Summary

Trump’s approval rating has turned negative in a new YouGov/Economist poll, with 50% disapproving versus 45% approving of his job performance.

This marks the first underwater rating in a month, following similar trends in other polls. Political experts attribute the decline to backlash against tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and DOGE’s federal worker firings.

While Trump maintains stronger approval on national security (51%) and immigration (50%), he scores lowest on inflation (42%).

The poll shows a particularly sharp drop among independents, shifting from -5 to -17 approval margin.

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    17 days ago

    I learned 51% on respondents to that poll don’t know shit about national security, so I’d say that marks all the other numbers outside of approval rating (b/c that just measures vibes) as suspect.

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    17 days ago

    This is nothing. Approval ratings below 40% are extremely common in modern presidencies. Trump himself left office the first time with an approval rating of 34% and an average of 41%.

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    17 days ago

    We’re about to get an Executive Order deleting all polling organizations except the ones that align with President Trump’s Executive Orders, aren’t we?