Kate Leinbaugh

And so here's what seems to me like an important confrontation between the executive and judicial branches because it is testing the question of whether a judge can tell the president to do something he doesn't want to do. And the president is basically saying, I could do this, but I don't want to, even if a judge tells me I have to.

And so here's what seems to me like an important confrontation between the executive and judicial branches because it is testing the question of whether a judge can tell the president to do something he doesn't want to do. And the president is basically saying, I could do this, but I don't want to, even if a judge tells me I have to.

And so here's what seems to me like an important confrontation between the executive and judicial branches because it is testing the question of whether a judge can tell the president to do something he doesn't want to do. And the president is basically saying, I could do this, but I don't want to, even if a judge tells me I have to.

You also have now several court cases pending with the Supreme Court that could be decisive. And we'll see how the administration reacts when and if they get adverse rulings there. I think all of these are potentially important in this discussion.

You also have now several court cases pending with the Supreme Court that could be decisive. And we'll see how the administration reacts when and if they get adverse rulings there. I think all of these are potentially important in this discussion.

You also have now several court cases pending with the Supreme Court that could be decisive. And we'll see how the administration reacts when and if they get adverse rulings there. I think all of these are potentially important in this discussion.

Yeah. So I wrote an article recently about Trump seeming to retreat in small ways on some of these fronts. Obviously, the big tariffs are still on pause as they say they're negotiating all of these deals. That's something that the president has acknowledged he did in part because of pressure from the markets.

Yeah. So I wrote an article recently about Trump seeming to retreat in small ways on some of these fronts. Obviously, the big tariffs are still on pause as they say they're negotiating all of these deals. That's something that the president has acknowledged he did in part because of pressure from the markets.

Yeah. So I wrote an article recently about Trump seeming to retreat in small ways on some of these fronts. Obviously, the big tariffs are still on pause as they say they're negotiating all of these deals. That's something that the president has acknowledged he did in part because of pressure from the markets.

We have the administration saying if they don't get the deal they've proposed with Ukraine, that they could just walk away from the whole conflict. That, to me, seems like a real reversal from these very definitive promises that Trump made to solve this conflict, although it also could be a negotiating tactic.

We have the administration saying if they don't get the deal they've proposed with Ukraine, that they could just walk away from the whole conflict. That, to me, seems like a real reversal from these very definitive promises that Trump made to solve this conflict, although it also could be a negotiating tactic.

We have the administration saying if they don't get the deal they've proposed with Ukraine, that they could just walk away from the whole conflict. That, to me, seems like a real reversal from these very definitive promises that Trump made to solve this conflict, although it also could be a negotiating tactic.

And we did see the administration make real progress on the Ukraine front with the signing of the mineral deal this week. I think that's a very promising sign for where these talks may be headed. and on Doge. Overall, you know, the work of Doge has not been particularly popular, and it has caused some conflicts within the government.

And we did see the administration make real progress on the Ukraine front with the signing of the mineral deal this week. I think that's a very promising sign for where these talks may be headed. and on Doge. Overall, you know, the work of Doge has not been particularly popular, and it has caused some conflicts within the government.

And we did see the administration make real progress on the Ukraine front with the signing of the mineral deal this week. I think that's a very promising sign for where these talks may be headed. and on Doge. Overall, you know, the work of Doge has not been particularly popular, and it has caused some conflicts within the government.

So while Musk says that it's going to continue, we do see a dialing back of that effort, and particularly of Musk's role in it. So we see him pulling back a little bit in multiple areas, even if it is obviously still the case that he is still running a very confrontational administration on a lot of fronts.

So while Musk says that it's going to continue, we do see a dialing back of that effort, and particularly of Musk's role in it. So we see him pulling back a little bit in multiple areas, even if it is obviously still the case that he is still running a very confrontational administration on a lot of fronts.

So while Musk says that it's going to continue, we do see a dialing back of that effort, and particularly of Musk's role in it. So we see him pulling back a little bit in multiple areas, even if it is obviously still the case that he is still running a very confrontational administration on a lot of fronts.

So— Aaron, do we see either the declines that you're talking about or the resilience of Trump's approval concentrated in any particular groups? I'm particularly interested in, you know, after the election, there was so much talk about the new groups that Trump had brought into the Republican Party, how well he'd done with young people, with Latinos, with African-Americans.

So— Aaron, do we see either the declines that you're talking about or the resilience of Trump's approval concentrated in any particular groups? I'm particularly interested in, you know, after the election, there was so much talk about the new groups that Trump had brought into the Republican Party, how well he'd done with young people, with Latinos, with African-Americans.