team. the number of voters in florida, wisconsin, pennsylvania, ohio, a strong view of president trump drops from 35 percent in april to 2 t9% now. among republicans that also dropped from 54% to 45%. white house senior adviser kellyanne conway acknowledged the president s support may be slipping. she blamed it on the fiction of the russia investigation. his approval rating among republicans and conservative trump voters is down slightly. it needs to go up. they are telling him just enact your program. and don t worry about all the distractions and diversions and discouragement that others who are still trying to throw logs in your path are throwing your way. the entire russia investigation is a hypothetical. the president has called it a fiction, total fabrication to excuse the colossal and unwanted defeat of hillary clinton in last year s election. but the washington post greg sergeant suggesting the russia investigation may be exactly why trump is seeking to rally the faithful
president from going out there when he feels like it or urked and firing off 20 tweets the same thing applies when it comes to communications message. you can have the most disciplined operation in the world if donald trump wakes up in the wrong mood and he is holding that phone in his hand, all bets are off. if you think donald trump thinks set best communications strategist out there and you think he is better than everyone and for a long time he was able to control, he still controls the story but even before he entered politics for decades donald trump made himself part of the news cycle. so he feels like that s how he, that s how he survived a lot of business losses was that banks said hey we will still support you if you continue the market the product and installed other people to run his business. something a lot of people don t know. he knows that that saved him and saved him throughout his career. this ability to garner media coverage. there is no way he will let up on that
numbers it does not support his kies. when we come back, we will put trump s a claim to the test. plus, is there a split developing among republicans? six months into the trump presidency, there are new reports that republicans, including vice president mike pence, might be making moves towards the 2020 presidential election. that s supposed to be trump s reelection year. pence calling the report offensive. but trump is struggling to reunite his party in some ways. why can t the trump white house keep a communications director? maybe the problem is the president himself who functions as his own defacto communications director, 140 characters at a time. finally, hardball roundtable will be here with three things i don t know. this is hardball where the action is. award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine.
our governor slis a lame duck. he will be terminated out in 2018. i wouldn t be surprised to see donald trump if the jobs do come our way. a quick break here. on the other side, president trump s nationwide approval rating looks like it s suffering these days. but is his base actually getting stronger and if so, what would be driving that? we will have a debate ahead. you re watching hardball. out . and the alzheimer s association is going to make it happen by funding scientific breakthroughs, advancing public policy, and providing local support to those living with the disease and their caregivers. but we won t get there without you. visit alz.org to join the fight. how to win at business. step one: point decisively with the arm of your glasses. abracadabra. the stage is yours.
in vietnam, and he hadn t. he apologized on the spot very quickly. i can think of the things the president said that has not apologized for quickly or at all. this is the president blowing off steam. he is mad. mad at everything right now. he has been told by his lawyers don t attack prosecutors. don t do it, don t it. so steams comes out in different directions on cable tv. the president is in a twitter war with a senator over things that are on cable tv. amazing. i think there was a report in roll call this afternoon saying, blumenthal, attorney general for connecticut of 25 years before going to the senate. maybe there was overlap there with trump s business interest. portfolio that blumenthal had in connecticut real estate. may be a longer story. we have to cut it short. thanks to all of you for joining us and still ahead, president trump says his base is growing stronger. if you look at his rallies, you might think he is ripe but if you take a look at latest poll