Trump’s economic approval rating, meanwhile, has fallen to 29%.
That was lower than any mark for Joe Biden during his four years in the White House, when Americans faced a post-Covid pandemic inflation spike.
Economic anxiety contributed to Democratic defeat in 2024 and Republicans controlling the presidency and both chambers of Congress for the past year. Now it appears to be creating a drag on Trump’s net approval.
At the start of his second term, according to a polling average by political analyst Nate Silver, Trump enjoyed 52% approval.
While it wasn’t the kind of political honeymoon many past presidents have enjoyed, support from a majority of Americans after a contentious election allowed Trump to claim an electoral mandate and push ahead with his sweeping political agenda on immigration, tariffs, government cuts and tax reform.
By 28 February, at the start of the Iran war, however, only 42% of Americans had a positive view of president. This week, that mark had sagged to 40%, as shown in the chart below.
