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Hello and welcome to DSR Daily. I'm David Rothkopf. I'm joined by Riley Fessler, Minas Stein.

We're here to talk a little bit about what's in the news today. Can you guess what story leads us off?

Well, you don't have to wait for long. Riley is going to tell you.

The recent surge in national gas prices above $4 a gallon triggered by the war in Iran,

has Republicans concerned that President Trump's approval ratings could suffer ahead of the midterm elections, suffer more than they already are.

Really? Really?

Since yes, right now as approval rating per yesterday,

was something like 62, 31 or 62, 33.

In other words, twice as many people disapprove of him,

as approve of him.

And the only ones who approve of them are America's, I don't know,

what should we put it?

Deplorables, you know, that the third, I mean, Minna will like this because she's such a Hillary fan,

but, you know, there are one third of Americans who will vote for Trump literally if he commits an illegal war and kills thousands of innocent people while destroying

the American economy. Oh, well, that's what they do. That's what he's doing. Sorry, Riley,

didn't mean to interrupt you. Well, historical data from the Carter and George W. Bush era shows

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