Trump's Rating Falls to Worst in His Political Career
The approval rating of U.S. President Donald Trump has dropped to 32% — the lowest level of his political career in Reuters/Ipsos polling. A week earlier, 35% of Americans approved of the president's job performance.
The decline in the rating came amid growing dissatisfaction with the cost of living. Only 17% of respondents positively evaluated Trump's actions in this area. At the same time, respondents named the cost of living as the top issue that will influence their vote in the midterm congressional elections on November 3.
The president's standing has also markedly deteriorated among Republican Party supporters. Trump's job performance is approved by 73% of Republicans, down from 82% a week earlier.
On the cost of living, for the first time in Reuters/Ipsos polling, the share of Republicans dissatisfied with the president's actions exceeded the number who support them: 51% versus 44%.
Reuters links the growing dissatisfaction in part to the fallout from the war with Iran, which began in February and led to a sharp rise in gasoline and diesel fuel prices in the U.S. Back in June, Trump's approval rating was 35%, while the previous low of his first presidential term was 33%, recorded in December 2017.
For comparison, immediately after Trump's return to the White House in January 2025, his performance was approved by 47% of Americans. At the start of his first presidential term in January 2017, the figure was 43%.
The new Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted over four days and ended on September 20. It surveyed 1,277 adult U.S. residents. The stated statistical margin of error is about three percentage points. Therefore, the difference between the current 32% and some previous figures of around 33–35% is within the margin of error of a single poll, although Reuters characterizes the current result as a new low.
