Trump’s Approval Tanks After Gatsby Party During Shutdown

A new poll shows that approval for how President Donald Trump is managing the government has dropped among all U.S. adults, including Republicans. An AP-NORC poll conducted in November—after major Democratic wins in the Nov. 5 elections and before the Senate vote to end the government shutdown—found that the share of Republicans who approve of how Trump, 79, is managing the federal government fell from 81 percent in March to 68 percent. Among all adults, approval of the president’s management fell by 10 percentage points, from 43 percent in March to 33 percent in November. “When people are hungry, he had a party,” said Beverly Lucas, 78, a Republican from Florida, referring to Trump’s Great Gatsby-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago, held the same weekend nearly 42 million Americans learn