Trump on the BRINK? President’s ratings drop as experts say leadership could be OVER soon
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump is already teetering on the brink after just 10 weeks in the White House, according to political commentators.
Trump's approval rating at ALL TIME LOW
Mr Trump's job approval stands at just 42 per cent, according to a new NBC News/SurveyMonkey Poll.
A majority of those polled — 56 per cent — said they think the president is doing a poor job and that he is leading the country in the wrong direction.
And critics have pointed to a list of failures since the Trump inauguration in January.
Conservative commentators suggest Donald Trump's presidency is already on the brink
Trump tells senators new healthcare plan coming 'very quickly'
Donald Trump's 10 weeks in the White House have been marred by controversy
Mr Trump’s planned healthcare reforms have stalled, his travel ban is tied up in courts, Congress and the FBI are investigating his campaign's possible links to Russia and he has been openly hostile to fellow Republicans for failing to back him on key issues.
Meanwhile, the White House tried to cover Mr Trump’s aides who provided information to House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes and now his ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn is to co-operate with the FBI and Congress on the Russia probe in exchange for immunity.
Conservative commentators are already hitting the panic button.
Donald Trump's White House is struggling to make progress
This is not the profile of a governing party, this is a presidency on the brink of a free-fall
Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal wrote: "Crisis reveals the character, the essential nature of a White House. Seventy days in, that is my worry.”
Former George W. Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson said: "This is a pretty bad combination: empty, easily distracted, vindictive, shallow, impatient, incompetent and morally small.
“This is not the profile of a governing party, this is a presidency on the brink of a free-fall, and it has to start repairing the damage on all of these fronts — popularity, the agenda, congressional relations, Russia, Flynn.”
Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton of corruption during the election campaign
One of Mr Trump’s central arguments against Hillary Clinton was that scandal and controversy would always follow her, especially if she became president.
During a campaign event on Michigan he told supporters: ”Hillary Clinton is the most corrupt person ever to seek the office of the presidency of the United States.
“The investigations into her crimes will go on for a long, long time. The rank and file special agents at the FBI won't let her get away with her terrible crimes."
But now beginning the 11th week of his presidency, scandal and controversy — both small and potentially big — have enveloped the Trump White House.