How’s he doing? We consulted 13 different metrics to find out bloom.bg/2DbnfRf
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👍🏽Approval: 40%
👎🏽 Disapproval: 55% bloom.bg/2DbnfRf
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2018 for the Dow? Not great. It saw a 5.6% decline – the worst since 2008 bloom.bg/2DbnfRf
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In 2018, the number of restrictions actually fell for the first time since 1996, dropping by 1% bloom.bg/2DbnfRf
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1⃣ Manufacturing employment rose
2⃣ The trade deficit rose, too
If trade restrictions don’t lead to lower trade deficits, isn’t the case for imposing them much weaker? bloom.bg/2DbnfRf
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In the first three quarters of 2018, $557.1 billion was repatriated bloom.bg/2DbnfRf
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That’s ⬆️ 473,000 from when Trump was inaugurated bloom.bg/2DbnfRf
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It hasn’t materialized yet: There are still no signs of a pickup in the labor force bloom.bg/2DbnfRf
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Since then, President Trump has ramped up the trade war and forced a government shutdown. Those gains might be at risk due to delayed paychecks and shaky markets bloom.bg/2DbnfRf
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Border apprehensions rose a little in 2018, but they’re still far below the numbers that prevailed in the early 2000s bloom.bg/2DbnfRf
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That number is a tragedy, but represents a kind of morbid progress. Russia, Iran and Syria consolidated their gains in 2018 – winning the war bloom.bg/2DbnfRf
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That's the chance that President Trump resigns or is impeached before the end of his first term, according to British oddsmaker Ladbrokes. It's down from 50% in his first year, even as the indictments and guilty pleas pile up bloom.bg/2DbnfRf
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A recent poll confirms this trend: A record 16% of Americans would like to permanently leave the country bloom.bg/2DbnfRf
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