After a tumultuous 17-day vacation at his golf club in New Jersey, Donald Trump is heading back to the White House.
The First Family looked glum as they walked across the tarmac to board Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport on Sunday.
Melinda still kept her fashion bright as always, wearing a crisp calf-length summer dress with chic yellow pleats.
After a tumultuous 17-day vacation at his golf club in New Jersey, Donald Trump headed back to the White House on Sunday
The First Family looked glum as they walked across the tarmac to board Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport
Melinda still kept her fashion bright as always, wearing a crisp calf-length summer dress with chic yellow pleats, while 11-year-old Barron opted for a a $20 J. Crew T-shirt that read: ‘On Your Mark Tiger Shark’
Ivanka Trump seemed to be in higher spirits, wearing a crisp white summer dress as she held her daughter Arabella’s hand and carried her son Theodore on the way to the plane
It has been rumored that Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner were key to forcing Steve Bannon out of Trump’s office
Trailing behind Melania and Trump was Barron, who was wearing a $20 J. Crew T-shirt that read: ‘On Your Mark Tiger Shark’.
It hasn’t been much of a holiday for the president, who has repeatedly come under fire over the last week for his Charlottesville remarks.
Ivanka Trump seemed to be in higher spirits, wearing a crisp white summer dress as she held her daughter Arabella’s hand and carried her son Theodore on the way to the plane.
And, once again, Trump set the blame firmly on the media’s shoulders.
‘Heading back to Washington after working hard and watching some of the worst and most dishonest Fake News reporting I have ever seen!’ Trump tweeted as he headed back to the newly renovated Oval Office.
Criticism against Trump has only intensified after he doubled down on his statement that ‘many sides’ were to blame for the violence that left one woman dead when white supremacists stormed the University of Virginia college campus for a planned ‘Unite the Right’ rally.
The First Family were taken to the airport via Marine One to board Air Force One for their return to Washington, DC
Trump gave a half-hearted wave to a camera as he headed back to DC with Melania, who has permanently moved to the city after months of staying in Manhattan with Barron
Trump followed behind Melania and his son as the First Family boarded the stairs to Air Force One
It hasn’t been much of a holiday for the President, who has repeatedly come under fire over the last week for his Charlottesville remarks
And the criticism only increased after Trump doubled down on his statement that ‘many sides’ were to blame for the violence that left one woman dead after white supremacists stored the small college town
And, as always, Trump set the blame firmly on the media’s shoulders, tweeting that the criticism was ‘Fake News’
During a press conference on Tuesday, Trump attacked the ‘alt-left’ who he claimed came ‘charging at the – as you say, the alt-right’.
‘Do they have any semblance of guilt? What about the fact they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs?’ he continued.
‘Do they have any problem? I think they do. As far as I am concerned, that was a horrible, horrible day.’
Trump’s remarks were praised by Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke and condemned by political leaders from both of the major parties – even propelling Mitt Romney to demand that the president apologize.
And Trump’s key staff, which has seen repeated resignations over the course of the last month, was thrown into further turmoil on Friday with the firing of chief strategist Steve Bannon.
It was also revealed this week that special counsel Robert Mueller would be focusing his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election on Donlad Trump Jr, and the secret meeting he had with a Russian attorney in June.
The last two weeks have sunk Trump’s approval ratings, dipping below 40 percent in a trio of key states – Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan – which propelled him to the White House in 2016.
A new NBC News/Marist poll found 36 percent of Michigan voters viewed Trump favorably, while 35 percent of Pennsylvania voters and 34 percent of Wisconsin voters, agreed.
The poll was conducted starting Sunday, the day after Heather Heyer was killed by a Nazi sympathizer in Charlottesville, through Thursday, two days after Trump gave a widely-criticized press conference in the lobby of Trump Tower.
President Trump has diminished support in three states he turned red last November, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan
Voters in the three states that put President Trump in the White House – Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – view the president more unfavorably than favorably
In Wisconsin another 56 percent of the state’s voters said they viewed Trump unfavorably.
Fifty-five percent of Michigan voters and 54 percent of Pennsylvania voters agreed.
Voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin were also asked if Trump’s actions as president made them feel embarrassed or proud.
In all three states more than 60 percent said Trump made them feel embarrassed.
In Michigan and Wisconsin, 64 percent of voters shared that sentiment.
In Pennsylvania the number was 63 percent.
On the flip side, 25 percent of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin voters said they were proud of Trump’s behavior.
In Michigan that number was 28 percent.
Trump performs better among these states’ voters when asked about the economy.
In Michigan, 42 percent of voters believed the US economy had been strengthened under Trump, a sentiment agreed to by 45 percent of Pennsylvania voters and 41 percent of Wisconsin voters.
However, six in 10 voters in all three states said they believed the US role in the world has been diminished under the leadership of President Trump.
Trump’s low approval numbers in these three key states present an opening for Democrats in 2018, the survey suggests.
Michigan voters gave Democrats a 13 point advantage over Republicans when asked who they preferred to control Congress after 2018.
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin voters preferred the Democrats too, with Pennsylvanians giving the Dems a 10 point advantage and Wisconsinites giving them an 8 point edge.