Is Trump a Real Putinizer ?

Nearly half of American voters think President Trump favors Russia over Ukraine, according to a new poll taken as his administration tries to broker a deal between the countries to end their war.

Just 8 % of respondents in the NBC News poll said they think Trump is on Ukraine’s side in the war, which started three years ago with Russia’s invasion of its neighbor, even as 61 % said they personally back Ukraine in the conflict.

Two percent of respondents said they are more sympathetic to Russia, and 35 % said they favor neither side.

About a third of respondents said they think Trump is neutral in the conflict — a position the president has stressed.

“If I didn’t align myself with both of them, you’d never have a deal,” 

Trump said last month.

“I’m not aligned with anybody.

I’m aligned with the United States of America, and for the good of the world.”

The NBC New poll comes as Trump revealed he is expected to speak with Russian President on Tuesday. He told reporters Sunday on Air Force One that “a lot of work’s been done over the weekend” on the peace talks.

“We’re doing pretty well, I think, with Russia,” 

Trump said.

“See if we have something to announce maybe Tuesday.”

“We want to see if we can bring that war to an end,”

he added.
Early efforts from the Trump administration to engage with Russia on a ceasefire deal without representatives from Ukraine or other European countries raised international concerns over priorities in ending the war.

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"Loss of faith": A new poll shows that Trump is losing the support of a "disenchanted" voting bloc

A new study conducted by the Latino outreach firm Equis shows alarming numbers for President Donald Trump among a group of voters crucial to the Republican Party's strategy — but it doesn't necessarily mean good news for Democrats.

Latino voters, who make up one of the most diverse ethnic groups in the United States, have historically been supporters of the Democratic Party and remain so. However, over the past few years, more and more Latinos have gone Republican, and Trump winning a large minority proved crucial to his popular vote plurality last year.

However, Trump's high ratings among Latino voters have plummeted in recent polls, and the latest data confirms this trend.

A new study, said Equis research director Caitlin Jury, shows that

"Latinos are facing significant everyday economic challenges, and are looking for relief in the places they feel the squeeze the most, from groceries to healthcare. They’re losing faith in Trump as a good businessman and in his ability to handle the economy."

In addition, she said, they

"favor increasing taxes for billionaires and big corporations over cutting social programs as a way to offset spending – precisely the opposite of the Trump administration’s approach."

A more detailed analysis of the survey data showed the following: "Fewer Latinos approve of Trump's job now (35%, to 63% disapprove) than in the Equis polling from May (38%, to 60% disapprove)," and that "a lesser share of Latino Trump voters are set on voting for Republicans in 2026 than Latino Harris voters are on supporting Democrats in the midterm (67% vs. 86%). This is driven by switching (8% of Trump voters say they will vote for a Democrat) and great uncertainty (20% are undecided)."

Trump's rating among Latin American voters who supported Biden in 2020 and Trump last year is about 50%, while Democrats generally lead by a double-digit margin on inflation and the economy, and the majority do not consider Trump a good businessman, with one in five saying they used to believe in him, but not anymore.

While all of this is good news for Democrats, the memo from the poll notes that this does not necessarily mean that Democrats will be able to win back all Latino voters who are disappointed in Trump.

Half of Latinos say Democrats care more about people like them, versus 25% who say Republicans care more, and 17% who say neither party cares more. But Biden defectors are twice as likely to say neither party cares more about people like them (38%).

A good way to interpret this, wrote Eric Michael Garcia of The Independent, is that "Latino voters didn't *move right.* They just don't trust the Democratic Party. Now they are becoming disenchanted with the GOP."
And former GOP Latino consultant Mike Madrid's take is simple:

"The populist anti-party sentiment among Latinos continues to grow."

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More Americans trust the opinions of the Federal Reserve on the U.S. economy than President Trump, a new poll has found.

When asked who they trust more to set economic policies for the U.S., nearly twice as many respondents in the latest Economist/YouGov poll released this week said the Federal Reserve board. While 45 percent said they would trust the Fed more, 26 percent said they would trust Trump more. Another 29 percent said they weren’t sure between the two, the poll found.

Trump has been feuding with the Fed and chairman Jerome Powell for much of his second presidency in a dispute largely over interest rates.

The president has repeatedly highlighted renovations at the Federal Reserve’s downtown headquarters to argue Powell is wasting money, and he has pushed for the ouster of board of governors member Lisa Cook. This has been largely seen as a maneuver to get Powell and others on the Fed board to resign.

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Trump’s AI Push Is Running Into His Own Voters

The POLITICO poll shows a simple problem for the White House: Trump wants deregulation, but most of his voters do not want AI left entirely to the market. About three quarters of Trump voters want some form of government oversight, and only 13 percent say Washington should stay out of it.

That is a political warning, not just a policy detail. The administration is trying to sell AI as a race against China, but Trump voters are also thinking about job losses, labor disruption, and whether the technology will actually make their lives worse.

The split inside the GOP is the real story. MAGA voters are more willing to prioritize speed and competition, while non-MAGA Trump voters are more likely to prioritize safety and regulation, even if that means China advances faster.

So the White House is facing the usual Trump-era contradiction. It wants to sound pro-business and anti-red tape, but its own base is saying: not this time, not if the market is allowed to invent the damage first and the government is allowed to clean it up later.

The AI fight is no longer just about technology. It is about whether Trump can keep the GOP sold on deregulation when the party’s voters are already reading the warning label.

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