Trump's 'Law-and-Order' Approach Falls Flat: Poll

Americans have a dim view of president Donald Trump's crackdown on protests against racial inequality, with 36% approving of the president's handling of the issue he has cast as a matter of law and order, according to a poll released Friday morning.

The ABC News/Ipsos poll found that Trump's approval rating is way underwater on three major campaign issues – the pandemic, the protests and dealings with Russia – and also show the Republican incumbent in some trouble with his most loyal voters.

Slightly more than a third – 34% – approve of Trump's handling of the coronavirus, a number similar to the 33% approval he had in an Ipsos poll earlier this month. The numbers indicate that Trump's recent efforts to pivot on the crisis – holding briefings, wearing the occasional mask and promoting an unproven treatment, hydroxychloroquine, for the virus – have not made an impact.

Americans also do not give Trump high marks for his dealings with Russia, with 36% approving of his approach to America's old Cold War foe. While Russia is dwarfed, as a campaign issue, by the virus and the tanking economy, the numbers are not helpful to a president who has insisted allegations his campaign colluded with Russia are a "hoax" and a "witch hunt." Trump is also on the defense amid reports that Russia paid the Taliban bounties for the deaths of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

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Sucks to be Donny