Trump approval rating slides

U.S. President Trump – bedevilled by failed policies and the violent
chaos of ICE agents shooting and killing American citizens on
their own streets – is seeing his approval numbers tumble

PRESIDENT TRUMP JOB APPROVAL POLL AVERAGE

Net approval rating (difference between approve and disapprove)

-1.7% -18.3% +5.5% -12.0%

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

60
55
50
45
40
35
30

FEB 1
2017
46.5%

FEB 1
2017
44.8%

JAN 16
2021
57.6%

JAN 16
2021
39.3%

JAN 29
2025
44.8%

JAN 29
2025
50.3%

JAN 25
2026
54.8%

JAN 25
2026
42.8%

APPROVE
DISAPPROVE

Term 1
JAN 20, 2017 – JAN 20, 2021

Term 2
JAN 20, 2025 –

Trump won second term largely on promise to put
America first and lower consumer prices at home.
However, his focus on imperial ambitions
abroad and aggressive tariffs on trade partners
has contributed to 2.7% rise in cost of living,
coupled with higher cost of health insurance

Within first couple of
months of his second
term, Trump’s approval
rating falls back into
familiar negative
territory

Source: RealClearPolitics
Picture: Getty Images
Data at 1300GMT, Jan 27
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