Mexican wall puts Trump presidency at pivot point two years on
All eyes now on his much-touted dealmaking skills amid series of scandals.
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US President Donald Trump was scheduled to visit the US-Mexico border on Thursday after his first televised Oval Office speech on Tuesday which focused on his proposed wall. This issue, and the federal government shutdown it has fostered, is only the latest bout of turbulence in what is turning out to be an unprecedented presidency which could yet extend to 2025.
With Mr Trump now at a potential post-midterm election pivot point, he made the case on Tuesday for why he perceives a brewing humanitarian and national security crisis at the border necessitates his proposed wall. Yet, polls indicate that the overwhelming majority of Americans want the president to compromise on this issue with only a minority looking for him to follow through on construction.
Despite this, and his broader, generally low job approval ratings since 2017, his chances of re-election are significant. This is not least because the party which wins the presidency has since the 1930s tended to hold the White House for at least two terms of office.
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