Media attacks on the Trump administration due to the Atlantic‘s leak of Signal messages do “not seem tied to evaluations of Mr. Trump overall,” according to a CBS News poll that found the president’s approval rating to be 50 percent.
The poll, released Sunday morning, surveyed more than 2,600 Americans from across the country on March 27 and 28:
While the vast majority of respondents said last week’s Signal incident — in which National Security Adviser Mike Waltz accidentally added the Atlantic editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, into an encrypted group chat where plans to attack the Houthis were discussed — was “serious,” President Donald Trump’s job approval has not suffered.
On the economy, Americans have voiced mixed views.
While 31 percent of respondents reported that the Trump administration is focusing on lowering consumer prices the “right…
