{"id":1747,"date":"2017-08-04T21:17:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/04\/trump-gop-chaos-takes-a-toll\/"},"modified":"2017-08-04T21:17:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T21:17:00","slug":"trump-gop-chaos-takes-a-toll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-gop-chaos-takes-a-toll\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, GOP Chaos Takes A Toll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Trump and Congressional Republicans skip town after 7 months with no major accomplishments, their inability to govern and the constant chaos is starting to take a toll.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Americans say the Trump administration is running chaotically, and disapprove of the job he and the Republican Party are doing at record levels. And to top it off, Trump&rsquo;s beginning to lose his base. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poll.qu.edu\/national\/release-detail?ReleaseID=2478\">Quinnipiac Poll<\/a>: &ldquo;President Donald Trump <strong>plunges to a new low<\/strong> as American voters disapprove 61 &#8211; 33 percent of the job he is doing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poll.qu.edu\/national\/release-detail?ReleaseID=2477\">Quinnipiac Poll<\/a>: &ldquo;The Republicans&#39; negative 22 &#8211; 64 percent favorability &#8211; <strong>a new low<\/strong>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/08\/04\/amid-washington-dysfunction-lack-of-accomplishments-trumps-clings-to-his-shrinking-support.html\">CNBC<\/a>: Amid Washington <strong>dysfunction, lack of accomplishments<\/strong>, Trumps clings to his <strong>shrinking support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/08\/04\/politics\/trump-supporters-optimism-wear-off\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: Trump supporters&#39; optimism starting to <strong>wear off<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/4881686\/donald-trump-white-house-chaos-poll\/\">TIME<\/a>: &ldquo;60% of registered voters think Trump&#39;s administration is running &lsquo;<strong>somewhat chaotically&rsquo; or &lsquo;very chaotically<\/strong>.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:1.0in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/poll-trump-approval-hits-new-low-n789196\">NBC:<\/a> &ldquo;A <strong>particularly troubling sign<\/strong> for the president is that, for the first time, his approval among white voters without a college degree <strong>has hit a net negative<\/strong>, according to the poll released Wednesday.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>While Trump may hope to hide out at his Bedminster golf course, he won&rsquo;t be able to escape the chaos that has engulfed his White House and the entire Republican Party.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bloom.bg\/2wpRJtH\">Bloomberg Businessweek<\/a>: &ldquo;When Trump tweeted &lsquo;No WH chaos!&rsquo; what he was really signaling was &lsquo;<strong>Total WH chaos<\/strong>!&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politicalwire\/status\/892833045245505537\">Political Wire<\/a>: &ldquo;As long as the White House spends it days defending the president&rsquo;s lies, I don&rsquo;t really care who the chief of staff is. <strong>It&rsquo;s still chaos<\/strong>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2017\/07\/turning-and-turning-in-the-widening-gyre\/535416\/\">The Atlantic<\/a>: &ldquo;There hasn&rsquo;t been a single smooth week in the Trump presidency, but last week was, by popular consensus, <strong>the worst of them so far<\/strong>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/jeff-flake-donald-trump_us_598071b2e4b08e1430058571\">Huffington Post<\/a>: &ldquo;Although Trump tweeted on Monday that there&rsquo;s&nbsp;&lsquo;no chaos&rsquo; at the White House, his office has experienced a series of shake-ups in recent weeks &#8213; and the world has looked on as the president has <strong>struggled to bring order<\/strong> to his office and country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/on.wsj.com\/2wq8eGt\">Karl Rove<\/a>: &ldquo;The first six months of the Trump presidency have been marked by <strong>chaos<\/strong>, and the administration cannot survive another six months of the same.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YahooNews\/status\/892935576592281600\">Yahoo News<\/a>: &ldquo;Trump insists that there&#39;s &#39;no chaos&#39; in his White House &mdash; this <strong>list of high-level staff departures says otherwise<\/strong>&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-politics\/wp\/2017\/08\/04\/can-a-new-chief-of-staff-fix-a-white-house-in-chaos\/?utm_term=.b783016c4887\">Washington Post<\/a>: &ldquo;Can a new chief of staff&nbsp;fix a White House in <strong>turmoil<\/strong>?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/trump-hails-kelly-ret-gen-joins-chaotic-white-house-n788106\">NBC:<\/a> &ldquo;Kelly is tasked with bringing order to a <strong>chaotic and leaky West Wing <\/strong>and re-energizing the administration&#39;s flagging agenda in Congress.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Trump and Congressional Republicans skip town after 7 months with no major accomplishments, their inability to govern and the constant chaos is starting to take a toll. Americans say the Trump administration is running chaotically, and disapprove of the job he and the Republican Party are doing at record levels. 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