{"id":2494587,"date":"2025-10-04T10:51:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T14:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaza-win-shutdown-stalemate-buoy-trump-white-house-report-card\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T10:53:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T14:53:16","slug":"gaza-win-shutdown-stalemate-buoy-trump-white-house-report-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaza-win-shutdown-stalemate-buoy-trump-white-house-report-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza win, shutdown stalemate buoy Trump: White House Report Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgaza-win-shutdown-stalemate-buoy-trump-white-house-report-card%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2494587&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article reviews recent political developments related<\/a> too President Donald Trump, focusing on his apparent successes with the Israel-Gaza peace plan and the ongoing U.S.government shutdown. Trump&#8217;s peace proposal has gained partial acceptance, including key Arab states and some Hamas agreement on crucial points like hostage release, though not complete acceptance on all demands. This is seen as a meaningful breakthrough after a prolonged standoff.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the government shutdown, the article notes a more effective republican response than usual, using humor and strong messaging to place blame on Democrats.Opinions on the shutdown&#8217;s political impact differ: conservative analyst Jed Babbin grades Trump&#8217;s week as very good (B+), highlighting the peace plan and Republican tactics, while Democratic pollster John Zogby criticizes the approach, giving it a failing grade (F) and pointing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-seem-to-be-forgetting-its-the-economy-stupid\/\" title=\"Republicans Seem To Be Forgetting, &#039;It&#039;s The Economy, Stupid&#039;\">declining consumer confidence<\/a> and negative public perception of Trump&#8217;s economic impact.<\/p>\n<p>The summary also references potential U.S. military support to Ukraine amid the conflict with Russia, with uncertainty about the outcomes. the White House Report Card portrays a mixed but optimistic view of Trump&#8217;s recent political maneuvering amid domestic and international challenges. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Gaza win, shutdown stalemate buoy Trump: White House Report Card<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2363989\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>, in less than a week, appears to have scored a big victory with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3836909\/hamas-release-hostages-trump-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel-Gaza peace plan<\/a> now that both sides have agreed to many of the details spelled out on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Add to that better-than-usual White House and GOP spin on the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3836909\/hamas-release-hostages-trump-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">government shutdown<\/a>, and the week was a winner for Trump in this week&rsquo;s White House Report Card.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3835848\/john-kennedy-book-biden-presidency\/\">West Wing &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-wing-weenie-wokers-controlled-biden-book\/\" title=\"West Wing \u2018weenie-wokers\u2019 controlled Biden: Book\">weenie-wokers&#038;rsquo<\/a>; controlled Biden: Book<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3834546\/harmeet-dhillon-credited-raising-gun-rights-civil-justice-department\/\">DOJ&rsquo;s Dhillon credited for raising gun rights to civil rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3832224\/support-for-nuclear-power-surges-amid-electricity-price-hikes\/\">Support for nuclear power surges amid electricity price hikes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Critics will note that Hamas has not agreed to all of what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3835852\/trump-hard-deadline-peace-deal-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump proposed,<\/a> especially giving up involvement in the eventual Gaza government. But getting what&rsquo;s left of the terrorist group to agree to hand over the remaining hostages is a very big deal after a two-year standoff.<\/p>\n<p>Those same critics will also point to a handful of polls showing that the government shutdown is hurting Trump more than Democrats, but it&rsquo;s really a draw, and that&rsquo;s because, unlike any past shutdown, the Republicans are fighting back hard, both with headline-grabbing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3833171\/trump-trolling-democrats-projects-confidence-shutdown-second-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">humor and facts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Every day Democrats keep the government shut down, the sombrero gets 10x bigger. &#129671;<\/p>\n<p>DEMOCRAT SHUTDOWN&trade;&#65039; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WzfsvlgTDm\">pic.twitter.com\/WzfsvlgTDm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1973537176471347593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Conservative analyst Jed Babbin liked what he saw this week in grading Trump a B-plus. But Democratic pollster John Zogby said the memes rolling out of the White House mocking Democratic congressional leaders are no way to conduct serious budget business. &ldquo;That is not an olive branch,&rdquo; he said in grading the week with an F.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jed Babbin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Grade: B+<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>It was another very good week for President Donald Trump and his team. His Israel-Gaza peace plan was blessed by several Arab states and partially by Hamas, the government shutdown is clearly the Democrat&rsquo;s fault and he&rsquo;s apparently given up on Ukraine peace because of Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vladimir Putin<\/a>&rsquo;s recalcitrance.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Trump plan for peace in the Israel-Hamas war proves both Trump and Israeli Prime&nbsp;Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are on the same page. It would require the release of all hostages (and the bodies of those murdered in captivity), as well as Hamas disarmament, and no participation in the Gaza government. Hamas isn&rsquo;t likely to accept all of those terms, but the agreement of Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, means they&rsquo;re tired of the war and want it over.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The &ldquo;Schumer Shutdown&rdquo; is proving to be a great opportunity for Trump to cut the federal workforce. He&rsquo;s also put on hold billions in aid for cities and states held by the Democrats, including about $18 billion for New York, where both Sen. Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries are from. The left&rsquo;s demand for reinstated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/obamacare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Obamacare<\/a> subsidies and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/medicaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medicaid<\/a> for illegal aliens isn&rsquo;t making them popular anywhere. If Trump holds on and doesn&rsquo;t compromise, Schumer will have to very soon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ukraine may be receiving long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles soon, though Putin is dead set against them getting the American missiles. It&rsquo;s one way to break the stalemate of the war, but it may not be enough. If Trump decides to give the Ukrainians the Tomahawks, it might be enough to put enough pressure on Putin to drive him to negotiations. Not that any Putin negotiations will be in good faith.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Zogby<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Grade: F<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Consumer confidence weakened this week, according to The Conference Board. It went from an indexed score of 97.8 to 94.2, a substantial and larger drop than economists expected. How consumers feel about the overall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">economy<\/a> fell by seven points, the largest drop in a year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The federal government is officially on shutdown, and thousands of workers are either temporarily out of work or working without pay. There does not appear to be any movement by either Democrats or Republicans to compromise, and Congress is away until Oct. 13. Early polls indicate that Republicans are hurt more than Democrats.&nbsp; Who will be hurt the most? That one is easy: us. I recall conducting a poll on a number of issues in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/missouri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Missouri<\/a> two decades ago and found that Medicaid is a popular program, including throughout the conservative central region of that state. A majority, according to a poll by Pew Research Center, now feel President Donald Trump has hurt the economy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Trump and his Secretary of Defense\/War held a very weird meeting with 800 top military brass, and the reviews by those willing to share were not good. Many felt that both men embarrassed themselves. Later, Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> fired Navy chief of staff Jon Harrison.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Meanwhile, the president has called the Democrats the party of &ldquo;hate, evil, and Satan.&rdquo; That is not an olive branch.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Hamas has agreed to Trump&rsquo;s 20-point program for Gaza on some key points, but they want to negotiate on other points. This does not look promising, but I will save that review until I see where this is going.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jed Babbin<\/strong> is a <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contributor and former deputy undersecretary of defense in the administration of former President George H.W. Bush. Follow him on X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jedbabbin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@jedbabbin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Zogby<\/strong> is the founder of the Zogby Survey and senior partner at <a href=\"https:\/\/johnzogbystrategies.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Zogby Strategies<\/a>. His latest book is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beyond-Horse-Race-Polls-Should\/dp\/1538197146\"><em>Beyond the Horse Race: How to Read Polls and Why We Should<\/em><\/a>. His podcast with son and managing partner and pollster Jeremy Zogby <a href=\"https:\/\/johnzogbystrategies.com\/the-zogby-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">can be heard here<\/a>. Follow him on X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zogbystrategies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@ZogbyStrategies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaza deal, shutdown deadlock boost Trump: White House report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2494588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25274732350336_e805c4.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[20083,5123,11762,3634,32127],"class_list":["post-2494587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-gaza","tag-shutdown","tag-stalemate","tag-trump","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25274732350336_e805c4.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2494587"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2494591,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494587\/revisions\/2494591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2494588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2494587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2494587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2494587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}