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| | | |  | | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY | | | 1. Happier on the trail? President Trump holds a "Make America Great Again" rally in West Virginia tonight. 2. He signed it, but boy did he slam it. Trump OK'ed a bill imposing tighter sanctions on Russia, yet then issued two different statements to call the legislation "seriously flawed" and "clearly unconstitutional," telling members of Congress he makes better deals than they do. 3. Bipartisan backlash is developing against Trump and two GOP senators' legislation aimed at cutting legal immigration by half and prioritizing English-speaking, highly-skilled workers. 4. Just 33 percent of Americans approve of the job President Trump is doing - his lowest approval rating since his inauguration, according to a Quinnipiac poll. The biggest slippage comes among Republicans, where his disapproval rating is at 17 percent. 5. Sessions is safe, for now. New White House Chief of Staff John Kelly called Jeff Sessions to let him know his job as attorney general is secure, according to a senior source. | | | |  | | THE TAKE with ABC News' Rick Klein | | | His base may be shrinking. But at least he's talking to it – and, increasingly, not talking to others. President Trump's base is not ideological as much as it's personal. That's why, in this world, it might make sense to bash Congress for being too tough on Russia, to have a top aide get into an argument about "cosmopolitan bias" and the meaning of the Statue of Liberty, and to mislead the press and public about phone calls that never actually appear to have taken place. True Trump loyalists couldn't care less, and might like the show. Beyond that noise, the president is arming himself with some new policy talking points in advance of his next campaign rally tonight, even though talking about them is about all he's likely to be able to do. Trump and his administration are calling for action against legal and illegal immigration, previewing movement against affirmative action, and positioning the president against Congress, starting with Obamacare. It's all calculated to align the president with conservatives and an activist base that feels listened to and championed in the Trump era. In other words, this Trumpism is trying to take over conservatism. | | | |  | | IMMIGRATION: WHAT DO THE POLLS SAY? | | | White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller claimed common sense and polling were on his side to argue that the current level of immigration clearly hurts American workers. On that point, several leading economists – from Cato all the way to Brookings - disagree. But the polling is even harder to dissect. A Gallup poll conducted last January found 36 percent of adults were dissatisfied with immigration and wanted less of it. But the poll also found that the number of Americans who were satisfied with immigration levels was up to 41 percent compared to 30 percent the year prior. In June, Gallup numbers trended even more pro-immigration. The organization found that 49 percent believed immigrants help the nation's economy by providing low-cost labor, and only 18 percent said immigrants take jobs American adults want. In a Pew Research Center poll in January, 58 percent supported encouraging "more highly-skilled people from around the world to live and work in the U.S," ABC News' MaryAlice Parks notes. | | | | "I think I was fairly restrained…I didn't dump the nachos on him or anything, which was an option," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on his encounter with a Cubs fan. | | President Trump participates in a VA department telehealth event before he travels to West Virginia to hold a "MAGA" rally. | |  | | Justice Department denies "personnel posting" reflects new policy on affirmative action | | The Justice Department s refuting a report that it is working on a new directive to pursue inquiries and lawsuits against colleges they determine have engaged in discrimination "against white applicants," saying today that they are in fact seeking volunteers to investigate an administrative complaint filed by a coalition of dozens of Asian-American associations. http://abcn.ws/2hqB4n8 | |  | | Senate GOP hears, but doesn't plan to take, Trump's advice on health care | | Senate Republicans responded to the legislative advice given by the White House over the weekend with the particular brand of disdain reserved for people who try to tell senators what to do. "I don't think he's got much experience in the Senate, as I recall, and he's got a big job. He ought to do that job and let us do our job," Sen. John Cornyn said Monday evening. http://abcn.ws/2wfIkVz | |  | | Sarah Sanders says Trump was joking about police brutality comment | | White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday that President Trump was likely joking last week when he appeared to advise law enforcement officials not to worry about injuring suspects. "I believe he was making a joke at the time," Sanders told reporters during a press briefing. http://abcn.ws/2vnp4ci | |  | | Trump citing phone calls with Boy Scouts and Mexico they say never happened | | For the second time this week, President Trump is coming under fire for claiming to have had a phone call with individuals who insist the conversations never happened, as both the Boy Scouts of America and Mexican officials are disputing that their leaders recently had phone conversations with the president. http://abcn.ws/2u33yoW | | This email was sent to bamsdum.xiomi@blogger.com
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