Article originally appeared on www.westernjournal.com.
President Donald Trump gets called “divisive” by the mainstream media on practically a daily basis. If the first poll numbers of his new administration are anything to go by, however, he’ll take “divisive” any day of the week.
A new CBS/YouGov poll found that 53 percent of Americans approve of the job he’s doing in the Oval Office, compared with 47 percent who disapprove.
Even CBS’ Margaret Brennan — no fan of Trump — couldn’t help but be impressed by the numbers when she assessed them on “Face the Nation” on Sunday.
“That’s a better approval number than he ever reached during his first term in the White House,” she noted.
Anthony Salvanto, CBS News’ executive director of elections and surveys, was similarly impressed.
When asked what was driving the numbers, he said he would “keep it simple.”
“He’s doing, in the eyes of the public, what he said he would do in the campaign,” he said.
“There’s political value in that. In fact, …
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