Trump just earned his highest approval rating ever after months of impeachment scandal that will almost certainly end in his acquittal

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• President Donald Trump earned his highest approval ratings of his presidency amid the ongoing Senate impeachment trial, according to a newly released Gallup poll. 
• 49% of Americans approve of Trump's job performance, while 50% of disapprove.
• While 94% of Republicans approve of Trump's job performance — four percentage points higher than his previous record, just 7% of Democrats approve of him.
• A large majority of Americans — 63% — approve of Trump's handling of the economy, which is seeing the lowest unemployment numbers in 50 years. 
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President Donald Trump earned his highest approval ratings of his presidency amid the ongoing Senate impeachment trial, according to a newly released Gallup poll. 

The president got his boost from Republican — 94% of whom approve of him — and independent voters — 42% of whom approve, while Democratic approval sunk to just 7%. Trump's previous high was 46% approval in the spring of last year. 

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