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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

81% : Trump says military commanders told him they 'love the idea' of the 'Golden Dome' program The president was asked whether military commanders asked for the system, and he replied, "I suggested it, and they all said, 'We love the idea, sir.'
66% : Trump announces 'Golden Dome' architecture The president announced the concept he wants for his missile defense program, inspired by Israel's Iron Dome.
65% : Trump, seated with a poster next to him showing the continental U.S. painted gold and with artistic depictions of missile interceptions, said, "It is a great day for America.
60% : his lack of background in tax administration 4.
58% : whether he supports removing the tax-exempt statusof Harvard University and other non-profit organizations 3.
57% : the hemorrhaging of tax-collecting employees due to cuts led by the Department of Government Efficiency 2.
56% : Trump has a sweet tooth: His favorite candies are pink Starbursts and Tootsie Rolls White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared that detail about the president under questioning from a group of children whose parents are journalists who report on the White House.
54% : " Trump 'Golden Dome' missile defense announcement expected President Trump is expected to announce the concept he wants for his future Golden Dome missile defense program.
53% : Melania Trump decorates a wooden American flag during kids' day at the White House The first lady joined a few dozen children whose parents work in the Executive Office of the President in decorating wooden American flags.
52% : " MONDAY: "We brought back about $5.1 trillion," Trump said in remarks to the Kennedy Center's leadership.
51% : " Musk's Department of Government Efficiency played a central role in gutting USAID programs, often leaving USAID staffers and others uncertain who it was ordering program terminations as Musk and the administration disabled the agency.
51% : his promotion of questionable tax credits "Bottom line, the American people have the right to know whether the future IRS commissioner is a crook," Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden said in his opening statement.
50% : And the president tried to seal the deal on his "big, beautiful bill" by using the power of political persuasion in a closed-door meeting to unify divided House Republicans.
49% : Trump will address House Republicans behind closed doors at their weekly meeting.
48% : Trump recently told Sean Hannity on Fox News.
48% : "I think he is a grandstander, frankly." Massie hasn't made his plans explicit but is assumed to be a "no" on the bill, which raises the nation's debt limit in addition to extending current tax rates and making significant investments in border security and defense.
48% : Trump has arrived at the US Capitol ahead of a meeting with House Republicans Trump arrived after the short drive down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House.
47% : "We haven't discussed it, but at the right time, we will," Trump said in the Oval Office.
44% : He spent at least $250 million supporting Trump in the presidential campaign.
44% : Trump had made this pledge while campaigning on Long Island, which is represented by Rep. Nick LaLota, one of the loudest proponents among House Republicans of increasing the SALT deduction.
43% : With his Mideast trip still under way, Trump told reporters on Air Force One: "We just took in $4 trillion." FRIDAY:
42% : "Can the president of the United States legally tell the IRS to revoke a taxpayers' tax exempt status?" Trump has said he wants Harvard University and other non-profit organizations to lose their tax-exempt status.
41% : "I will cut taxes for families, small businesses and workers, including restoring the SALT deduction, saving thousands of dollars for residents of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and other high-cost states," Trump said last September during a campaign rally.
41% : The Republican president insisted that "we're not changing Medicaid.
35% : Trump said as he walked into the House Republican conference meeting on Tuesday morning that increasing the deduction only helps Democratic governors.
34% : Before entering his meeting with House Republicans on the party's massive budget reconciliation bill, Trump said the people calling for larger federal deductions to offset state and local taxes are Democratic governors such as California's Gavin Newsom, whom he called "Newscum." "Those are the people that want this, and they're Democrat states, they're all Democrat states," Trump said.
33% : The complaint unsealed Tuesday charges McIver with two counts of assaulting, resisting and impeding agents for Homeland Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
32% : Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee have urged the former senator for months to come answer their questions about the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Trump's clashes with traditional allies including Canada and other drastic changes.
31% : " Trump promised last September: I'll take care of SALT The president's pessimistic tone Tuesday toward raising the deduction on state and local taxes is at odds with what he promised as he campaigned for another term last year.
29% : "I don't think Thomas Massie understands government," Trump said when asked about Massie on Tuesday morning.
28% : Massie, a known maverick in the House Republican conference, has been targeted by Trump before -- when the lawmaker was set to oppose a stopgap funding bill in March to keep the government running, Trump called for a primary challenger.
27% : Rubio denied any knowledge of any profiting by Trump from the deals he and his family have made with foreign officials and others abroad.
26% : McIver accused the agents of escalating the situation and denounced the charge as a "purely political" effort to deter legislative oversight.
25% : Trump says he'll talk to Putin 'at the right time' about space-based nukes The president said that at some point he will discuss with Russian leader Vladimir Putin the issue of Moscow developing a space-based nuclear weapon.
22% : " TUESDAY: "They're spending $5.1 trillion, probably it's going to be $7 trillion by the time we stop," Trump said before a U.S. Capitol meeting with Republican House members.
22% : " Trump has been eager to replace the current Air Force One planes, which are nearly 40 years old, and he's been frustrated that it's taken Boeing too long to build new ones.
20% : Trump insists getting rid of 'waste, fraud and abuse' is the only Medicaid change he wants Democrats claim the federal-state health care program for low-income people will be in for steep cuts under Trump's bill.
18% : " Before entering the private meeting with the House Republicans caucus, Trump repeated that he only wants to cut "waste, fraud and abuse" from the program.
8% : President Trump and Hegseth have repeatedly criticized the Biden administration over the withdrawal.

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