CBS Poll: 53% of Americans Approve of Donald Trump’s Presidency So Far

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
BRENNAN: “Our CBS poll finds that a majority of Americans, 53%, approve of the job he’s doing. That’s a better approval number than he ever reached during his first term in the White House. Joining us with more is our Executive Director of Elections and Surveys, Anthony Salvato. Good to see you, Anthony. What’s driving this?”

SALVANTO: “I will keep it simple, Margaret. He’s doing, in the eyes of the public, what he said he would do in the campaign. There’s political value in that. In fact, 70% of people say he’s doing what promised — whether they approve or not. Now there is another part that continues over from the campaign where words were used to describe him as being tough and energetic but still today we see a big majority number. So when you look at these first few weeks it seems like this general sense of governance has been reflected in those early numbers.”

BRENNAN: “So that’s perception. What about the actual policies?”

SALVANTO: “Well, let’s start with ones that are popular and again these echo a lot of what we saw in this campaign — The idea of deporting those in the country illegally continues to be popular. We’ve seen it in the campaign sending troops to US-Mexico border Again majority favor for his supporters In particular focus on ending DEI is popular Processes have gone too far.”