"In a new national poll by the Marquette University Law School, the share of adults who 'strongly' approve of Trump’s performance as president has sunk to 17% – less than a fifth of the population. Meanwhile, the share of adults nationally who 'strongly' disapprove of his performance has risen to 48% – roughly half the population."

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #economy #ApprovalRating #MAGA #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas
/7

"President Donald Trump posted dozens of overnight messages on Truth Social, targeting political opponents like Chuck Schumer and reviving claims against Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. He amplified accusations of conspiracies and called for investigations or arrests, while also criticizing organizations such as the Southern Poverty Law Center."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #Hegseth #Obama #HillaryClinton #Iran #war #economy #ApprovalRating
/1

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-trump-calls-for-arrest-of-obama

"President Donald Trump’s overall — and economic — approval ratings plunged in the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey in what appears to be direct fallout from widespread dissatisfaction with the war with Iran, high gasoline prices and negative views of the economy."

~ Steve Liesman

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #economy #ApprovalRating #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas
/3

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/23/trumps-approval-rating-on-economy-and-overall-falls-to-lowest-of-his-two-terms-cnbc-survey-shows.html

"Donald Trump has said the Duke of Sussex 'is not speaking for the UK' after Prince Harry told the US to honour its obligations in the Ukrainian conflict. 'I think I am speaking for the UK more than Prince Harry … but I appreciate his advice very much,' the US president said…."

~ Reuters

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #economy #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #UK #NATO #Europe
/9

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2026/apr/24/donald-trump-prince-harry-ukraine-video

Heather Cox Richardson recounts in detail the behind-the-scenes finagling and vituperation accompanying Hegseth's firing of Trump's friend and supporter John Phelan, Secretary of the Navy. Then she notes:

"Lara Seligman, Josh Dawsey, Alexander Ward, and Natalie Andrews of the Wall Street Journal noted today that Trump sided with Hegseth over Phelan," (continued in /15)

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #economy #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #UK #NATO #Europe
/14

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-23-2026

"And top GOP senators tell Politico that Trumpworld is bracing for more purges of senior officials, with one senator confiding about Trump: 'He’s in a bad mood, so he’s letting a lot of them go.'”

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #economy #ApprovalRating #FoxNews
/17

"A new Fox News poll contains crushing findings for Donald Trump. His approval on the economy is at 34 percent with 66 percent disapproving. On inflation, those numbers are even worse, at 28–72. Importantly, the poll also finds Democrats with the advantage on the economy for the first time in years—a milestone."

~ Greg Sargent

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #economy #ApprovalRating #FoxNews
/16

https://newrepublic.com/article/209461/trump-hit-brutal-fox-poll-aides-scramble-he-bad-mood

"Fox News is embracing the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to President Donald Trump’s war against Iran as an economic boon for U.S. petroleum exports — even though the closure will further increase American gasoline prices."

~ Zachary Pleat

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #economy #ApprovalRating #FoxNews #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas
/17

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/gas-prices-go-iran-war-fox-news-celebrates-biggest-payday-history-oil-companies

"He and he alone created the conditions that made war possible. He and he alone created the chaos that, he then told the American people and the world, made war necessary. ...

Trump made this problem. Entirely and solely. By pulling out of the JCPOA in 2018, he ensured that Iran would start breaking the terms of the deal.:

~ Michael Tomasky

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #economy #ApprovalRating #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas
/18

https://newsletter.tnr.com/index.php?action=social&chash=d2dc6368837861b42020ee72b0896182.3087&s=cdd6377d8462caad2b4695418c877aea

"The situation favors Iran, which has learned how to absorb a great deal of pain after decades of US sanctions and is prepared to endure much worse rather than fold to Trump. ...

In the face of this humiliation on the world stage, Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, are throwing scapegoats from within the US war machine under the bus."

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #economy #ApprovalRating #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas
/22

"The situation favors Iran, which has learned how to absorb a great deal of pain after decades of US sanctions and is prepared to endure much worse rather than fold to Trump. ...

In the face of this humiliation on the world stage, Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, are throwing scapegoats from within the US war machine under the bus."

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #economy #ApprovalRating #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas
/22

"Trump’s war on Iran is currently mired in an interminable stalemate. Iran is still firmly in control of the Strait of Hormuz (and, by extension, the international energy market) and negotiations to end the conflict have stalled, though a shaky ceasefire remains in place."

~ Jeet Heer

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #economy #ApprovalRating #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas
/21

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-hegseth-military-purge-john-phelan/

"Venezuela got him thinking, Hey, this war stuff is kinda fun. So he figured he’d be the guy who toppled the hated regime. A few bombs. Easy-peasy."

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #economy #ApprovalRating #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas
/20

"He’s the one who made Iran strong. Then, eight years later, he comes back to us and says, Bad Iran! They broke the terms of the deal! They’re too strong. We must invade them.

But it’s actually even worse than that. Because we didn’t invade Iran because they broke the terms of the deal. We invaded Iran because Trump, having conquered (in his mind) America, needed to conquer farther reaches."

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #economy #ApprovalRating #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas
/19

"He and he alone created the conditions that made war possible. He and he alone created the chaos that, he then told the American people and the world, made war necessary. ...

Trump made this problem. Entirely and solely. By pulling out of the JCPOA in 2018, he ensured that Iran would start breaking the terms of the deal.:

~ Michael Tomasky

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #economy #ApprovalRating #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas
/18

https://newsletter.tnr.com/index.php?action=social&chash=d2dc6368837861b42020ee72b0896182.3087&s=cdd6377d8462caad2b4695418c877aea

"Fox News is embracing the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to President Donald Trump’s war against Iran as an economic boon for U.S. petroleum exports — even though the closure will further increase American gasoline prices."

~ Zachary Pleat

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #economy #ApprovalRating #FoxNews #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas
/17

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/gas-prices-go-iran-war-fox-news-celebrates-biggest-payday-history-oil-companies

"And top GOP senators tell Politico that Trumpworld is bracing for more purges of senior officials, with one senator confiding about Trump: 'He’s in a bad mood, so he’s letting a lot of them go.'”

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #economy #ApprovalRating #FoxNews
/17

"A new Fox News poll contains crushing findings for Donald Trump. His approval on the economy is at 34 percent with 66 percent disapproving. On inflation, those numbers are even worse, at 28–72. Importantly, the poll also finds Democrats with the advantage on the economy for the first time in years—a milestone."

~ Greg Sargent

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #economy #ApprovalRating #FoxNews
/16

https://newrepublic.com/article/209461/trump-hit-brutal-fox-poll-aides-scramble-he-bad-mood

(continued from /14)

"who was his friend and neighbor and raised millions of dollars for him. Phelan’s firing shows that Trump still supports Hegseth despite his missteps and high-level firings as Hegseth seeks to remake the Pentagon."

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #economy #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #UK #NATO #Europe
/15

Heather Cox Richardson recounts in detail the behind-the-scenes finagling and vituperation accompanying Hegseth's firing of Trump's friend and supporter John Phelan, Secretary of the Navy. Then she notes:

"Lara Seligman, Josh Dawsey, Alexander Ward, and Natalie Andrews of the Wall Street Journal noted today that Trump sided with Hegseth over Phelan," (continued in /15)

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #economy #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #UK #NATO #Europe
/14

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-23-2026