President Trump’s approval rating has fallen to the lowest levels of his second term across multiple major polls, with surveys from Quinnipiac, AP-NORC, and Nate Silver’s tracker all showing the president struggling to maintain public support amid the ongoing Iran war and rising gas prices.
A Quinnipiac University poll released last week put Trump’s approval at just 32 percent, an all-time low for the president in that survey. An AP-NORC poll conducted during the same period showed similar numbers at 33 percent, a drop of four points from the previous survey and tied with April for the lowest rating in their polling since his return to the White House.
Nate Silver’s approval tracker showed Trump’s net approval rating at minus 20.6, with his disapproval rating approaching 60 percent and just 21 percent of Americans strongly approving of his performance. Silver noted that the decline appears closely linked to two factors: the deeply unpopular war with Iran and sharply higher gas prices at the pump.
The polling numbers represent a dramatic slide from the 47 percent approval Trump held when he took office in January. At this stage of their presidencies, only Richard Nixon in his final days before resignation had lower ratings, according to historical polling data going back to the 1940s.
The numbers present a significant challenge for Republicans heading into the 2026 midterm elections, where the party is defending razor-thin margins in both chambers of Congress. Democrats have seized on the numbers, pointing to growing public frustration with the administration’s foreign policy and its impact on household budgets.
The Iran war, which began in February, has become an increasingly heavy political burden. Polls consistently show a majority of Americans oppose the military campaign, and the conflict has contributed to a surge in oil prices that has pushed gasoline costs sharply higher in recent weeks.
Despite the unfavorable numbers, Trump has shown no indication of changing course on either the war or his broader agenda. The president has continued to project confidence about a deal to end the conflict, telling reporters over the weekend that negotiations with Tehran would resume Monday.
Sources: New York Times, The Hill, Forbes
Author: USA Desk
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