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Let’s test your political acumen. Imagine that the president’s job approval is below 40 percent; that he’s stuck in an unpopular war he can’t get out of; that gas prices are much higher now than they were when he took office; that public pessimism about the economy is at its worst point since 2023; and, as a cherry on top, that some garish new report of his lascivious corruption arrives every day.

Nick Catoggio is a staff writer at The Dispatch and is based in Texas. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 16 years gradually alienating a populist readership at Hot Air. When Nick isn’t busy writing a daily newsletter on politics, he’s … probably planning the next day’s newsletter.