within, it s more questions he has to find answers for. confusion and uncertainty in russia this morning after a failed revolt by the head of the wagner mercenary group. this was the most significant challenge to vladimir putin s authority in decades. we ll go over what exactly happened and what it could mean for putin s leadership as well as the ongoing war in ukraine. plus, despite mounting legal challenges, new polling shows donald trump expanding his lead in the 2024 republican primary. we re breaking down the new numbers straight ahead. and special counsel jack smith asks a federal judge to delay trump s upcoming classified documents trial. what we re learning about the possible new timing for that. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 26th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with this weekend s developing news out of russia where the head of the mercenary wagner group launched the most
crucially joe biden despite some of the top numbers for him in the poll, he s doing well. he s getting about 50% of those somewhat who disapprove of him. those who disapprove of the job president biden s doing, they re breaking for him in the matchup. how does his 43% approval rating at this point in his term compare to other pat presidents running for re-election as they had in june in their penultimate term in office? unfortunately, he s not in a good position. he s doing about the same donald trump was in at this point heading into the election in 2020. donald trump ended up becoming a one-term president. we ve seen other presidents like
that s why i am coming, you have tof a valid claim of asylum. you can compare tactics with president obama and past presidents, but you can t compare pat presidents to donald trump because he is doing something different. he is talking about it in a completely different way, and making threats that no one dared make before this. again, we keep going back to what we were talking about before. this is a question of the greatest hits, even if we accept the premise this is what happens every year, we re treating it differently because of who the president is, is ginning up the base. how many times have we sat here talking about it. this is his one play and not just a political play, his only play. the question is how do you cover it. it is a news story and something that politically donald trump wants. he wants these images and this argument. how do you not get baited into
under mine his secretaries. the question is diplomacy with north korea or enforcing it fully or tanks or issues like nafta that are more economic. what the team says now is in this book are often apples and oranges. i m sure we agree that even pat presidents have some distinction between the verbal discussions that a president does and the written policies are more specific or targeted or nuanced than what comes out of the president. this must be the least surprising story of the month. the fact that president trump is going to diverge from and use verbal or tweets to make a point that doesn t sort of match with the rest of his administration. that s what he s done for 11 months. that s not i think if you are a leader in a foreign capital,