Katty Kay

I think they would tolerate what's happening in the Gulf if they felt the president had been laser-focused on the job description that they gave him when they voted for him.

The job description he was given was very clear from the American public, bring down prices, make our economic situation better, and then you can do your other stuff.

But the problem he's getting is that he's not focused

on the job description he was given.

So I was talking to a Republican strategist this morning who said, this is going to be like the 2006 midterms where George W. Bush's second term, he's caught up in the Middle East, he's not doing enough to focus on what people want at home, and you get a change election in 2008 and you get something very different.

I think that's where we are.

We've got a president who is caught up in the Middle East, who is caught up in his own vanity projects, and we can run through them because there's

I've been struck.

Tony Pastor at Goldhanger sent us both a story from the FT about the number of things Trump is trying to name in his honor, and I suddenly looked at The New York Times, The Atlantic, Politico have all done similar stories in the last week because we're getting to a critical mass moment where the president's attempts to focus on his legacy in physical buildings is clashing up against what voters wanted from him.

They're not going to forgive him for going to Iran because he's not dealing with prices.

They're not going to really forgive him for talking about the ballroom because he's not dealing with prices.

If he was dealing with prices, if people's pocketbooks were going well, I think he could get away with a lot of this other stuff.

Yeah, I think he is a popular.

Well, polls suggest amongst Democrats he's routinely the most popular Democrat.

So I think you will hear that when Trump comes up with a deal.

But at the moment, the deal situation, the 14 point plan being proposed by the Iranian, the 10 point plan being proposed by the Americans, the different plans is very confusing for people to understand.

If you asked most Americans, where are we in the war?

They wouldn't really know, are we in a war?

Are we not in a war?

Is there a peace plan on the table?