It's Tuesday, August 26th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is What Today, the show that cannot wait to get checks from pharmaceutical companies.

The obvious result of this very well thought out, deeply considered strategy from President Donald Trump.

We have something coming up, favored nations, where I'm going to be reducing drug prices by 14,500 percent.

Don't run to CVS all at once!

On today's show, Trump hosts South Korea's president, Lee J. Myeong, at the White House.

And Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says an Israeli strike on a

hospital in Gaza was a, quote, tragic mishap. But let's start with polling. And let's start with a big,

unimpeachable fact. Trump is unpopular. Not just with, you know, me, but with Americans more broadly. After just over six

months in office, Gallup found that he has an approval rating of about 37 percent, lower than any

other president at this time in their presidency, besides Trump's first term in the White House.

Congrats on everyone hating you twice?

He's lost ground with pretty much everyone, from Gen Z to Latinos, many of whom voted for him in November, which sounds like it's great for Democrats, except that Democrats are also

underwater in polling.

According to the Wall Street Journal, 63% of voters have a negative view of the Democratic Party.

And yes, I am aware that this includes

Democrats who are mad at the party but will still vote for Democrats in the midterms, but the point still

stands. If you've been following politics for any amount of time, you know that the polls hold an

almost mystical place in the minds of political strategists, politicians, and heck, even some political

junkie voters. But if you've watched

the news in the last year, you know that clearly, just do what the polls say, isn't working very well.

While Democrats keep talking about so-called kitchen table issues, the Trump administration is trying

to militarize major cities. So what does polling tell us politics dorks? And can polling give us a complete picture

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