE. I REMEMBER BEING SHOCKED THAT
SIX YEARS IN IN 1986 RONALD REAGAN WAS GIVING A PITCH ON
GETTING RELIEF, ON GIVING AID TO EL SALVADOR REBELS.
HE WOULD HAVE SOLD THAT IN A SECOND IN 1981.
BY '86 PEOPLE WERE TUNING HIM
OUT. THEY ALL HAVE A SELL-BY DATE.
BARACK OBAMA'S MAY HAVE BEEN FIVE OR SIX YEARS IN.
HIS SPEECH WASN'T THE SAME AS IN 2009.
DONALD TRUMP, BY GIVING SO MUCH AND TWEETING SO MUCH AND BEING
SO MA NYE CAL ABOUT BEING IN THE PRESS EVERY SECOND HAS ALREADY
BURNED OUT SOME SUPPORTERS. >> IT'S PUT SOME LIGHT ON A LOT
OF BAD THINGS -- THINGS THAT HAVEN'T GONE WELL.
PUT THE LIGHTS ON FOR EVERYONE TO SEE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW
MANY DAYS INTO THE PRESIDENCY -- >> WHAT YOU PICK UP IS HE HAS
ACCELERATED THE PACE OF EXHAUSTION AMONG PEOPLE.
>> I ALSO THINK THEY'RE LOOKING AT NOTHING GETTING DONE.
>> I'D LOVE TO SEE EVERYONE MEASURE IT, BUT WE ALL THINK
THIS IS THE MOST INTENSE 90 DAYS THAT WE'VE SEEN.
PEOPLE WANT RESULTS. IF HE GETS RESULTS, HE CAN GET
SOME OF THESE PEOPLE BACK. 90 DAYS OF EXHAUSTING PEOPLE AND
HAVING A SUPREME COURT NOMINATION TO SHOW FOR IT.
>> THE NUMBER ON KEEPS PROMISES TELLS THE WHOLE STORY.
IN FEBRUARY, 52% SAY HE KEEPS HIS PROMISE, NOW ONLY 45%.
BACK IN FEBRUARY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TRAVEL BAN,
HEALTH CARE, WE SAID YOU CAN BE ANGRY, BUT YOU CAN'T BE SHOCKED
BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE
CAMPAIGN. NOW HE DIDN'T DO ANY OF THOSE
THINGS. THOSE THINGS DIDN'T MAKE IT
THROUGH. NOW HE'S CHANGED HIS TONE A
LITTLE ON CHINA, SOMETHING HIS SUPPORTERS LOVE.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING RIGHT NOW ALL THOSE
BIG, BOLD PROMISES, WE THOUGHT HE WOULD BE THE GUY TO COME AND
CHANGE WASHINGTON AND HE HASN'T DONE IT.
>> MIKA, ALL THE THINGS AROUND THIS TABLE WE WARNED HIM ABOUT
IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, THEY'RE ALL ON TAPE, AND ALL IN
THE TRANSCRIPT. THIS IS NOT MONDAY MORNING
QUARTERBACKING. WE WARNED HIM EVERY DAY, DON'T
PICK FIGHTS WITH THE INTEL COMMUNITY, DON'T PICK
UNNECESSARY FIGHTS WITH THE PRESS, DON'T INSULT THE SENATE
MINORITY LEADER. DON'T GO TO PAUL RYAN'S DISTRICT
AND MOCK HIM AND SAY YOU'LL SUPPORT HIM UNTIL YOU DECIDE NOT
TO. WINNING IN WASHINGTON IS HARD
ENOUGH WITHOUT PICKING UNNECESSARY FIGHTS EVERY DAY.
YOU KNOW WHO HE REALLY NEEDS TO BE TALKING TO RIGHT NOW ON NORTH
KOREA? THE GUY WHO WARNED HIM THAT
NORTH KOREA WAS GOING TO BE HIS MOST DIFFICULT PROBLEM, BARACK
OBAMA. HE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE HE'S
BEEN SO RECKLESS AND IRRESPONSIBLE, WITH A TWEET THAT
HE DID ON A SATURDAY MORNING AND HE DIDN'T HAVE THE CHARACTER TO
TAKE IT BACK AND STEP BACK. SO HE'S INSULTED EVERYBODY FROM
THE 44th PRESIDENT TO GREAT BRITAIN TO ALL OF OUR ALLIES.
>> HOLD ON ONE SECOND. WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY WAS, TO
YOUR POINT, I ACTUALLY DISAGREE. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE TUNING
OUT. I THINK THEY'RE TUNING IN.
IF YOU'RE SAYING SALES OF "THE NEW YORK TIMES" ARE UP AND
ARE TV RATINGS UP? I THINK THEY ARE.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE WATCHING CLOSELY AND LIKE ME, THEY'RE
REALLY DISAPPOINTED. SOME OF THEM ARE LESS
DISAPPOINTED BUT THEY'RE DISAPPOINTED.
I THINK THE LIGHTS ARE ON WITH THIS PRESIDENCY.
IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT FOR TRUMP IF THEY WOULD TUNE OUT
JUST A TAD BIT. >> I'M SAYING HIS CORE
SUPPORTERS THAT WERE THERE ALL THE TIME AND ONLINE AND FIGHTING
FOR HIM AND WATCHING TV ALL THE TIME ARE ALL GOING, WAIT A
SECOND, WHY AM I FIGHTING FOR THIS GUY ALL THE TIME WHEN HE
KEEPS STEPPING ON POLITICAL LAND MINES?
>> THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. >> YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING VERY
INTERESTING AND INTRIGUING -- >> THE FIRST TIME THAT HAS
HAPPENED IN TEN YEARS. CAN WE GET THE CONFETTI FROM THE
CEILING? >> THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION,
OBVIOUSLY, WITH FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA.
WHAT YOU PICK UP ANECDOTALLY AND LISTEN TO CONVERSATIONS WITH
PEOPLE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEMINGLY -- THEY'RE NOT
INDICTING HIM, NOT CONTEMPTUOUS OF HIM.
THEY REPRESENT THE VAST MIDDLE. THEY'RE SICK AND TIRED OF HIS
REFERENCING THE ELECTION. HE WON THE ELECTION, STOP
TALKING ABOUT THE ELECTION, STOP TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU WON, STOP
TALKING ABOUT THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
YOU'RE PRESIDENT, ACT LIKE THE PRESIDENT.
>> THE GUY ALSO -- THE GUY SAID THAT HE HAD WON THE MOST
ELECTORAL VOTES OF ANY REPUBLICAN LIKE IN HISTORY OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT ENDS UP -- PETER BAKER LOOKED
INTO IT QUICKLY, OTHER THAN GEORGE W. BUSH IN 2000, HE
ACTUALLY WON THE LEAST NUMBER OF ELECTORAL VOTES OF ANY
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT GOING BACK TO RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
PEOPLE ARE PICKING UP ON THIS STUFF, TOO.
HE KEEPS SAYING THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE.
HE WAS RUNNING AGAINST HILLARY CLINTON WHO HE TOLD EVEN MORE
FALSEHOODS, ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
HE'S NOT

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