The Shutdown Has Taken a Toll on Trump

First Read: “Many of us in the political community have grown numb to how poll numbers about Trump rarely change — most Americans made up their minds about the president in his first few months in office, and those opinions have barely budged since then.”

“But don’t let that reality distract you from the clear evidence that this shutdown has chipped away at Trump’s numbers.”

“As we learned in 2018, an approval rating in the low 40s is a terrible place for a president and his party to be. And right now, it’s worse than that.”