Overview
- Gallup measured the president’s approval at 36% with 60% disapproval, and Republicans are preparing for heavy 2026 losses as multiple GOP senators and dozens of House members retire.
- The White House has issued well over 220 executive orders in 11 months, drawing nearly 500 federal lawsuits and a string of defeats before judges appointed by both parties.
- Broad tariffs that economists say lift consumer prices and cuts to Affordable Care Act premium subsidies in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” are set to bite as the new insurance year starts on January 1.
- Hardline enforcement has featured mass deportations, National Guard deployments to cities and use of the Alien Enemies Act to send Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador, helping fuel enormous No Kings protests.
- A high-profile foreign policy push and aggressive pressure on major media—via libel settlements and regulatory leverage at the FCC—have further defined a presidency centered on concentrated executive power.