President Trump chronically suffers high disapproval ratings, spending the spring more disliked than any of his recent predecessors were at the same points in their first terms. On Thursday, Bloomberg News' Sahil Kapur offered a little bit more perspective: When former President Barack Obama was at the same point in his first term as President Trump is now, Americans were really angry at him about … mustard.
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