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Despite Barrage of Attacks, Trump’s Approval Ratings Are on an Upswing

Despite Barrage of Attacks, Trump’s Approval Ratings Are on an Upswing
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the White House South Lawn after a trip to Cleveland, Ohio, on May 5, 2018. Zach Gibson/Getty Images
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The Democrats and the mainstream media have ramped up their attacks on President Donald Trump in recent months.
Pornstar Stormy Daniels has been a bludgeon used by the networks against Trump, and CNN has turned itself into the Stormy Daniels Network. Michael Avenatti, her attorney, appeared 59 times in less than two months on CNN, averaging more than once a day, according to the Media Research Center. MSNBC, not to be outdone, featured Avenatti eight times in four days. Other outlets, though not so crazed as CNN and MSNBC, all have had substantial Stormy Daniels coverage.