Most probable voters in the United States now approve of President Donald Trump’s job performance, according to a new poll.
Fifty per cent approved while 49 per cent disapproved, the Rasmussen Reports daily presidential tracking poll showed.
It was the first time Mr Trump had hit 50 per cent in the poll, which surveys 500 probable voters, since June 2017.
Other polls from earlier in the week had lower support for Mr Trump with Reuters/Ipsos putting him at 40 per cent, and Quinnipiac at 37 per cent.
At the same stage of his presidency the Rasmussen poll gave Barack Obama a 45 per cent approval rating.
Donald Trump approval rating: Rasmussen polls
In the last few days Mr Trump has made a high profile push for making schools "hard targets" for gunmen, including supporting the arming of teachers.
That came in the wake of America's worst ever high school shooting when 17 people died in Florida last week.
He continued those calls in a freewheeling, hour-long campaign-style speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference near Washington on Friday.
At the biggest annual gathering of conservative activists Mr Trump abandoned his script, in which he had been expected to announce new sanctions on North Korea.
Looking from the stage at an image of himself on a big screen, he said: "By the way, what a nice picture that is. Look at that.
I'd love to watch that guy speak!" Mr Trump then turned around and put his hands on the hair at the back of his head, admiring it on the screen.
He told the crowd: "Oh, I try like hell to hide that bald spot, folks. I work hard at it. It doesn't look bad. Hey, we are hanging in, we are hanging in. Together, we are hanging in."
The president added: "By the way, you don’t mind if I go off script a little bit, because, you know it’s sort of boring."
In scenes reminiscent of his campaign rallies Mr Trump referred to "crooked" Hillary Clinton, his opponent in 2016, which sparked chants of "Lock her up" from the crowd.
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At one point, a protester was removed after throwing a Russian flag towards the stage.
The crowd of mostly young activists chanted “USA, USA” as the protester was ejected by security “They were very gentle. He was very obnoxious,” Mr Trump said.
He then attacked the assembled media for spreading "fake news" and vowed to "build the wall 10ft higher" every time someone objected to it.
Mr Trump called Democrats "crazed" and warned his supporters the Democrats "will take away your Second Amendment", the right to bear arms.
I dont take much stock in Polls, but this is a comparison to Obama at this time in his term
And the Liberals seem to love polls, so here you go
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