Six months in, Trump's presidency at pivot point
With polls showing him to be the most unpopular White House incumbent of the modern political era, he needs to develop a governing agenda that has broad support.
DONALD Trump marks the six-month point of his turbulent presidency this Thursday. With multiple polls showing him to be the most unpopular White House incumbent of the modern political era, his presidency is at a highly uncertain pivot point.
Mr Trump has achieved little so far of what he said he would during the campaign and his poll ratings are hovering at or below 40 per cent. Remarkably, he has enjoyed no sustained political success or honeymoon since January, despite the fact that Republicans enjoyed a "clean sweep" of last November's federal elections, securing majorities in Congress too.
While there is still time for Mr Trump to potentially turn around his presidency before the November 2018 mid-term elections, the partisan animosity and wider political challenges now facing him mean he is on the back foot. Indeed, a Monmouth University poll released on Monday showed that more people want to see him impeached today than was the case for then-incumbent Richard Nixon at the start of the Watergate scandal.
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