Before the age of Trump, it meant something to be a Republican. There were certain values the political party espoused, namely small government, less taxes, and defenders of democracy abroad.

Clearly, that has all been thrown out the window.

According to the latest Quinnipiac University Poll, only 37% of Americans approve of the president. The AP-NORC Poll has him at 45% approval, the highest of all pollsters, and still down from the beginning of his term.

But the numbers are deceptive. According to Gallup, the president’s popularity is being dragged down by the haters. After all, an unprecedented 97% of Democrats disapprove of his performance. But that’s balanced out, of course, by the equal and opposite reaction, as “a near-unanimous percentage of Republicans in the poll — 93% — appro

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