58% of Americans reportedly disapprove of President Donald Trump's job performance, despite his relentless dedication to making the nation even worse than it already was the first time he made it worse.
The Economist/YouGov poll released Tuesday showed Trump's approval rating at 39%, marking his lowest net approval rating of his second term, an inexplicable figure given the president's masterful handling of the economy, immigration, and the longest government shutdown in recent history.
Recent surveys show only 34% of the public approve of Trump's policies on inflation and the cost of living, with 62% disapproving, suggesting that Americans may be unfairly expecting their president to somehow prevent prices from rising while simultaneously imposing sweeping tariffs on trading partners.
The president's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, reassured supporters that experts have been underestimating the president since 1985, though she did not elaborate on which specific predictions those experts had gotten wrong or whether any of those predictions involved approval ratings.
Trump's approval within his own base has also slipped, with support among the moderate right dropping to 82%, down 4 points from June, indicating that even loyal supporters may be struggling to fully appreciate the brilliance of the administration's multifaceted approach to governance.
The survey found 53% of respondents blaming Republicans in Congress and the president for the potential economic fallout from the shutdown, rather than correctly attributing it to Democrats' stubborn refusal to simply agree with everything the president wants.
