April 30, 2025

Wednesday, April 30, 2025. Annette’s Roundup for Democracy.

In love.

I pinned J.B. Will he say yes?

One more thing.

If you didn’t watch his 20 minute speech in New Hampshire , you should now. 👇 You will fall in love too. P.S. I share. You can pin him too, on social media and in your conversation with everyone.

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ABC/Washington Post poll shows Trump’s popularity continues to shrink.

Trump has lowest 100-day approval rating in 80 years

Majorities of voters disapprove of many of Trump's policies, the poll found.

Donald Trump has the lowest 100-day job approval rating of any president in the past 80 years, with public pushback on many of his policies and extensive economic discontent, including broad fears of a recession, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll.

Yet he still beats the Democrats in Congress in terms of trust to handle the nation's main problems.

Thirty-nine percent of respondents in this ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll said they approve of how Trump is handling his job as president, down 6 percentage points from February, while 55% said they disapprove.

The previous low in approval for a president at or near 100 days in office, in polls dating to 1945, was Trump's 42% in 2017.

Perhaps most threatening to Trump, given his promise of an economic turnaround, is the extent of negative views on the economy: Seventy-two percent said they think it's very or somewhat likely that his economic policies will cause a recession in the short term.

Seventy-three percent said the economy is in bad shape, 53% said it's gotten worse since Trump took office and 41% said their own finances have worsened -- which is as many as those who said so under President Joe Biden last summer.

Sixty-two percent said prices, which as a candidate, Trump pledged to curb, are rising. Seventy-one percent said they see his tariffs as a negative factor in price inflation. And just 31% in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates with fieldwork by Ipsos, said they accept Trump's argument that the economy will emerge with a stronger foundation for the long term.

Negative assessments go beyond the economy. Sixty-five percent said Trump's administration is trying to avoid complying with federal court orders, and 64% said he's going too far in trying to expand presidential powers.

Sixty-two percent said they don't think his administration respects the rule of law.

Majorities also expressed concern that the president will do too much to reduce the size and role of government (58%), argued he's acted beyond his authority as president without justification (56%) and doubted the Trump administration's commitment to protecting citizens' rights and freedoms (55%).

To read the full article, click here

One more thing.

Someone else is counting the days.

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ABC had another interesting poll too.

Most Americans oppose Trump 3rd term, taking control of Greenland and Canada.

A majority take Trump at his word when he talks about his potential actions.

Most Americans take President Donald Trump at his word when he talks about sending American citizens to foreign prisons, serving a third term as president and trying to take control of Greenland and Canada -- even as sweeping majorities oppose each of these potential actions.

About 7 in 10 adults in this ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll think Trump is serious when he talks about sending American citizens who are convicted of violent crimes to prisons in other countries (71%) and the United States trying to take control of Greenland (68%).

Fewer, but still a broad 62%, say the same about his serving a third term, even though the Constitution prohibits him from running again. A slim majority, 53%, think Trump is serious when he talks about the United States trying to take control of Canada.

That doesn’t mean most people think these are good ideas: The survey, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates with fieldwork by Ipsos, finds that Americans by wide margins oppose these proposals. At the high end, a vast 86% oppose the United States trying to take control of Canada. Eighty percent oppose Trump serving a third term, 76% oppose trying to take control of Greenland and 66% oppose sending U.S. citizens to foreign prisons.

For his part, Trump insisted in an interview last week that he wasn’t trolling about trying to take control of Canada and Greenland. He also has said he is not joking about running for a third term; upping the ante, Trump 2028 merchandise appeared for sale on the Trump Organization’s website last Thursday.

Unsurprisingly, these proposals are especially well received by the 39% of Americans who approve of the way Trump is handling his job as president. One, indeed, reaches majority support -- sending U.S. citizens who are convicted of violent crimes to foreign prisons, backed by 59% of Trump approvers.

Half of those in his base, 49%, support the United States trying to take control of Greenland. Forty-three percent in this group like the third-term idea; taking control of Canada lags, even among Trump approvers, at 29%.

Notably, too, Republicans, conservatives and Trump approvers are most likely to say he’s not serious about any of these proposals. On the other side of the political spectrum, Democrats, liberals and Trump disapprovers are far more apt to think he means it.

Just 35% of Republicans think Trump is serious about taking over Canada, compared with 75% of Democrats. Thirty-eight percent of Republicans think he’s serious about a third term, compared with 88% of Democrats. And while more Republicans -- just shy of six in 10 -- think he’s serious about taking control of Greenland and sending U.S. prisoners abroad, again, these go much higher among Democrats.

On each item:

Third term

Opposition to a third term is substantial even among some of the key support groups that elected Trump last fall, including white men without four-year college degrees (74% of whom oppose another Trump term), white evangelical Protestants (70%), conservatives (67%) and Republicans (60%).

Wishful thinking may be a factor for some: Among Republicans who think Trump is serious about a third term, support for the idea rises to 60%. That compares with 24% among Republicans who don’t think he’s serious. On the other hand, a vast majority of Democrats (88%) think he’s serious about a third term; nearly none of them (3%) support it.

Canada/Greenland

When it comes to Canada and Greenland, perceptions of Trump’s intentions are associated with broader approval of his handling of U.S. relations with other countries -- which has a strong partisan flavor. Among people who approve of his handling of international relations -- 51% and 30%, respectively -- support trying to take control of Greenland and Canada. Among those who disapprove of Trump’s work on international relations, support for these actions drops to 4% in the case of Greenland and 3% for Canada.

Notably, in partisan terms, 45% of Republicans support trying to take control of Greenland. That drops to 27% who support trying to take control of Canada.

Deporting Americans

As reported Friday, 47% of Americans support sending undocumented immigrants who are suspected members of a criminal group to El Salvador prisons without a court hearing. Fifty-seven percent in this group also support shipping out U.S. citizens convicted of violent crimes, while 41% oppose it.

At 32% overall, support for sending convicted Americans to foreign prisons peaks in especially Trump-friendly groups, including 59% of those who approve of his work in office, 58% of people who call themselves very conservative and 57% of Republicans. Support drops to 30% of independents and 12% of Democrats. (ABC/Washington Post poll. Click on the blue linked headline to read about the methodology used.)

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On the issue of the Super Bowl champion Eagles visiting the White House.

But the man that some consider the greatest quarterback in history made a clear statement by his absence and his clothing that day.

Eagles Quarterback Jalen Hurts.

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The Need for Abortion Funds is there and grows.

The Ms. Foundation had a gala last night, naming 5 remarkable women, including Superwoman Linda Carter as Women of Vision. Eve and I were there.

Ms. Magazine, Vol.1, no 1 , signed by Carter and Gloria Steinem, was auctioned off.

But the highlight of the remarkable honorees was learning about Jenifer Fountain, Executive Director of Alaba’s Yellowhammer Fund, a reproductive health organization which provides free Emergency Contraceptives to residents of the deep, Deep South - Alabama, Mississippi, and the Florida Panhandle.

This amazing woman cried when on the stage receiving her honor. She spoke of Amber Thurman, the 28-year-old mother, who died because she couldn’t access legal abortion care in Georgia.

To stop deaths in Alabama now, Jenice Fountain traveled all 49 counties of the state this year giving out Emergency Contraceptives to residents and helping women leave the state for abortions.

Use this link to Donate if you want to support Janice Fountain’s work, and the work her organization, Jackhammer, does. It is needed now more than ever.

If you want to donate to the motherlode that supports many Jenice Fountains and many Jackhammers, click here to support the Ms. Foundation.

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Two bits of breaking news.

Doug Emhoff responded to the action by the self proclaimed King of the Jews yesterday,

This happened too.

Now isn’t that something! Isn’t that the best.

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