Strong US economy boosts Trump's ratings, as Democrats shut down government for three days
- Written by Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Before the government shutdown, Donald Trump exceeded a 40% approval rating for the first time since May 2017.Reuters/Carlos Barria
On January 20, 2018, exactly one year after Donald Trump was inaugurated as president, the US government entered a partial shutdown for three days – the first shutdown since 2013. This is the second shutdown that...