Overview
- At a Pennsylvania appearance, President Trump praised Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, saying her TV performances were like “little lips” that go “pop-pop-pop” like a machine gun.
- During Fox & Friends, Leavitt urged Republicans to be more vocal about the administration’s accomplishments and called cost-of-living complaints a Democratic “hoax.”
- A Reuters/Ipsos survey reported Trump’s approval rose to 41 percent from 38 percent last month.
- Separate polling cited in coverage found broad concern over living costs, with Politico reporting 46 percent of Americans blamed Trump for recent increases.
- Trump reiterated support for tariffs at the event, claiming they bring in “hundreds of billions,” as reporting also noted slowing GDP growth and recent private-sector job losses.