has done them one after another. when it comes to honesty what americans expect from a president. they expect them to keep their promises and donald trump does that every day. steve: for the things he has not been able to achieve like the wall or repealing obamacare. no, he has tried hard but he is in washington. that s absolutely right. he has made an effort and democratic obstruction and resistance that has blocked it or in the case of obamacare, it s been, you know, one vote on the republican side. and then when he has pulled back on the campaign promise like pulling troops out of afghanistan, it was after a careful review, if you read bob woodward s book, it s comforting. took a careful review spent a lot of time grilling his and that s what you want a president to do. steve: his job approval number has been going up. abc news poll shows trump has 41% approval up from 36%
obama. a poll shows trump s approval rating sits at 36%, down one point from three weeks ago when voters were asked to grade his first year in office. 39% gave him an f grade. it increased among republicans with 90% giving him a passing grade and 30% of democrats gave trump a d or above. when voters were asked if president trump was intelligence, 53% said yes, 44% said no. wow. president trump has until tomorrow to impose sanctions on iran, a move that would blow up that accord. multiple allies publicly and privately opposed this. hr mcmaster is expected to recommend the president waive
answered somebody, yeah, somebody put out the concept of a hundred day plan. yes, somebody put out a concept. who was that again? the first 100 days of my administration. this 100-day plan what follows is my 100-day action plan to make america great again. it s a contract between donald j. trump and the american voter. and the j stands for just kidding. psych! today was the perfect day for a jovial well rested former president obama to show up in chicago for his first public appearance after leaving office and say this. so what s been going on while i ve been gone? ha-ha, ha-ha, ha. everything! everything has been going on.
fractured media landscape in which he says, quote, everybody is listening to people who already agree. also, gerrymandering, an issue he s vowed to tackle. the united states is imposing new sanctions on syria in response to the deadly chemical weapons attack on civilians earlier this month. according to the treasury department, the sanctions target 271 employees of a syrian government agency that is tasked with producing nonconventional weapons. the united states is sending a strong message with this action that we will not tolerate the use of chemical weapons by any actor. we intend to hold the assad regime accountable for its unacceptable behavior. during a meeting at the white house, president trump also urged representatives of the united nations security council to adopt new sanctions on north korea. the status quo in north korea is also unacceptable and the council must be prepared to impose additional and stronger
remembrance ceremony. mr. trump will sign an executive order related to agriculture and protecting rural america, part of the final push to show progress before the 100 dash day benchmark, calls it a ridiculous standard, there is this big push to notch some wins. ivanka trump is in berlin where she ll participate in a panel at the w 20 summit about women and entrepreneurship. while there, she s expected to visit the memorial to murdered jews in europe in berlin. that s a wrap for us. i m alex witt alongside richard lui and louis burgdorf. morning joe coming your way right now. because of things like political jerry man derg, our parties have moved further and further apart and it s harder and harder to find common ground because of money and politics,