ECONOMY/ELECTION/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The news on Friday [5-3-19] confirmed — beyond a shadow of a doubt — this fact: The US economy is booming. The economy added 263,000 jobs in the month of April, and the unemployment rate is now just 3.6% — the lowest it’s been since 1969! On top of the better-than-expected GDP news last month, it’s now quite clear that President Donald Trump is overseeing an economy going gangbusters. And yet, for all of the successes of the economy — and the fact that a majority of Americans (56%) give him credit for his handling of the nation’s finances — Trump’s job approval ratings remain mired in the low 40s, a dangerous place to be for a sitting president ramping up a reelection bid. Which brings me to a radical idea I have been kicking around for a while now: Trump’s best chance at winning would be to cease issuing statements — or tweets — about anything other than the economy. And to cut ALL statements and tweets down to, roughly, one a day.”
–Chris Cillizza, “A radical proposal to get Donald Trump reelected in 2020,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, May 3, 2019 1:38 am