President Trump has hit the highest national disapproval rating on gas prices in recorded history, as 79 percent of Americans\u2014and a whopping 52 percent of Republicans\u2014feel negatively about how he\u2019s handled skyrocketing gas prices.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo president has been hated more when it comes to gas prices,\u201d CNN\u2019s Harry Enten said during a Friday segment. \u201c79 percent … that is the highest disapproval rating for any president on record.\u201d\u00a0 Former Presidents George Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden, who each had their own struggles with gas prices, never eclipsed a 75 percent disapproval rating on the issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Enten: "Even a majority of Republicans — 52% — that loyal Republican base who has been through thick and thin with Donald John Trump, even they have turned against the president on gas prices … these are just atrocious numbers" pic.twitter.com\/hc5xJfrA6O<\/p>\n
\u201cDonald Trump takes the cake as these $4-plus gas prices continue to give us pain at the pump. The American people are taking their anger out on the President of the United States,\u201d Enten said.<\/p>\n
The poll\u2019s party line breakdown is even more devastating, as 52 percent of Republicans disapproving may put Trump-backed candidates at risk in their November elections as they have to answer for his decisions\u2014especially in swing states. 96 percent of Democrats disapproved, along with 85 percent of independents.\u00a0<\/p>\n
These are startling numbers that Trump can\u2019t convincingly blame on decisions Biden made three years ago. Gas prices are high\u2014and will continue to be high\u2014because Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started bombing Iran and Lebanon, and Iran closed the crucial Strait of Hormuz in response. That\u2019s why your gas is $4 for the third time this year\u2014something else that has never happened before.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump denied reports Friday of horrific conditions onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln\u2014and suggested that the U.S. servicemembers should stay at sea for even longer. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Trump offered a shockingly callous response while taking a question about the aircraft carrier that\u2019s been deployed since November.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFamily members of U.S. servicemembers are concerned about conditions onboard the USS Lincoln\u2014\u201d one reporter said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWell no\u2014that ship is moving\u2014no, they\u2019re not,\u201d Trump interjected. \u201cThat ship is moving right now, or very shortly, and it\u2019s being replaced with another very similar ship.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked whether he believed that the servicemembers had been deployed for \u201ctoo long,\u201d Trump had a similarly heartless reply.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, no, no. Not nearly long enough,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n
Reporter: Family members of service members are concerned about conditions on the LIncoln. Trump: No they\u2019re not. Reporter: Has the deployment gone on too long?Trump: No. Not nearly long enough. pic.twitter.com\/7TM1LPeOru<\/p>\n
Family of sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have detailed the carrier\u2019s multiple issues, including plumbing disasters, disruptions with the delivery of mail, and shortages of food, water, and other supplies. These issues have placed an immense strain on the mental health and wellbeing of sailors on board the ship. It\u2019s gotten so bad that multiple sailors have tried to jump overboard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the USS George Washington aircraft carrier will soon be deployed to the Persian Gulf from Japan to replace the Abraham Lincoln, part of a previously scheduled rotation plan. But the Lincoln has already been deployed for 250 days and gone a record 200 days without a port call.<\/p>\n