President Trump had a series of seeming setbacks this week, raising some doubts about his grip

on the GOP and his ability to govern in his second term.

For analysis, we turn now to Brooks and K-Part.

That is New York Times' opinion columnist David Brooks and Jonathan K-part of MS Now.

Great to see you both.

Hey, I'm not.

Let's talk about the latest AP poll that looks at the president's overall approval rating.

It's at 36% right now, which is a second term low he's hit before. And it was lower at times in his first term.

But the difference now is his approval on the economy specifically. It's at 31%.

I want to put to you what Republican pollster, Kristen Soltes Anderson, wrote this week.

She said, what's crucial to understand about Mr. Trump's poor approval numbers is that unlike

his last time in the White House, people now disapprove of him because of the economy, not in spite of it.

David, the president continues to insist affordability concerns or a democratic hoax? Why?

Well, if you look at the raw number, it's the same with Biden. If you look at the raw numbers,

he's got a bit of a case. Median real wages after inflation are at their highest level in American

history. And then if you look about affordability, real wages are going up like this.

Food, clothing, all this stuff is not going up as fast as real wages.

The things that are going up really fast are health care and education.

So those things are going up really fast and housing in blue cities.

So there are some things that are really busting people's budgets.

So you got these overall numbers which are okay,

but then when you ask people, consumer sentiment,

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