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During today’s Substack LIVE conversation, Matt Lewis and I discussed:
Reuters poll: Trump approval sinks to 33%, disapproval 64% — lowest of current term, matching December 2017 low
Sen. John Ossoff’s sharp speeches: calls out golfing, stock trading, Qatar “flying palace,” and Natalie Harp, while the U.S.S. Lincoln fights his war
The one big Democratic warning: Abdul El-Sayed underwater in Michigan (Fox poll)
Foreign-policy chaos: Trump scales back South Korea joint exercises, cites “good relationship” with Kim Jong-un (who supplies missiles to Iran and Russia)
Simultaneously withdraws the last U.S. carrier from the Pacific and threatens to “bomb the shit out of” ally Oman if it interferes with Iran talks
Closing question for 2026/2028: Do Democrats choose electable fighters like Ossoff who win swing states, or ideological purity that loses independents?
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