Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the March 12, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
CNN poll: Americans are negative on Trump’s handling of economy Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Americans are not impressed with President Donald Trump’s stewardship of the economy, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, putting him underwater on the nation’s top issue even as he sees ratings among the best of his presidential career on other key priorities. As markets slide and investors worry in response to Trump’s trade policies, a 56% majority of the public disapproves of his handling of the economy, worse than at any point during his first term in office.
AAPI Data/AP-NORC Poll: Many Think the Government Spends Too Little on Key Policy Areas AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
Most AAPI adults don’t support cutting agencies and want a focus on costs: AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll Terry Tang and Linley Sanders, Associated Press Trump Is Losing Trust on the Economy Amid Trade War Eli Yokley, Morning Consult Perceptions of Democrats and Republicans in the Congressional Battleground Ian Smith, Navigator Research
Maryland: Gov. Moore job approval above 50% but continues to slide Bryan P. Sears, Maryland Matters South Carolina: Winthrop Poll Center for Public Opinion & Policy Research, Winthrop University Los Angeles: Fewer than 20% of residents give Mayor Bass high marks for fire response Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times [via Yahoo] EU Member States Show Strong Support for Brussels Benedict Vigers, Gallup
Anxious and angry, Canadians are souring on the U.S. over Trump’s tariffs, survey finds Erin Anderssen, Globe and Mail Republicans to Trump: Maybe rethink the whole tariff thing, please? Aaron Blake, Washington Post [unlocked] Why buyer’s remorse is boiling over in congressional GOP town halls Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post [unlocked] The Two Modes of Justice of Donald Trump Jeffrey Toobin, New York Times [unlocked] Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run Adam Serwer, The Atlantic [unlocked] Anti-Semitism Is Just a Pretext Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic [unlocked] Power, Money, Territory: How Trump Shook the World in 50 Days David E. Sanger, New York Times [unlocked] The Only Question Trump Asks Himself John Bolton, The Atlantic [unlocked] A Great Unraveling Is Underway Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times [unlocked] Iran-Contra Paved the Way for Trump to Defy Democratic Norms Sam Lebovic (George Mason U.), Bloomberg [unlocked] Even if the Democrats Can Move to the Center, It May Not Help Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times [unlocked] Administrative Backsliding Accompanies Democratic Backsliding Kohei Suzuki, Can We Still Govern? How Trump is reshaping reality by hiding data Amanda Shendruk and Catherine Rampell, Washington Post [unlocked]
There’s much more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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Public opinion -- leading, following, or getting out of the way
Power and Flour PodcastThe Recession Will Be Televised (with Doug Sosnik)
Hacks On TapThe Legal Theory Behind Trump’s Plan to Consolidate Power
Wall Street Journal