Donald Trump is still trying to convince Americans that his meeting with Putin in Helsinki was a great success, but the public is not buying it. By a 17 point margin, adults disapprove of the way Trump handled the meeting (33% to 50%). And among registered voters, that margin increases to 21 points (33% to 54%).
Only one group approved of Trump's performance in Helsinki -- Republicans. All other groups disapproved.
This makes me wonder how good an idea it is to have Putin visit the White House right before the November election. It won't matter to GOP voters, but is it wise to remind other voters of how they feel about the Trump/Putin bromance - especially if they again meet in secret. A majority of Americans don't trust Trump, and a new summit where Trump praises Putin could just drive more voters to the polls (which is not what Republican candidates want to see).
The chart above reflects the results of a new ABC News / Washington Post Poll -- done between July 18th and 20th of a national sample of 464 adults, with a 5.5 point margin of error.
The new NBC News / Wall Street Journal Poll was also released on Sunday (see below). It was done between July 15th and 18th of a national sample of 900 registered voters, and had a margin of error of 3.3 points. The results were very similar to the ABC/WaPo Poll.
