President Donald Trump’s approval rating ticked slightly lower this week to 42 per cent, matching the lowest level of his new term as Americans kept a dour view of his handling of the US economy, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
The results of the three-day poll, which concluded on Sunday, showed a marginal dip from a week earlier when a Reuters/Ipsos survey showed 44pc of Americans approved of the job Trump was doing as president. The poll has a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
While low by historical standards, Trump’s popularity remains higher than it was for much of his first term as president and is also stronger than what his Democrat predecessor Joe Biden had during the second half of his 2021-2025 term.
Trump’s high point remains his 47pc rating in the hours after his return to the White House in January. His approval has shown little movement in recent weeks. Just 39pc of respondents said Trump was doing a good job managing the US economy.
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