Donald Trump’s presidential approval rating fell in recent days, tying the lowest level of his term, as more Americans frowned on his handling of the cost of living, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
The three-day poll, which concluded on Sunday, showed 40 per cent of Americans approve of the Republican leader’s job performance, compared to 42pc in an October 15-20 Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Trump’s popularity has been within a percentage point or two of its current level in every Reuters/Ipsos poll since mid-May. The share of people who say they disapprove of his performance has grown, from 52pc in a May 16-18 poll to 57pc in the latest survey. The president won last year’s election on promises to tackle the surge in inflation that damaged his predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden. But Americans give Trump exceptionally low marks on how he has managed the costs weighing on US households, with 63pc of the country disapproving of his handling of the cost of living, up from 58pc earlier this month and more than twice the share who think he has done a good job on costs. The pace of inflation has edged higher since Trump took office in January, even as the job market has weakened, leading the country’s central bank to lower interest rates.
The survey results suggest many Americans have only modest concerns about the ongoing government shutdown, the second-longest in US history, which has furloughed hundreds of thousands of federal workers. Some 29pc said they either didn’t care or were glad about the shutdown, while 20pc said they were angry. Some 50pc said they were frustrated. Most respondents said the shutdown had little or no impact on their lives.
The poll, which was conducted online, surveyed 1,018 US adults nationwide.
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