PoliticsCNBC's The China Connection: Spectacle-heavy Trump-Xi summit focused more on domestic messaging
Analysts said much of the pageantry surrounding the Trump-Xi summit was intended to send messages to the leaders’ constituencies at home.

President of the United States
President of the United States (2017–)
| Born | 1946-06-14 · Queens |
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| Party | Republican |
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| Education | University of Pennsylvania (BS) |
| Occupation | Politician, Businessman, Media personality |
The latest five surveys as each pollster published them, compiled by VoteHub (CC BY 4.0) and retrieved 2026-10-03. We only display them — no calculation, weighting or editing. A single survey often reports all adults and registered voters separately, so the same pollster and dates can appear twice; where approve and disapprove add up to less than 100%, the rest were unsure or did not answer.
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Approve | Disapprove |
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| TIPP Insights2026-08-25 – 2026-08-28 adults · 1,461 | 2026-08-25 – 2026-08-28 | adults · 1,461 | 38% | 52% |
| Ipsos2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 registered voters · 951 | 2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 | registered voters · 951 | 37% | 63% |
| Ipsos2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 adults · 1,215 | 2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 | adults · 1,215 | 33% | 65% |
| YouGov2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 registered voters · 1,379 | 2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 | registered voters · 1,379 | 40% | 57% |
| YouGov2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 adults · 1,536 | 2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 | adults · 1,536 | 36% | 57% |
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President Donald Trump has made it abundantly clear that he is willing to use official government resources in ethically dubious ways in an effort to win the 2026 midterm elections. This week, he promoted major economic projects in two key Senate states, but both announcements soon fell apart.
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CNN

President Donald Trump said at an Alabama rally that his economic agenda had helped attract investment and jobs, using the appearance as a midterm campaign pitch in a state that has long been staunchly Republican.
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Bloomberg News

Tim Sahay, co-director of the Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab at Johns Hopkins University, analyses the G7 meeting and the issue of a US ban on diesel exports.
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Europe is expected to release diesel reserves to help lower prices after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump. The G7 agreed to coordinate the release of 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil over the next four months.
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President Donald Trump said the United States would not impose a ban on diesel fuel exports, arguing the issue had never genuinely been under consideration. He also praised Europe’s decision to release substantial diesel reserves.
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President Trump said he would not authorize a ban on diesel exports, hours after G7 countries agreed to release diesel and crude oil from emergency reserves.
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Reuters

Bloomberg News Now rounds up the day’s top stories, including President Trump’s praise for the G7’s diesel release and stocks moving closer to a higher close, alongside other global business news.
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Bloomberg News

Donald Trump says he will not impose a ban on diesel exports.
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Bloomberg Television

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he would not authorize a diesel export ban, hours after G7 countries agreed to release diesel and crude oil from emergency reserves.
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Reuters

President Donald Trump said the US will not ban diesel exports after the Group of Seven and its partners agreed to release part of their emergency fuel reserves in an effort to bring down soaring prices.
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Bloomberg News
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Analysts said much of the pageantry surrounding the Trump-Xi summit was intended to send messages to the leaders’ constituencies at home.

President Donald Trump criticizes what he sees as Canada’s treatment of the United States and its approach to trade.

The Department of Transportation issued a final rule rolling Corporate Average Fuel Economy targets back to levels not seen in more than a decade. The target is 34.9 mpg for model year 2031; emissions credits disappear from 2028, and EVs and plug-in hybrids will no longer count toward an automaker’s fleet average.

Bloomberg Television’s early edition of Balance of Power discusses the latest developments from the Trump administration. The program title says Trump met with Anthropic’s CEO.

The US Department of Transportation finalized plans to weaken fuel economy standards, replacing Biden-era requirements with a 34.9-miles-per-gallon fleet target rather than 50.4 mpg by 2031. The administration says the move will lower vehicle costs, but critics dispute that claim and warn it will increase fuel, healthcare, and climate-related costs.

Stimson Center Distinguished Fellow Barbara Slavin describes the US-Iran conflict as a dangerous mix of military escalation, diplomatic ambiguity and political calculation. She says Qatar-mediated indirect contacts between Washington and Tehran have been too limited and fragile for a serious breakthrough, amounting to “kabuki diplomacy.”

A presidential announcement by Trump is taking place at the White House.

More than a dozen UN human rights experts have urged the US government to stop deporting migrants to countries other than their own. They said the policy puts migrants at greater risk of abuse, including torture and persecution.
Fox News’ Bill Melugin reports from Capitol Hill on the latest developments in ICE’s arrest policy, as Trump offers a clarification.

President Donald Trump will announce on Monday that a Minnesota company plans to build a $15 billion steel mill in Iowa. The administration is highlighting the major investment as it promotes domestic manufacturing ahead of the November midterm elections.