The general consensus was that the Russian offering was bound to be subpar
Trump’s spirits, along with his approval ratings, are definitely on the up. At a weekend rally in Iowa, he basked in the adulation of the crowd, and spoke of his 53% approval ratings in the state.
Will he or won’t he run in 2024? That question is set to dominate American politics for the next few years, but until then, he’s the GOP kingmaker.
Meanwhile, with a 40% approval rating, according to Quinnipiac, Joe Biden is unquestionably the fall guy of the week. Honeymoon over, voters have noticed that responsible-adult-in-the-room governance, which Biden was meant to epitomize, hasn’t quite materialized.
When Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced last year that his country had triumphed in the race for a COVID-19 vaccine, it made good PR sense to call the shot “Sputnik,” in a nod to the Soviet space race breakthrough.
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