President Donald Trump’s approval rating continues to rise (43 percent) as the number of Americans feeling that things are “going well” in the United States reached its highest point in 11 years – and a recent drop of 1.3 million in food stamp enrollment over past two months could be a good sign for Republicans heading into November’s Midterm election.

This renewed optimistic view of the condition of America today was not registered by the conservative news media, but rather from Trump’s “fake news” nemesis – CNN – which conducted its latest poll to gauge whether or not people are happy with the president.

Blue wave crashing before reaching shore?

Even though the mainstream media is predicting a blue surge to take place at the polls to retake a majority in at least one house of Congress at the Midterm elections in November – despite America’s strong economy under the Trump administration – the CNN poll asking Americans if “things are going well in the U.S. today,” indicates otherwise.

“Things Are Going Well … In the U.S. Today … Now 57 percent … June 2010 27 percent … May 2006 46 percent,” David P. Gelles tweeted from CNN’s poll on Monday.

As it can be seen, more than twice as many Americans are happier today under Trump today than they were under former President Barack Obama at this point during his first term of presidency. Today’s satisfaction is also more than 10 percentage points higher than it was a year and a half into former President George W. Bush’s second term.

In fact, with Americans’ current optimistic view about the nation, it appears that Republicans – not Democrats – will be the ones rejoicing on Capitol Hill once the Midterm election results are in, come November.

“The last two times the House changed party control, Americans' take on the direction of the country was worse than the numbers in the latest CNN poll,” Townhall reported. “Remember, 2006 was a bad year for Republicans, as a moderate-sized blue wave washed away their majorities, but 2010 was a truly disastrous year for Democrats, as a red tsunami wiped out 63 House seats in one fell swoop. Not only were President Obama's policies deeply unpopular at the time, just over one-fourth of the electorate believed things were ‘going well’ in the country that year.”

With it being more than a decade since Americans have been so excited about where the country is headed – despite Democratic pollsters calling the U.S.’s impressive economic and job numbers mere distractions – conservative commentators are confident that the upturn in positive sentiment will give Republicans in the nation’s capital something to smile about once the Midterm election tallies are registered.

"[Y]ou need to go all the way back to late July 2005 to find a higher number (58 percent) in a CNN poll,” HotAir’s Allahpundit noted. “Since then, America has endured Hurricane Katrina, the deterioration of Iraq, and the financial crisis and loooong recovery. That’s a lot of rain to have sit through while waiting for some sun.”

But it was countered that even though one has to go back to 2007 to find a CNN poll with 57 percent of Americans being happy out the state of the nation, the sentiment quickly turned the following year going into Midterms – to Republicans’ demise.

“Voters delivered a huge repudiation of the White House incumbent [George W. Bush], resulting in a large Democratic House majority, a roughly filibuster-proof Democratic majority in the Senate, and of course the election of Barack Obama,” Townhall’s Guy Benson recounted. “Widespread satisfaction did not translate into good news for Republicans that cycle. A counter-counter-point: The economy collapsed in late 2008, coinciding with the election's home stretch. Most people (largely unfairly) blamed Bush. Those 2007 warm fuzzies had long since expired by the time Americans stepped into voting booths the following year.”

Still yet, one factor indicating that a repeat of what happened a decade ago will not occur this November comes from reasoning behind most of the negative sentiment aimed at Trump, as a poll conducted by The Associated Press and analyzed by HotAir that asked Americans who disapprove of the president why they view him negatively shows that 54 percent see him in a bad light “More by his personality and leadership qualities,” whereas only 37 percent have low views of him “More by the positions he takes on the issues.”

Many believe that the positive direction of nation – as opposed to personal sentiments about the president – will be a greater indicator of how the ballots will turn in November.

Anti-Trump news not keeping him down

Despite the fact that the Media Research Center reports that 91 percent of broadcast evening news from Jan. 1 to April 30 has been overwhelmingly negative about the president, an average of polls by RealClearPolitics shows that Trump’s approval rating shot up six points since December to 43 percent.

Trump was quick to chime in on this fact, calling out the mainstream media for trying to sabotage his administration.

“The Fake News is working overtime,” Trump tweeted Wednesday. “Just reported that, despite the tremendous success we are having with the economy & all things else, 91 percent of the Network News about me is negative (Fake). Why do we work so hard in working with the media when it is corrupt? Take away credentials?”

Widely recognized personalities have acknowledged that the anti-Trump coverage has gotten out of control – and is seen as little indication as to how Americans truly feel about the president and their country.

“On The Five, Greg Gutfeld said the mainstream media coverage – on Stormy Daniels, for instance – has become ‘over-the-top’ and ‘hysterical,’" Fox News reported. “Dana Perino said the president's rising approval ratings are based on ‘reality and results,’ explaining the opinions she heard from people on a recent trip to Nashville: ‘No one is talking about Washington, D.C.,’ … – noting that voters are generally pleased with the economy.”

Apparently, Americans have already had enough of Democrats’ incessant attempts to criminalize the president, and they are seemingly fed up with the mainstream media feeding into its agenda through its anti-Trump coverage that many have compared to supermarket tabloids.

“Juan Williams added that most Americans do not see a ‘crisis’ in the country, but polls show a majority want Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation to finish,” Fox News added. “Kimberly Guilfoyle said the Russia probe is ‘political,’ citing a CBS News poll in which a majority stated that opinion.”

Not going hungry under Trump

Dependence on the government has dramatically decreased of late under the Trump administration, as well, with a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report showing that food stamp recipients decreased by 1.3 million over two months – another true indicator that the American economy is surging as Americans are going back to work, with unemployment also hitting record lows.

“The USDA data reveals that the number of participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) plunged from 41,374,348 in December 2017 to 40,032,131 in February 2018 – a decrease of 1,342,217,” Breitbart announced. “Food stamp enrollment has dropped by more than half-a-million for the second month in a row in fiscal year (FY) 2018; last month’s data showed that 608,039 discontinued their participation in SNAP.”

This is in stark contrast to excessive food stamp reliance during most of former President Barack Obama’s reign as president.

“Before [2013], participation in the federal welfare program swelled to 47.6 million – the highest amount it has ever been since former President Lyndon Johnson authorized the creation of the food stamp program in 1964,” Breitbart’s Katherine Rodriguez informed. “Taxpayers spent $79.8 million on SNAP when enrollment reached its peak in 2013.”

The decline in food stamp reliance began in the midst of Obama’s second term, as state governments were apparently getting fed up and overburdened with the swelling welfare system – and Americans were apparently getting tired of paying high taxes to support it.

“After 2013, enrollment in SNAP declined as states passed laws requiring food stamp recipients to work, volunteer, attend school or take part in job training for a set number of hours a week to receive food stamps,” Rodriguez explained. “The improving economy also contributed to the continuing decline in food stamp usage.”

Pushing self-reliance, a strong economy and lower taxes, Trump saw food stamp enrollment drop significantly shortly after getting situated behind his desk in the Oval Office.

“This decline seems to be continuing under the Trump administration, with more than 2 million benefit recipients discontinuing participation in SNAP during President Trump’s first year in office,” Rodriguez continued. “The USDA data shows that since February 2017 – Trump’s first full month in office – food stamp enrollment dropped by 2,257,235.”