MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart noted Donald Trump's plummeting poll numbers early Saturday morning and pointed out there is only one metric that could make him change the course he has put the country on.
On the day when Trump is using the 250th Anniversary of the U.S. Army to throw a parade aimed more at celebrating his birthday, Capehart pointed out the president is swiftly falling out of favor with voters.
From his spot on MSNBC's "The Weekend," Capehart explained to his co-hosts and guests, "You know, on immigration, the president is underwater. There's a new poll, this poll shows that Trump's approval rating is at 38% percent among registered voters, which is a three-point drop from April."
"And then there's another, this is from Politico, and on immigration, Trump's approval rating dropped five points from April to 43 percent," he continued. "Now, I put these poll numbers up there, and I bring this up because there's another thing that people need to keep in mind when looking at any polls that talk about President Trump's ratings, approval ratings overall or on any particular issue: the president couldn't care less about his overall approval rating. "
"What he cares about is where he stands among Republicans. And as long as his approval rating among Republicans is north of 50 percent, he is fine."
"Right," former Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson agreed before elaborating, "Because he's got the Republican majorities in Congress he can get his agenda through as long as Republicans broadly support him. As that wanes, if that wanes, you know, as Lincoln said, public opinion is everything really you need to have that sort of support."
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