G. Elliott Morris says that there are three issues weighing him down now. The first is the mass deportations:
According to Gallup, only 35% approve of Trump’s immigration policy, with 62% disapproving — one of his worst net ratings of any poll. Moreover, more than twice as many Americans strongly disapproved (45%) as strongly approved (21%) of the way the president is handling immigration.
Opinion is worse on deportations specifically. According to a new Quinnipiac University poll, 59% of adults disapprove of Trump’s deportation policy. Nearly two-thirds of voters (64%) say they prefer giving most undocumented immigrants in the United States a pathway to legal status, while 31% say they prefer deporting people here without authorization. Over half of all adults, and nearly 1 in 5 Republicans, disapprove of ICE.
Tariffs come second:
Even among Trump’s own voters, there is a lot of opposition to his new tariff scheme. Politico reports:
About 1 in 4 self-identified 2024 Trump voters, for example, said last month that the president’s tariffs are hurting the United States’ ability to negotiate better trade deals with other countries. They’re also evenly divided on whether Trump should have the ability to unilaterally impose tariffs on other countries in the first place, with 45 percent saying he should and 44 percent saying he should get approval from Congress.
And on Thursday, a new Associated Press-NORC poll found that most Americans say Trump’s policies have made them worse off. According to the survey, 49% of Americans feel Trump’s policies have done more harm than good, while only a quarter believe his policies have helped. Twenty-two percent say they have not been impacted by Trump.
Aaaaand:
He goes over the descent of Trump’s approvals on all the major issues since he was inaugurated:
And now, after this Epstein backlash, Trump has hit a fresh low. Averaging across polls, he has a -42 net approval rating on handling the files, with 17% approving of the president’s approach and 59% disapproving. This is the worst issue of his presidency by far.
Here’s the chart of the week:
It’s a problem.