Via Reuters: Exclusive: Trump approval falls to lowest of his term over prices and Epstein files, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds.
Trump started his second term in office with 47% of Americans giving him a thumbs up. The nine-point decline since January leaves his overall popularity near the lows seen during his first term in office, and close to the weakest ratings for his Democratic predecessor in the White House, Joe Biden. Biden’s approval rating sank as low as 35% while Trump’s first-term popularity fell as low as 33%.
Funny, when you promise to fix prices and don’t, just telling people how Walmart’s Thanksgiving bundle is cheaper (and smaller) than last year doesn’t cut it.
Just 26% of Americans say Trump is doing a good job at managing the cost of living, down from 29% earlier this month. The pace of inflation has remained high by historic standards since Trump took office in January. U.S. consumer prices were up 3% in the 12 months through September, even as the job market has weakened. Some 65% of respondents – including one in three Republicans – disapprove of Trump’s performance on the cost of living.
Note that his supposed strengths were immigration and the economy, but he is down in both areas.
And then there’s the Epstein of it all.
Only 20% of Americans – including just 44% of Republicans – approve of how Trump has handled the Epstein case, the Reuters/Ipsos poll showed. Some 70% of poll respondents – including 87% of Democrats and 60% of Republicans – said they believe the government is hiding information about Epstein’s clients.
