Trump says these polls are all fake. He believes that everybody loves him. He says running the world. That’s literally what he said.
Well, here’s some more “fake news” from the Marist Poll:
- 39% of Americans approve of how President Trump is handling the economy. 55% of U.S. residents — including 88% of Democrats, 59% of independents, and 17% of Republicans — disapprove of how the president is dealing with the economy.
- 34% of Americans approve of how the president is handling tariffs, and 58% disapprove. While 90% of Democrats disapprove of how Trump is handling tariffs, 73% of Republicans approve. Still, 20% of Republicans disapprove of Trump’s approach. Among independents, 28% approve, and 64% disapprove of how President Trump is dealing with tariffs.
- On the issue of foreign policy, 39% of residents nationally approve of how the president is dealing with the issue. 53% disapprove.
- 44% of Americans approve of how President Trump is dealing with immigration, and 52% disapprove. Among independents, 37% approve, and 57% disapprove.
Plurality Disapproves of Administration’s Handling of Abrego Garcia’s Deportation
49% of Americans say, from what they have read or heard, they disapprove of the Trump Administration’s handling of the deportation to El Salvador of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. 35% approve, and 15% are unsure. Democrats (81%) and independents (51%) are more likely to disapprove of how the Administration is dealing with the situation than Republicans (13%). 73% of the GOP approve of how the Administration has handled Abrego Garcia’s deportation.
Slim Majority Perceives Trump as Putting Country on Wrong Path
51% of U.S. residents describe the direction in which President Trump is moving the country as change for the worse, up slightly from 48% in March. 42% say they consider the direction in which the president is steering the country as change for the better. This is notched down from 45% last month. Seven percent say the direction the president is moving the country is no real change at all.
More Than Six in Ten Say Trump is Moving Too Quickly
Many Americans (61%) think President Trump has been rushing to make changes without considering the impact of those actions. This is up from 56% in March. 39%, however, believe President Trump is doing what he needs to do to get the country back on track. Most Democrats (91%) and more than two in three independents (67%) consider the president to be moving too quickly to implement change. More than one in five Republicans (21%), up from 16% previously, agree.
Nearly Half of Americans Say Trump’s Policies Have Negatively Impacted Them
49% of residents nationally report that the policies President Trump has implemented during his second term have had a mostly negative impact on them. 32% say they have had a mostly positive impact, and one in five (20%) say they have not had any personal impact on them at all.
Most Democrats (81%) say the president’s policies have mostly negatively affected them. Among Republicans, 67% think the president’s policies have benefitted them, 11% say Trump’s policies have had a negative effect on them, and 22% report they have had no personal impact on them. A majority of independents (52%) say President Trump’s policies have mostly negatively affected them.
Six in Ten Say Nation’s Economic Conditions are a Result of Trump’s Policies
60% of Americans say they nation’s current economic conditions are mostly a result of President Trump’s own policies. 39% think they are mostly something President Trump inherited. 86% of Democrats, 61% of independents, and 32% of Republicans think President Trump is responsible for the nation’s economic conditions. Nearly seven in ten Republicans (68%), though, say the nation’s economic situation is something the president mostly inherited.
Majority of Americans Think Imposing Tariffs Hurts the U.S. Economy
57% of residents nationally, including 88% of Democrats, 22% of Republicans, and 58% of independents, think placing tariffs on imports from other countries hurts the U.S. economy. 33%, including 65% of Republicans, say tariffs help the national economy. One in ten (10%) say tariffs don’t make much of a difference either way.
Tariff Talk Has Not Changed Purchasing Behavior for Slim Majority, But…
While 51% of Americans have not made any changes to their purchasing decisions based on the Trump Administration’s actions to place tariffs on imported products, 21% of residents say they have sped up making purchases. An additional 28% have delayed buying certain products.
Nearly Two in Three Americans Say Grocery Prices will Increase
64% of Americans think grocery prices will increase during the next six months. This opinion has increased from 57% in March. 16% of Americans believe prices of groceries will decrease. One in five (20%), down from 26%, say they will stay about the same.
89% of Democrats and 64% of independents believe grocery prices will rise in the coming months. 35% of Republicans, up from 23%, say the same.
Most Americans Think the President Should Obey Federal Court Rulings
85% of Americans strongly agree or agree that the president should obey federal court rulings even if he does not like the rulings. 15% disagree or strongly disagree that the president should abide by these rulings. Regardless of party, most Americans either strongly agree or agree that the president should obey federal court rulings, despite how he feels about the rulings. However, most Democrats (73%) strongly agree with this position while 27% of Republicans say the same.
Majority with Unfavorable View of Musk
54% of residents nationally, up from 50% in March, have an unfavorable opinion of Elon Musk. 34% have a favorable view of him, and 12% have either never heard of Musk or are unsure how to rate him.
Americans’ Opinions of DOGE Upside Down
A plurality of U.S. residents (47%) have an unfavorable opinion of the Department of Government Efficiency. 36% have a favorable opinion of the department, and 16% have either never heard of the department or are unsure how to rate it,
I know you’re sick of seeing these polls but I want to document them here. It’s important that he’s so unpopular in his first three months because it shakes the weird, inexplicable belief in some people that he has a mandate for these changes. He never did and I’m quite sure that Russell Vought knew it and didn’t care. He’s too addled to even think it matters. But it does. If the country was going along with all this we’d already be lost.