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President Trump is facing low approval ratings, a weakening economy, and a prolonged conflict in Iran, but he seems focused on the Reflecting Pool and renovating the White House. Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss how this may impact the GOP in the midterms, and more.
Of all the challenges and setbacks for the president to address, he seems particularly focused on the U.S. courts that are “coming out against the ballroom construction,” Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House Correspondent at The New York Times, said last night. “We’re talking about a break between the voters that Republicans are looking to build support with and the president and his attention and his priorities.”
Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss this and more: Carl Hulse, the chief Washington correspondent at The New York Times; Kanno-Youngs; Jonathan Karl, the chief Washington correspondent at ABC News; Missy Ryan, a staff writer at The Atlantic.
Watch the full episode here.
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