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Strong US economy boosts Trump's ratings, as Democrats shut down government for three days

  • Written by Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Strong US economy boosts Trump's ratings, as Democrats shut down government for three daysBefore the government shutdown, Donald Trump exceeded a 40% approval rating for the first time since May 2017.Reuters/Carlos Barria

On January 20, 2018, exactly one year after Donald Trump was inaugurated as president, the US government entered a partial shutdown for three days – the first shutdown since 2013. This is the second shutdown that...