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Yahoo
17 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Jeffries says Americans ‘aren't interested in bending the knee to a wannabe king'
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that Americans 'aren't interested in bending the knee to a wannabe king,' referring to President Trump. 'Donald Trump has learned an important lesson, the American people aren't interested in bending the knee to a wannabe king,' Jeffries said on CNN's 'State of the Union' to the outlet's Dana Bash. 'It's the reason why Donald Trump actually is the most unpopular president at this point of a presidency in American history,' he added. The president's approval rating currently sits at 45.9 percent in the Decision Desk/The Hill polling average, with 51.7 percent in the average not backing the president. The president recently went through consistent drops in his approval ratings, but his approval rating in the Decision Desk/The Hill average now sits above 2 points higher than it was at the start of May. Trump and his administration have taken swift action on issues such as how the federal government functions, immigration, trade policy, and LGBTQ rights in his first few months since returning to Washington. The action has drawn pushback from those on the American left and Democrats, but Democrats have also been criticized for a perceived lack of response to Trump administration moves. 'Democrats, of course, are the party that is determined to make life more affordable for everyday Americans, for hardworking American taxpayers,' Jeffries said Sunday. Republican strategist Karl Rove said in a recent opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal that President Trump's tariff rhetoric could cost the GOP its majorities in Congress. 'Republicans should hope the president really believes in reciprocity—the policy that if countries lower their tariffs, we'll lower ours. He should have confidence that America can compete if the playing field is level,' he added. The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Independent
3 days ago
- Business
- The Independent
‘They'll blame Donald Trump': Karl Rove warns tariffs will turn 2026 voters to Democrats, Navarro goes ballistic
Longtime GOP strategist Karl Rove warned this week that the 'muddled mess' around Donald Trump's 'chaotic trade talk' could 'badly damage' the Republican Party in the midterms next year, adding that voters would 'blame' the president for higher prices and scarce goods. The stern words from Rove, a longtime Fox News contributor, prompted the president's trade adviser to rage against the former George W. Bush deputy chief of staff and campaign architect on Rove's own network. 'Shame on you, Karl Rove,' Peter Navarro growled during a Thursday afternoon appearance on Fox Business. In a column for the Wall Street Journal, Rove explained that Republicans are stuck dealing with 'two messaging challenges' at the moment – Medicaid funding in the 'Big, Beautiful Bill' and the president's tariffs. 'The story isn't good for the GOP,' Rove noted, pointing out that Trump is severely underwater in polls on his handling of the economy, largely due to concerns that his trade policy will spark inflation and a recession. 'That starts to explain why stock markets drop when Mr. Trump rattles his trade saber and rebound when he walks back his tariff threats,' he added, seemingly referencing the 'TACO' strategy Wall Street investors have employed when it comes to the president's latest trade announcements. 'The administration's messaging is a muddled mess,' he added. 'Republicans should hope the president really believes in reciprocity—the policy that if countries lower their tariffs, we'll lower ours. He should have confidence that America can compete if the playing field is level.' 'Unless reciprocity prevails, the president's chaotic trade talk will badly damage Republicans in the midterms,' Rove concluded. 'And if the House or Senate flips, the president will find it much harder to advance his priorities in his final two years. Voters won't blame foreign countries for higher prices or fewer goods. They'll blame Donald Trump and his Republican Party.' Meanwhile, shortly after Rove's column dropped, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that Trump had 'exceeded his authority' with the majority of the import taxes he'd imposed over the past few months, including last month's so-called 'Liberation Day' tariffs. A federal appeals court followed up by temporarily reinstating the tariffs until the legal challenges fully play out. Appearing on Fox Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Navarro fumed about the 'rogue judges' who rejected the administration's arguments that Trump currently has broad authority to import sweeping tariffs under emergency powers. Fox anchor Liz Claman, meanwhile, reminded Navarro that one of the trade court judges was appointed by Trump himself. Navarro had a similar meltdown Thursday when a reporter for The Independent, Andrew Feinberg, asked about the frequency with which the administration attacks judges as 'activists' when the president or his officials disagree with their rulings. 'Who is this guy?' the hair-trigger Navarro railed, evading the question in the process. Claman also brought up Rove's warning that the ongoing uncertainty over the president's trade policies and the potential economic damage they could unleash may end up hurting the GOP in upcoming elections. Navarro, echoing the president's repeated criticism of his one-time political adviser, personally tore into Rove in response. 'Let's start with Karl Rove. Karl Rove is the guy who lost the Georgia two Senate seats for us. And his day has passed about…a decade ago,' Navarro groused, referencing Republicans losing both of the 2021 Senate runoff races. 'He hates the tariffs, he hates Donald Trump.' He continued: 'Anything he says is totally discounted, and he said the same stuff during the first term. He said that consumers were gonna eat the tariffs. They did not. Shame on you, Karl Rove! When are you gonna learn, sir?' Since Trump first left office after his 2020 loss to Joe Biden, Rove has repeatedly criticized the president over his 'reckless petulance' and criminal behavior, naturally leading the president to fire back with personal attacks and demands that Fox News fire the Republican consultant. Following Trump's return to the White House earlier this year, Rove has sounded the alarm on Trump's sinking poll numbers while pointing out that Americans are 'already exhausted' with the president's 'flood the zone' tactics. 'There's way too much retribution. Most of the president's revenge attempts will end badly for him. Republicans could rue the day they set a new justification for retaliation from Democrats,' Rove argued last month. 'I don't need to have Karl Rove of Fox News to tell me what to do. The guy's a total Loser who's been wrong about almost everything!' Trump fired back on Truth Social a few weeks ago.
CBS News
07-05-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Keller: Can President Trump brush off his tanking poll numbers?
The opinions expressed below are Jon Keller's, not those of WBZ, CBS News or Paramount Global. Across the political spectrum, the polls agree that President Trump's job approval has taken a hit lately. But with the president lashing out at those numbers after a well-known conservative commentator drew attention to them, you wonder if Mr. Trump can afford to brush them off. What do the latest polls say? "I think we had the greatest hundred days in the history of our country for an administration," the president said recently. But that's not what the wave of 100-day polls shows. The Real Clear Politics website average shows Trump's popular border security crackdown weighed down by concern over other immigration moves and his foreign policy and management of the economy and inflation sagging well underwater, a red flag for Republican commentator Karl Rove. "There's a lot of concern about the economy," he noted. "The president's ratings on handling of the economy and the tariffs are in the 30s, and his overall approval now is in the mid to low 40s, and that's not a good place to be a hundred days in." Rove's comments so angered the president, he lashed out online, dismissing Rove as "a total loser who's been wrong about everything." Ignore the polls "at your own risk." But veteran pollster Dave Paleologos of Suffolk University said "you ignore [the polls] at your own risk," and recalled how then-President Biden waved off his polling collapse after the disastrous 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, only to learn it had become his new normal. "What Rove is pointing out is you'd better address these quickly, address the tariffs, which he probably will, and the economy before you have the Biden effect, which is once you go underwater, you stay underwater." Paleologos agrees with Rove that blunders like posting an online impersonation of the Pope don't help. But he predicts Trump will amend his economic policies in reaction to negative polls. "If people learn by their polling, they'll do quite well; otherwise, they're doomed to fail," he said. We're so far away from the midterm elections, you may wonder how much polls even matter right now. And there's no doubt they definitely can change, although as Paleologos points out, it's not written in granite that they will. But Republican control of Congress is on the line next year, and we're not far from the point where members worried about being dragged down by Trump disapproval could start peeling off on key votes. So these polls do matter, and you can bet they're a source of concern in the White House.
Wall Street Journal
07-05-2025
- Health
- Wall Street Journal
How to Make Sense of an Unspeakable Tragedy
A nun prays at the Vatican, April 21. Photo: Oliver Weiken/Zuma Press My heart sank as I read Karl Rove's op-ed 'A Daughter Dies Too Young' (May 1). He naturally asks, 'Why would a benevolent God let her suffer?' I've had my own encounter with a similar question. Two-and-half years ago my son, Andrew, died. He was 27, had recently finished law school at George Washington University and sat for the bar exam, which he passed posthumously. The night before he was to come home to visit, Andrew took what he thought was a sleeping pill. It was in fact compressed sawdust containing fentanyl. He never made it home alive.
Wall Street Journal
06-05-2025
- General
- Wall Street Journal
‘Why Would a Benevolent God Let Her Suffer?'
A nun prays with a rosary at the Vatican, April 22. Photo: tiziana fabi/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Karl Rove 's op-ed 'A Daughter Dies Too Young' (May 1) is a beautiful tribute to Elizabeth Sterling Oles O'Hara . It's clear she touched many lives with grace and resilience in such a short amount of time. When I was about her age, I remember questioning the power and reason for prayer. I found Rabbi Harold Kushner 's 'When Bad Things Happen to Good People,' which tells of his journey to process his young son's death. What has stayed with me in the decades since reading it has seen me through many of life's trials. The book reminded me that God's gift of free will means that praying to him has the purpose of giving us the strength to endure. My pastor recently spoke about a simple yet breathtaking passage in St. Luke's Gospel: 'Jesus wept.' The Lord is moved by our infirmities. Our grief is unique, as varied as the stars, reflecting our personal journey and faith. Knowing that the Lord wept for Sterling, and for all of our losses of love, helps me understand I'm never alone. And neither are you, Mr. Rove.
