Paul Krugman: “Outside the MAGA bubble, Americans are increasingly seeing Trump as the loser he is. He has failed on every front. Manufacturing employment is down, inflation is outpacing wages, consumer sentiment is at a record low, mortgage rates are up. Trump’s war of choice has led to utter humiliation. According to current polls, Americans are giving Trump extremely low approval ratings, both overall and on every major issue — even border security.”

“Inside the MAGA fantasy bubble, however, Trump’s reign is hailed, almost literally, as the Second Coming.”

A new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds 37% of U.S. adults approve of Trump’s job performance with 60% disapproving.

On the generic congressional ballot, Democrats lead Republicans 51% to 43% among registered voters — an 8-point margin — and 51% to 41% among all adults. Democrats have led the generic ballot in every poll we’ve conducted.

New York Times: “On average, at least one of every six sentences either flattered Mr. Trump, gave him credit or criticized his political opponents.”

Wall Street Journal: “The president is scheduled to have physical and dental exams Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Trump’s health has been under growing scrutiny in the past year, and he turns 80 next month.”

“What information the White House decides to disclose about the president’s health ultimately could be up to Trump himself, but based on his social-media behavior, his sleeping habits are, well, unorthodox, and the bruising on his hands doesn’t seem to have gone away.”

NewsNation: Trump returns to Walter Reed for third checkup in 13 months. 

NOTUS: “While Democrats have been engaged in a more bitter generational fight and received more media attention for it — take, for example, former President Joe Biden, former Sen. Dianne Feinstein and D.C. delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton — some Republicans say their party, which is led by soon-to-be 80-year-old Donald Trump, the oldest president to be inaugurated, has its own ‘age problem.'”

“President Donald Trump has made little secret that his planned White House ballroom is a top priority, invoking the project more frequently than most other issues. And in recent weeks he has raged at anyone — including a federal judge, a Senate official and a local historian — whose actions threaten to slow construction,” the Washington Post reports.

“On Monday, the president shared on social media a copy of a legal filing that closely resembled his own words and contended that the weekend’s shooting outside the White House campus proved the need for a ballroom.”