Bad News For Biden

The latest NBC News poll is full of bad news for Joe Biden. Here are the key results:

• Biden's approval rating has fallen to 40% -- the lowest level measured by NBC News -- while 55% of Americans disapprove of his job performance.
• 71% of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track.
• 53% believe we're beginning a long-term decline where America is no longer the world's leading nation.
• 63% of Americans disapprove of Biden's handling of the economy.
• Asked what is most responsible for the crushing level of inflation, 38% of Americans blame Biden's policies, while just 6% blame Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
• Only 12% of Americans are "very confident" in Biden's ability to manage the crisis in Ukraine.
• 57% of Americans fear that we already are or will be at war with Russia within the next year. (A new Associated Press poll finds similar results.)