American satisfaction is at a 12 year high

Washington Examiner:

According to Gallup, Americans' satisfaction with their country's direction is at a 12-year high at 38 percent. That's the highest level since September 2005, right around the time Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and sent this measure of national sentiment plummeting.

What's more, nearly every group that Gallup breaks out in its analysis — men and women, all age groups and all education levels — was significantly more positive on the country's direction when polled in May and June than they were in surveys from March and April. Republicans jumped 14 points to 68 percent satisfied with the nation's direction, and independents jumped 11 points to 36 percent satisfied.

The one group that remains as sour on America's direction as before is self-identified Democrats, unchanged from their meager 13 percent level of optimism.
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The fact is, if you just stop paying attention to the daily circus that is the Trump administration — the latest stylistic offense-creating controversy over whatever Trump or his henchmen say, as opposed to substantive issues (and also controversies) that are more likely to matter to most people's lives — then this poll number is a lot easier to understand. Things are going well, the economy is growing, unemployment is down, and nobody pays attention to (the almost uniformly negative) political journalism as much as you do.

I think most people cope with the Trump era by just consuming a little less news than they used to — or at least, a lot less than you do if you're reading this.
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.Ignoring the liberal media is another positive move by Americans.  They have been so relentlessly negative that they are no longer considered reliable by a large portion of the voters.  What is crazy is they don't think they have been negative enough.  I treat them as background noise and stay focused on whether policies are working or not.

I do think one piece of news has seeped through.  It has become clear that the Russian collusion story is cratering.   Those who have been pushing it are losing credibility.  That is good news for the administration and for America.