Trump's poll collapse, $5 gas, and a war he can't spin
Trump's numbers are cratering with independents, gas is over $5 a gallon in some states, and the administration is quietly cutting eight and nine-figure checks to January 6 insurrectionists and Proud Boy extremists. Paul Rieckhoff takes you out of the studio and into Midtown Manhattan for a rapid-fire briefing pulled from back-to-back hits on MSNOW and NewsNation — left of center and right of center, same no-BS read. If you're in the angry middle, this is the morning briefing you didn't get anywhere else.
Trump is in the 20s with independents, gas is over five bucks a gallon in some states, Memorial Day is about to remind Americans of the…
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