hospitals. they took down the stats about how many island residents have power and water right now. so i think the administration still needs to be careful, especially the president, about how they re dealing with this crisis. it s not over yet. it s still unfolding and it could get a lot worse for them. melanie, i want to get to this poll. there s a new poll that finds 23% would describe president trump as honest. 16% as level headed. and 26% as a strong leader. how closely is the white house looking at these polls? well, you know, the president does look at his image and how it s portrayed on tv very closely. we know that. he watches very closely. but in terms of the polling, you know, that s something that they ve especially we saw this during the campaign, they distanced themselves from polling. the president is very quick to dismiss these things as sort of fake news. but, i imagine john kelly and his staff, they have to be looking at this and wondering whether his tweets and h
wants to say that then comes out. this is continuing. the question is will the next trump we see continue the pattern or will they manage to corral him better going forward? the country is getting used to seeing this back and forth for better or for worse. there s new quinnipiac poll numbers to share with everyone. is president trump level headed? do you see him as level headed? 68% say no, 29% say yes. does he divide or unite the country? 62% say he divides the country. only 31% say he unites them. i know, michael, you find it very interesting that his own pollster has begun polling republicans where his approval still remains strong. what does that tell you? tony fabrizio is the
typically up to see a president doing 80 or 95% with their own party. in this poll, 77% of the republicaning approve of the job that the president is doing. this is blow a pollster would like to see a president in terms of how they re doing with their own party. a lot of danger signs for this president in terms of how they re doing. the trend lines aren t good with this own party. you talk about the 68% number that don t see him as level headed, that s up from i think about 57% in november of 2016. any term of positive metrics that s the kind of deterioration of support you see from this president in terms of thinking positively about him. 68% of voters say the president is not level headed and people are now saying it on camera, not as many people who d say it off camera, especially republicans who say they worry
pollsters want to see a president doing 85 to 95% in terms of approval rating in their own party. in this poll, 77% of republicans approve of the job this president is doing. this is below where pollsters would like to see a president in terms of how they re doing with their own party. a lot of danger signs i think for this president in terms of how he s doing. the trend lines aren t good in terms of his own party and that s reflected in the overall numbers. you talk about the 68% number that don t see him as level headed. that s up from about 57% in november of 2016. and any number of positive metrics that s the kind of deterioration of support you see for this president in terms of thinking positively about him. david, i want to add the same thing, 68% of voters say the president is not level headed and people are now saying it on camera. not as many people that say it
home. which is potentially does. for some of these people trying to-not necessarily catering to an electric all trump republicans and need to worry about that. i mean, it s it may not be a total inciting to violence but certainly something in between making it okay, palatable. making it a normal part of the conversation thif the presidents doing it. not going as far as saying go beat up the media, certainly a it does tell you this white house has a vat strategy. should not be surprised. sometimes the president do more to reach out to democrats. reach out to democrats. they decided they got elected on the base and keeping that. when the president gets mad at us when we raise the questions, the american people have questions about his temperament. intelligence, yes? six in ten of americans say intelligent. good leadership skills? no. honest, no. level headed, almost two-thirds