On Monday night, the president fired off two poll-related posts on Truth Social. The first one preposterously claimed that his current numbers are the best he has ever received. The highest Poll Numbers I have ever received, he wrote. Obviously, people like a strong and powerful Country, with the best economy, EVER! It was unclear what Trump was referring to, as recent surveys have consistently shown his overall approval rating well underwater, in addition to his approval ratings on specific issues.
I know that crypto is a big thing and they like it. A lot of people like it, the people behind me like it. My sons are handling that. My family is handling it. And I guess they get investments from different people, but I'm notI have all I can handle right now with Iran and with Russia and Ukraine and with all the things we're doing. So I don't know.
Harper Polling Survey Release National Findings on Immigration Among Trump Republicans Date: January 30, 2026 Conducted: Thursday (January 29, 2026) From: Brock McCleary, Mike Yelovich To: Interested Parties NEW: Survey shows MAGA base opinion not shifting post-Pretti killing Harper Polling survey of likely Trump GOP voters finds strong, unchanged support for President Trump, Secretary Kristi Noem, and aggressive immigration enforcement/deportations.
LAWRENCE O'DONNELL: In the cabinet room today, the president, whose policies and decisions led to the murder in the streets of Minneapolis, hallucinated about phone conversations that never happened with leaders of foreign countries in which he told them that they will have to increase the price of prescription drugs in their countries so that the price of prescription drugs in the United States can come down. That formulation is obviously insane on its face.
Mr. President, Amazon paid $75 million to make and market this film. It's an exorbitant fee. Many Americans think that this is maybe Jeff Bezos trying to get in good with you, and they would call it an act of corporate corruption. Who are you with? The New York Times. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: (SCOFFS) The New York Times! The fake news New York Times! No, I don't know, I mean, I don't know really, I'm not involved in that.
In a statement to the Guardian when asked why this particular photo was selected for display at this time, a White House spokesperson said that the Alaska Summit was a historic moment that helped bring Ukraine and Russia, whose brutal war was brought on by Joe Biden's incompetence, closer to a deal. This is one of many accomplishments that President Trump chooses to feature at the White House, where photographs are rotated frequently to highlight Presidential travel, they added.
Previous rallies have drawn millions of people, and organizers said they expect even greater numbers on March 28 in the wake of Trump's immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, where violent clashes have led to the death of two people. "We expect this to be the largest protest in American history," Ezra Levin, co-executive director of the nonprofit Indivisible, told The Associated Press ahead of Wednesday's announcement. He predicted that as many as 9 million people will turn out.
Today, after just one year of President Trump, our economy is booming, incomes are rising, investment is soaring, inflation has been defeated. Our border is closed totally closed and America is respected all over the world, Trump said in the speech.
If I was gonna run for Senate or House, I'd be like, Wherever you are, I'm going to be there. Where are the people, because the people are there to see him. Or, everyone who's running change their name to Donald J. Trump, because when they see that, Oh, President Trump? I'm in. Because when as soon as he walks off the stage, and let's say the next guy comes up, the crowd is like, Good night, I'm out. There is no he is the main event, the opening act. He's just too damn sexy for everybody.
After federal agents killed Alex Pretti, Trump-administration figures including Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller described the victim as a terrorist, indicating their desire to ignore or intimidate all opposition. But other Republican sources signaled their discomfort, and some called for an investigation-a routine step for a normal presidency, but a daring breach of partisan discipline in an administration that shields itself from accountability and tries to put itself above the law.
What he's saying: In the interview, Trump mentioned his decision to dispatch the Lincoln. "We have a big armada next to Iran. Bigger than Venezuela," Trump said. He declined to discuss the options presented to him by his national security team, or which one he prefers. At the same time, he said diplomacy remained an option. "They want to make a deal. I know so. They called on numerous occasions. They want to talk."
Far-right European leaders who have supported Trump's anti-democratic, authoritarian, and anti-immigrant stances have turned on him after his threats to annex Greenland. His threats, which he has somewhat backed off from, would violate Denmark's oversight of the island country and severely damage the United States' longstanding relationship with the 12 European countries involved in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a coalition to protect member countries from aggression.
A retreat could hint at an eroding base after Trump enjoyed widespread support among Republicans for much of 2025 even as his aggressive tariffs shocked businesses and trading partners, including close U.S. allies. But cracks emerged late in the year as November elections highlighted the affordability crisis and Congress ordered the release of the Epstein files on near-unanimous votes. Heavy redactions and the Justice Department's failure to disclose all of the records by the deadline added to the tension.
The lawsuit filed in Miami-Dade County, Florida, said the nation's largest lender violated its own policies by singling him out, to ride the "political tide" by terminating several of his accounts. "While we regret President Trump has sued us, we believe the suit has no merit. We respect the President's right to sue us and our right to defend ourselves," JPMorgan said.
The U.S. stock market bounced back from its worst day since October on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said he reached the framework for a deal about Greenland, an island he's long coveted, and won't impose tariffs he had threatened on several European countries. The S&P 500 rallied 1.2% after Trump said the deal, "if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America" and its allies in the North Atlantic region.
Trump told reporters he was mildly shocked that his speech earlier in the day was getting great reviews because normally he gets framed as a tyrant, he said. I can't believe it, we got good reviews on that speech. Usually they say he's a horrible dictator-type person, Trump said. But sometimes you need a dictator but they didn't say that in this case.
His administration played a role in brokering ceasefires between Israel and Iran, India and Pakistan, and Armenia and Azerbaijan, though these were incremental agreements, and some leaders dispute the extent of his involvement. He did secure the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal, but it involves multiple stages and remains incomplete with hundreds in Gaza reported killed since the first phase took effect in October.
The president's rallying cry was aspirational for the same reason that his economic agenda is flailing: He and his party have no abiding interest in advancing an economic program that would actually benefit working-class Americans. And Trump, being Trump, has refrained from devoting any serious thought or attention to deep and lasting economic reforms. Instead, he's pushed a series of gimmicky policy responses that amount to opportunistic photo-ops at best, and cynical afterthoughts at worst.
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The president repeated wild 2020 election conspiracy theories, raged at former CNN host Don Lemon, baselessly claimed that a witness to a fatal ICE shooting this month was a paid agitator, alleged that pirating ships, is the only thing Somalis are good at, said people in Washington, D.C. can act like a real lover after he deployed the National Guard there, dunked on former Special Counsel Jack Smith, and declared that God is very proud of the president's first year back in office.
President Donald Trump's own supporters are among the staggering majority of Americans in a new poll who say they don't want him to serve a third term. Trump has been floating the idea of blowing off term limits for years, and one Republican has already introduced an amendment to allow it. But support for Trump's flirtation with defying constitutional term limits sits around the Belief-In Sasquatch level, according to a new poll from YouGov taken January 9 14, 2026.
