President Donald Trump has announced a new construction project connecting the National Mall to the Potomac River, adding to a growing list of changes reshaping Washington, D.C. The announcement comes as new polling analysis shows Trump's approval rating at a historic low, while his prolific activity on Truth Social continues to draw attention. Here's a closer look at the project, the polls and the politics surrounding the president.


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World: A new polling average for President Donald Trump's initial job approval rating shows that the numbers are currently working against him. 

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A recent CNN poll conducted by SSRS has revealed that US President Joe Biden continues to reel under a widespread negative perception among the general public, with a record 46 per cent of registered voters saying that the 80-year-old president would be worse than any Republican presidential nominee.

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As Democrats fight it out in the primaries for the presidential elections, US President Trump's job approval ratings "remains in the upper range of his ratings", according to the latest Gallup poll results.

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