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President Trump’s job approval

Six months into his presidency fewer than four in 10 of Americans (38 percent) approve of the way Donald Trump is handling the job, down from 42 percent at the 100-day mark in April 

Percent approve (Gallup daily results based on telephone interviews with 1,500 adults. Margin of error: ±3 percentage points)

Jan 20: Inauguration
Mar 18: Trump calls German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s policies “insane” and a “disaster” and accuses Germany of not paying enough to NATO
Mar 28: Trump signs executive order ending President Obama’s signature Clean Power Plan
Jun 12: U.S. appeals court upholds decision blocking Trump’s revised “travel ban” on people from six mainly Muslim nations
Jul 16: Approval rating after six months as president hovers at 38%

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45% 38% 37% 35% Apr 29: 42% 36% 37%

Source: Gallup 
Picture: Associated Press 
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