A new CBS poll has shed light on America's thoughts regarding President Trump and fired Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey.
Just last week he tweeted out the survey, happily noting that it had pegged his approval rating at 50 percent, which is by no means great but far better than his average in other polls. Seventy-two percent approve of the job Mr. Trump is doing, a decline of eleven points since April.
The CBS News survey of 1,117 adults was conducted by SSRS between June 15th and 18th and has a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points.
Most Americans (56 percent) believe that the special counsel's investigation will be impartial, rejecting any assertions to the contrary, and think that the president should not do anything to try to stop it.
Disapproval of Trump's handling of the Russian Federation investigation is also weighing on his overall approval rating, as 63% disapprove versus just 28% that approve. Among Democrats, it was 88 percent against and 10 percent favoring interference. 18 percent of Americans think Russian Federation did interfere, but not in Trump's favor, up from 10 percent in the March poll.
"Said Trump, 'out of how many?" joked Meyers.
Euro zone growth revised up to highest rate in two years
Draghi said risks to growth are now "broadly balanced" - a tweak from last time out when risks were "tilted to the downside". In the year to May it was 1.4 percent and the European Central Bank doesn't expect much change over the coming two years.
But the more Trump's standing among Republican voters slips, the less Republican lawmakers feel electoral pressure to be a "team player". Most who approve of the President say it is not serious.
The President disputed former FBI Director James Comey's account of their private meetings, and who Americans believe is driven by partisanship. Gallup pegged Trump's approval rating at 39 percent and his disapproval rating at 55 percent.
Rasmussen's daily tracking poll surveys 500 likely voters every night from a pool of 1,500 likely voters.
Technology journalist Jack Schofield pointed out that the Rasmussen poll is "probably wrong", has a statistical bias towards Republicans and is only rated C+, according to FiveThirtyEight.
Another CBS poll found that most Americans - 73% - would prefer a public discussion on the Republicans' health care replacement bill and feel they don't have a good understanding of what the new plan would do.
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