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Mounting woes could bring Trump presidency to 'nightmarish' end
U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 19, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
The Fantasy That Trump’s Presidency Will End Itself
A Forecast Built on Hope
Roughly six weeks before the 2026 midterms, Timothy Noah argues in The New Republic that Donald Trump may not complete the second term scheduled to end January 20, 2029. His evidence is a reported decline in Trump’s approval rating from 48 percent to 36 percent, an April 2026 Washington Post/Ipsos poll in which 59 percent said Trump lacked the necessary mental sharpness, and behavior Noah characterizes as increasingly…
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