The Economist has Trump's net approval rating at -18, the lowest ever

[AZJonnie]

6. "but do care about the Epstein file, so Mike Johnson refuse to swear duly voted AZ Adelita Grijalva"

Once again I will intimate on this site that I think Epstein is the distraction, not the other way around. I think they aren't worried a lick about "releasing the Epstein files", because whatever they would release, if ordered, is already purged and redacted. The is no universe in which the public gets the "full Epstein files" with Trump, Bondi, and Patel in charge of their release, and the slimy scotus six to back whatever they decide to do in response to a congressional order to release it.

Ergo, I think the real goal is something far more nefarious.

To whit: they want to see how long they can get away with simply refusing to seat new Democratic members of Congress, even though they've been duly elected. They want to observe the fallout, public opinion, what the courts say and do. Trump wants Johnson to see how long he can get away with just refusing to act. The hoped-for goal would be they discover there's no practical thing that stops them from refuse to seat any new Democrats come next November.

Similar to what McConnell did to Obama over the SCOTUS choice, and we all see the fallout of what was accomplished by that.