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Silver, responding to a Rose question that he had a political bias in favor of the President, added: "I'd say I am somewhere in-between being a libertarian and a liberal. So if I were to vote it would be kind of a Gary Johnson versus Mitt Romney decision, I suppose."

If you want a progressive take, look at The Nation (The linked article criticises the wider press coverage and instincts of those that revealed the recent intelligence leaks) instead of 538.com.  

I will note that Scott Adams gives Trump credit for the economy 3 times (1. The economy, Obama's economy; 6. Jobs, of which, gains have been similar or less than what was being created under Obama; 13. Business Confidence High, I certainly hope so since they made up a large part of his voting block, but that may change now that Ford is going to dent those positive numbers) in 13 positive points. The fact is that most economists give relatively little credit to presidents for economic circumstances, especially those that occur within the first few months of a presidency when policies have hardly been passed or had time to take effect.

I find it difficult to credit Trump for Syrian safe zones that were established between Assad, Russia, Turkey, and Iran without notable US involvement.  The healthcare reform (which I find horrifying) has so far passed one house, with far less review than the ACA had, the tax plan is mostly ideas and would probably create massive deficits while failing to provide the 10% fantasy growth.  The work with China may represent progress, but it is thin and likely the result of years of diplomatic pressure and work, and I don't give credit to Trump for their work with North Korea - no one wants thermonuclear war on their border.  The possiblity of less Israeli isolation and brutal treatment of Palestinians will be great if it happens.  I do notice there is a lot of maybe and a lot of in the future and a lot of things that can easily be related to work that Obama or others started.

As far as negatives go; Golf, an arbitrary travel ban that failed to target countries that had produced terrorists in America while simultane, Michael Flynn, nepotism, weekend trips to Mira Lago to play golf, outrageously expensive travel for his family (including for business purposes), suggesting the previous administration conducted criminal surveillance with zero corroborating evidence, "Alternative Facts" and generally telling his constituency to not believe credible news sources, Steve Bannon tricking his way onto the National Security Council, damaging relationships with Australia, Germany, South Korea, & NATO, divulging national secrets, firing an FBI Director during an active investigation into himself, golfing every weekend after citing that as a major deficit of Obama.  I feel like these are all pretty concrete facts.

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