The days leading up to the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s second inauguration have been exceptionally turbulent, with the president deposing the leader of Venezuela and claiming its oil, threatening attacks on several other countries, and defending the brutal murder of an American citizen by an armed ICE agent. If the polls are any indication, the public is less than pleased with this burst of manic activity.

In RealClearPolitics’ straightforward polling averages, Trump’s net job approval dropped from minus-8.6 percent on January 9 to minus-13.2 percent a week later. Silver Bulletin’s more nuanced averages place his net........

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