People shop for groceries in New York on July 15, 2025. Recent polls show Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling of the economy as inflation proves stubborn. Jeenah Moon/Reuters/File
Perhaps nobody on Earth is as consumed with claiming credit for achievements — both real and exaggerated — as President Donald Trump is. But when it came to the Gaza ceasefire deal last week, even many of Trump’s critics didn’t begrudge him a prolonged victory lap.
A week later, though, the situation appears to have meant little if anything on the domestic front.
Not only has the tenuousness of the agreement come into sharp focus, with Vice President JD Vance leading a delegation to Israel this week as the deal hangs in the balance, but Trump’s political standing appears almost unch