Economist/YouGov weekly poll of various politicos, including 2024 candidates

[Progressive Pessimist]

So much for the fall of Kabul causing Trump's approvals and reputation to recover.

[Progressive Pessimist]

So much for the fall of Kabul causing Trump's approvals and reputation to recover.

I still don't see this happening, but the terrorist attack is probably going to keep Biden's approvals from ever recovering to where they were for most of this year.

[Progressive Pessimist]

So much for the fall of Kabul causing Trump's approvals and reputation to recover.

Wait was that actually on the table? I didn't expect it to have any impact on his numbers at all, in either direction

Well, Trump was making the claim that he would have handled the withdrawal better, and with the media pile-on Republicans were probably hoping for this to happen.