President Donald Trump Struggles In Polls Two Months After Office | Morning Joe

SECURITY FOR THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" SHANE HARRIS ALONG WITH
JOE, WILLIE AND ME. WE'VE GOT THREE HOURS, WE'RE
GOING TO DO ALL THESE STORIES RIGHT AND LAY THEM OUT IN A BIG
WORLD. THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD IS
HOVERING UNDER 40% APPROVAL RATINGS JUST MONTHS INTO HIS
ADMINISTRATION. GALLUP DAILY TRACKING POLL HAS
THE PRESIDENT AT 38%. IBD WITH 36%.
THE LATEST QUINNIPIAC POLL HAS TRUMP AT 35%.
THE QUINNIPIAC POLLSTERS NOTE BY COMPARISON GEORGE W. BUSH'S
LOWEST, 28% IN THEIR POLL, CAME NEARLY EIGHT YEARS INTO OFFICE,
TWO UNPOPULAR WARS, A HOUSING CRISIS THAT DROVE A DEEP
RECESSION. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS UNDER WATER
ON MOST KEY ISSUES RIGHT NOW. 64% DISAPPROVE OF HIS
PERFORMANCE ON HEALTH CARE. 57% DISAPPROVE OF HIS HANDLING
ON IMMIGRATION ISSUES. 48% DISAPPROVE HIS HANDLING ON
THE ECONOMY. 61% ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY.
58% DISAPPROVE OF HIS HANDLING ON FOREIGN POLICY.
49% DISAPPROVE OF HIS HANDLING ON TERRORISM.
JOE? >> MARK HALPERIN, HOW BAD DO
THESE NUMBERS IMPACT THE PRESIDENT'S ABILITY TO GET
ANYTHING DONE, WHETHER IT'S OVERSEAS OR AT HOME?
>> IT'S TOUGH. WE TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOW
LOW POLL NUMBERS DIMINISH THE SWAY WITH CONGRESS.
THESE FOREIGN LEADERS ARE AWARE OF HOW THESE NUMBERS IMPACT THE
PRESIDENT'S ABILITY TO DELIVER ON THINGS, HOW MUCH ROOM IT
GIVES HIM TO MANEUVER, AND YOU LOOK AT PAST PRESIDENTS AS WAS
SUGGESTED BEFORE, NUMBERS LIKE THIS USUALLY AFTER YOU'VE DONE A
LOT OF STUFF AND AP NAILED PETE. AT THE TIME HE'S FACING INCOMING
FROM AROUND THE WORLD, THE BIG SUMMIT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH
THE PRESIDENT OF CHINA, HE'S FACING A LOT OF TOUGH DECISIONS
WITHOUT A LOT OF LEVERAGE. THESE POLL NUMBERS GIVE HIM LESS
LEVERAGE RATHER THAN MORE. >> SHANE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT,
ALSO, IS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FOREIGN POLICY CRISES.
THE QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THE WHITE HOUSE ITSELF, THE
QUESTIONS THAT ERUPTED YESTERDAY OVER SUSAN RICE.
DO THESE POLL NUMBERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE BIG PICTURE?
>> I THINK THEY DO. THESE ARE ALL CONVERGING AT ONE
TIME. THEY PUT TRUMP IN A BOX AND HOW
HE CAN RESPOND TO THEM. THESE ARE NOT NEW PROBLEMS.
THE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR ISSUE IS SOMETHING HE INHERITED FROM
OBAMA. THE SYRIAN ISSUE, WHAT DID HE DO
YESTERDAY? HE CRITICIZED THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION FOR ITS WEAK STANCE.
THESE ARE IN HIS COURT NOW. HE'S THE CHIEF FOREIGN POLICY
OFFICIAL. THIS IS UP TO HIM.
THOUGH HIS POLL NUMBERS ARE LOW, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE
NECESSITY FOR HIM TO RESPOND FORCEFULLY.
>> YOU CAN'T OVERSTATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE NUMBERS TO
THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF. HIS STUMP SPEECH FOR MANY, MANY
MONTHS CONSISTED HIM SOLELY PULLING A PIECE OF PAPER OUT OF
HIS POCKET AND READING HIS POLL NUMBERS.
HE MAY FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE NUMBER, CITE ANOTHER POLL THAT
HAS HIM HIGHER. THERE'S NO GOOD NEWS.
35% IS THE NUMBER YOU SEE AT THE END OF A BAD PRESIDENCY.
THE ONE GOOD NUMBER WHERE 52% SAY THE ECONOMY IS GOOD, EVEN IN
THERE 66% OF THE PEOPLE SAYS PRESIDENT OBAMA GETS CREDIT FOR
THE GOOD ECONOMY. >> THE TWO THINGS HE CARES MOST
ABOUT ARE WINNING AND STRENGTH. THESE NUMBERS DON'T REFLECT
EITHER OF THOSE THINGS. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS MORE
POPULAR, THOUGH, THAN HIS OWN PARTY.
IN THAT QUINNIPIAC POLL AMERICANS DISAPPROVE OF
REPUBLICANS 70% TO 21%, A 14-POINT NEGATIVE SWING FROM TWO
WEEKS AGO, ABOUT ONE POINT A DAY.
HARRY N TWEETED WHEN YOU LOOK AT A GENERIC BALLOT THE HOUSE GOP
IS IN THE WORST POSITION EVER FOR A MAJORITY PARTY AT THIS
POINT. DEMOCRATS ARE ALSO UNPOPULAR.
THEIR DISAPPROVAL/APPROVAL IS 57 TO 34%.
BUT A BIT OF AN UPSWING. PAUL RYAN, MITCH McCONNELL,
NANCY PELOSI AND CHUCK SCHUMER ARE ALL SIGNIFICANTLY UPSIDE
DOWN IN THEIR FAVORABILITY POLLING.
JOE, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION.
>> WERE YOU COMING TO ME? EVERY TIME YOU COME TO ME,
PEOPLE IN THE BOOTH ARE TALKING TO ME.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS MORNING YOU HAVE ASKED ME A
QUESTION AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HEAR IT.
SO, YEAH, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS IN TROUBLE.
IF DONALD TRUMP THINKS HE CAN SOMEHOW BLAME THIS ON PAUL RYAN
OR THE HOUSE, HE'S COMPLETELY WRONG.
THEY'RE LOOKING STRAIGHT AT HIM. THEIR NUMBERS ARE COLLAPSING
BECAUSE OF HIM, BECAUSE THERE'S NO LEADERSHIP IN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY AND THIS IS VERY, VERY BAD, NOT JUST FOR TRUMP.
IT'S BAD FOR PAUL RYAN AND BAD FOR THE HOUSE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYBODY LOOKS BACK TO THE PERSON WHO IS
SUPPOSED TO BE RUNNING THE SHOW AND IT'S DONALD TRUMP, AND THE
NEWS, MARK HALPERIN, IS ALL BAD. IF YOU'RE WORKING ON THE HILL,
WHY WOULD HE DO ANYTHING FOR DONALD TRUMP?
>> REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN FRONT AND CENTER SINCE CERTAINLY
NOVEMBER AND MORE SINCE JANUARY. PAUL RYAN HAS HAD A BIG
PLATFORM. THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO LAY OUT
THEIR AGENDA ON ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
AS YOU SAID, THE PRESIDENT IS MOSTLY FRONT AND CENTER.
THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR REPUBLICANS TO WANT TO FOLLOW
THE PRESIDENT, AS YOU SAID. IT ALSO MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR
THE PRESIDENT TO SAY,

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