President Donald Trumps approval rating has fallen even more in recent days as more Americans worry about the direction of the economy under his presidency while he threatens more countries with tariffs, per a new poll from Reuters/Ipsos.
The poll, which lasted six days and closed on the 18th showed that 44% of the respondents approved of Trump’s job as president. Which is down from 45% in a Reuters/Ispos poll conducted from January 24-26, which was also down from 47% in a poll conducted January 20-21 right after the Republican’s return to the White House.
The share of Americans disapproving of his presidency has risen substantially to 51% in the new poll a ten point jump from right after he took office. Trump does enjoy a relatively high rate of approval on his immigration policy with 47% of respondents backing his approach to deport migrants who are in the country illegally. This share has changed little from January. However, the share who think the economy is on the wrong track has risen to 53% in this new poll. A ten point jump from the January 24-26 poll. Public approval of Trump’s economic plans fell to 39% from 43% in the prior poll. A pillar of Trump’s strength politically is the public belief that his policies will help the economy, his rating is higher than the final ratings of his predecessor Democrat Joe Biden. His term ended with a 34% approval rating on the economy. But Trump’s current ratings are much lower than the 53% he had in the poll conducted in February 2017 after first full month in office in his first term.
Just 32% of Respondents approve of Trump’s actions on inflation-a potential early sign of disappointment in his performance on a core issue in the economy that had hindered Joe Biden’s approval ratings at the end of his term. The U.S. Labor Department showed in a new report that consumer prices rose by the most in 1 1/2 years in January with Americans footing the bill for higher costs for a range of goods and services. Other data is showing that U.S. Households expect inflation to pick up following the announcement of tariffs on imports from China, Mexico and Canada on February 1. The levies on Mexico and Canada were delayed to March, Trump has set March 12 as the date his tariffs kick into effect on steel and aluminum.
54% of respondents in this latest poll oppose new tariffs on imported goods from other countries. 41% favor them. Increasing tariffs on Chinese goods had higher levels of supports with 49% in favor and 47% against. The poll, which surveyed 4,145 U.S. adults nationwide who responded online, had a margin of error of about 2 points in either direction.