International Do you approve of Donald Trump in his performance as President so far overall?

[MrShady]

If the Trump administration audits or reforms the DEA to stop the waste on cannabis enforcement and address the real issue (fentanyl), he will have credibility.

Everything else is smoke and mirrors, PR wins and deceiving the American public.

 

[Siver!]

50/50 national environment is NOT a symptom of Trump but basically the last few decades.

It was cumulative averages for all Presidents of basically the last 40-50 years. Maybe more. If 48 is a low approval rating then all Presidents have a cumulative low approval rating. But it’s not.

48 is not a low approval rating. Not just for Trump or anybody else. Nor is especially high as some polls still have him over 50..but I go on averagesx

Trump is already full speed in his admin. Biden stayed out of sight and soaked in his honeymoon period to the last drop and then he was in the high 30’s and low 40’s to stay once it was clear what his admin would bring. Open borders, inflation, and nutless foreign policy.


You’re wrongly considering 48 is his honeymoon period but Trump didn’t have a honeymoon period.

We already have had 1) economic shock therapy 2)controversial federal cuts c) polarizing and consequential foreign policy events and shifts.

Just one of those things(messy Afghan exit) destroyed tanked Biden’s admin forever. And leaving Afghanistan enjoyed broad support.


If Trump was operating on a propped honeymoon approval. He would already be in the low 40’s on average.

These Marches are not the same.

No. As I said, people have dug because Trump isn’t new and is putting in work.

48-48 is good. No two ways about it.

If you think it will be in the 30’s by August then I suggest you wait until then instead of trying to convince anybody that no President of the modern era had a good approval rating outside of a month or two here and there.

It's not high.

It's very low.

Donald Trump is the most unpopular President in US post-war history, I'm not making it up or saying this for funzies.

Clinton, Bush, Barack, Biden, all more popular than Trump at this stage of their Presidential tenure and over the course of their entire terms.

Presidential Approval Ratings -- Gallup Historical Statistics and Trends

Do you approve or disapprove of the way ... is handling his job as president?

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Here, you can access every individual President's chart.

He's starting off unpopular, as he did last time, and his only hope is that it bucks the trend and improves over the next four years.

But the chances of that aren't high, as in, they would be unprecedented.

 

[Hog-train]

50/50 national environment is NOT a symptom of Trump but basically the last few decades.

It was cumulative averages for all Presidents of basically the last 40-50 years. Maybe more. If 48 is a low approval rating then all Presidents have a cumulative low approval rating. But it’s not.

48 is not a low approval rating. Not just for Trump or anybody else. Nor is especially high as some polls still have him over 50..but I go on averages of all polls. RCP is the best because they don’t add in their own partisan “weighting” like Silver. Even though Silver does use a wider slate of polls.

Trump is already full speed in his admin. Biden stayed out of sight and soaked in his honeymoon period to the last drop and then he was in the high 30’s and low 40’s to stay once it was clear what his admin would bring. Open borders, inflation, and nutless foreign policy.


You’re wrongly considering 48 is his honeymoon period but Trump didn’t have a honeymoon period.

We already have had 1) economic shock therapy 2)controversial federal cuts c) polarizing and consequential foreign policy events and shifts.

Just one of those things(messy Afghan exit) destroyed tanked Biden’s admin forever. And leaving Afghanistan enjoyed broad support.


If Trump was operating on a propped honeymoon approval. He would already be in the low 40’s on average.

These Marches are not the same.

No. As I said, people have dug because Trump isn’t new and is putting in work.

48-48 is good. No two ways about it.

If you think it will be in the 30’s by August then I suggest you wait until then instead of trying to convince anybody that no President of the modern era had a good approval rating outside of a month or two here and there.

That's a lot of mental gymnastics you just typed there to justify a mediocre approval rating.

48 is not good. It's mediocre.

FDR had an average approval rating of 63 over his entire tenure. Eisenhower - 65. JFK - 70. Reagan - 53. George Bush I - 61. Bill Clinton - 55.

United States presidential approval rating - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[evergreenrider]

If the Trump administration audits or reforms the DEA to stop the waste on cannabis enforcement and address the real issue (fentanyl), he will have credibility.

Everything else is smoke and mirrors, PR wins and deceiving the American public.

Interfere with their own trafficking of illicit substances whos profits are used for funding off books operations and projects? Lol, sure.

 

[MrShady]

Interfere with their own trafficking of illicit substances whos profits are used for funding off books operations and projects? Lol, sure.

A man can dream lol. DEI day 1...DEA silence.

DOGE =

 

[Deaths Head]

That's a lot of mental gymnastics you just typed there to justify a mediocre approval rating.

48 is not good. It's mediocre.

FDR had an average approval rating of 63 over his entire tenure. Eisenhower - 65. JFK - 70. Reagan - 53. George Bush I - 61. Bill Clinton - 55.

United States presidential approval rating - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

You have to laugh at these guys by now ? No matter how many ppl post factual stats on here they just get ignored, Trump has an average of 41 % approval rating ,even Biden had higher 42 % and that’s with the constant misinformation machine by the Republicans and the Corona pandemic.

You have to admire the treacherous abilities like this article to try and make anything positive out of a negative, NY post is literally run by the guy who created Fox News ,you can’t make this stuff up .

Trump ties for highest approval he’s ever had — as more Americans say US is on right track than any time in 20 years: poll

The survey also found that voters generally feel Trump is bringing “the right kind of change” on the key issues — even tariffs.

nypost.com

Now that’s an awesome spin just like the other news medias they control .

 

[evergreenrider]

A man can dream lol. DEI day 1...DEA silence.

DOGE =

Problem, reaction, solution. Solution presented never addresses root causes of problem. We wouldn't have such a robust drug culture and market without the feds aiding in its creation.

 

[Kingz]

That's a lot of mental gymnastics you just typed there to justify a mediocre approval rating.

48 is not good. It's mediocre.

FDR had an average approval rating of 63 over his entire tenure. Eisenhower - 65. JFK - 70. Reagan - 53. George Bush I - 61. Bill Clinton - 55.

United States presidential approval rating - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Get out of here with FDR, Eisenhower, etc. It’s a completely different era and electorate

I was saying the last few decades…Though i will admit I woefully misread something in regards to the stretch of Reagan, HW, and Clinton..especially Clinton. I figured Reagan finished above 50 but I wasn’t considering that era in my post really. Though I believe those just go off Gallup polls rather than aggregates. I couldn’t imagine it being too much lower. So point for you.

Obviously things were a bit different as a President who enjoyed a 60 percent average according to your link lost after one term. So things change and how these things are interpreted change. 60 percent approval for any extended period of time that doesn’t involve honeymoon or lame duck periods seem unlikely on average on political predispositions alone.

Still, 25 years of the highest cumulative average being 48 is quite a bit to go off of.

48 is a good approval rating but I’ll admit I cast the line a little too far back to where it’s a perfectly normal average for a steady presidency.

 

[AmonTobin]

Donald Trump is amateur hour every hour of the day. He was never qualified for the position. He’s weakened and divided the “united” states and turned all foreign relations with his country upside down. He sold shoes, nft’s, meme coins, bibles, it’s just astounding how low the bar has been set in this country.

Giving Elon musk the wheel to completely deregulate and privatize the government and becoming a paid ally of Vlad Putin are the ultimate acts of corruption and incompetency. I’m not sure how or when the country fully recovers from this.

 

[evergreenrider]

Donald Trump is amateur hour every hour of the day. He was never qualified for the position. He’s weakened and divided the “united” states and turned all foreign relations with his country upside down. He sold shoes, nft’s, meme coins, bibles, it’s just astounding how low the bar has been set in this country.

Giving Elon musk the wheel to completely deregulate and privatize the government and becoming a paid ally of Vlad Putin are the ultimate acts of corruption and incompetency. I’m not sure how or when the country fully recovers from this.

Brother, we are owning the libs and the blue haired libtards are crying. We winning baby, that's all that counts.

 

[HereticBD]

That's a lot of mental gymnastics you just typed there to justify a mediocre approval rating.

48 is not good. It's mediocre.

FDR had an average approval rating of 63 over his entire tenure. Eisenhower - 65. JFK - 70. Reagan - 53. George Bush I - 61. Bill Clinton - 55.

United States presidential approval rating - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

There's really no point in comparing past eras. The country is so divided that you will not see a Dem or Rep President hit anything above 55%. 48% in this era, is fine. Not great, but nobody will reach "great" until the country unfucks itself.

I'm guessing you've been around for a while. Do you remember Presidencies being treated like team sports before 2012? I certainly don't. These days, whoever wins, half the country feels like it's the end times.

 

[Hog-train]

There's really no point in comparing past eras. The country is so divided that you will not see a Dem or Rep President hit anything above 55%. 48% in this era, is fine. Not great, but nobody will reach "great" until the country unfucks itself.

I'm guessing you've been around for a while. Do you remember Presidencies being treated like team sports before 2012? I certainly don't. These days, whoever wins, half the country feels like it's the end times.

Doesn't change the fact that Trump's approval rating so far is mediocre. The guy I'm replying to is trying to argue he has a good approval rating right now. That's objectively not true.

 

[HereticBD]

Doesn't change the fact that Trump's approval rating so far is mediocre. The guy I'm replying to is trying to argue he has a good approval rating right now. That's objectively not true.

Mediocre in this era is actually pretty good, though. It's all good until you slip into the 30's. That shows that you're not even pleasing your own base, which is basically the name of the game these days. It's not shocking that the current approval ratings for most(not just the President), is a product of both sides playing for keeps and enacting extreme measures to crush the other side.

It was not so black and white in the past.

 

[Domitian]

Holy shit is America divided.

I'm reading Trump has a 90% approval rating amongst Republicans and a 4% approval rating from Democrats.

 

[Zazen]

Some good, some bad, some ugly. Definitely better than the alternative option.

CNN poll from March showing Democrat favorability at record low.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/16/politics/cnn-poll-democrats/index.html

I think one thing people need to understand about this is that the floor with Trump is higher simply because MAGA is loyal to him to a fault. He probably won't ever drop below 30% just because it doesn't matter how shitty things get, he'll always have at least half of his base. Dems on the other hand are obviously hated by the right and also hated by most dems for not sticking up to Trump and not being progressive enough. Schumer vote was the death of the party. New leadership is desperately needed.

 

[Kassitus]

The best part has been pressuring Russia and Ukraine to end the war. Yes he didn't live up to his promise of ending it on day one, still seems like he is making progress at least.

Day one abolishing DEI and CRT was a great sign though it's yet to be seen how effective it will be.

Border performance has been good, deportation performance has been average, so a bit disappointing but not too bad.

The DOGE stuff is getting hyped up as the best thing since sliced bread, though it will probably be a while before we can come to clear conclusions about that. Some Maga dudes probably like it just because it cranks up the progressives but honestly it's a bit exhausting having to read all the Musk hate on top of the Trump stuff.

The worst part of his performance has definitely been his weird AI slop video saying he will buy Gaza with bearded hula girls in the background. Borderline betrayal of his base though we can't complain too much as he has always been an open Zionist and this term he is operating with the knowledge Bibi doesn't want to give an inch of concessions to the Arabs.

Also a major concern is that his handling of the housing shortage has been purely reactive when he should be studying the developments in other parts of the Anglosphere and trying to be proactive.

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

Biden at least ran majority of things by congress first, instead of signing endless executive orders..

Things ARE running unchecked now to the point of Elon using AI to decide which government employees get to keep their jobs and which don't.

They literally don’t care, they think things like allowing companies to police themselves when it comes to pollution is fine.

 

[LostMyBlackBelt]

Worst piece of shit excuse for a President ever, traitor cunt,

 

[Satsui Ryu]

That's a really telling poll, thank you for sharing it. I think the trend of Democrats and Indies wanting the party to be less spineless and actually fight compared to how timid they have been during this term so far is really stark. They need to completely reshape their strategy or risk their own tea party moment.

2028 will be telling for both sides. When it comes down to it Trump is the Republican party at this point. Let's see how well they do when owning the Libs is no longer the main priority of their politicians. Outside of Trump it seems most Republicans don't even like the Republican politicians. Trump can just hide this fact.

 

[essie]

There's really no point in comparing past eras. The country is so divided that you will not see a Dem or Rep President hit anything above 55%. 48% in this era, is fine. Not great, but nobody will reach "great" until the country unfucks itself.

I'm guessing you've been around for a while. Do you remember Presidencies being treated like team sports before 2012? I certainly don't. These days, whoever wins, half the country feels like it's the end times.

This is absolutely correct imo. 48 is a completely fine approval rating. It's not that far off from where Biden was at this same time. The only concern for Trump is his numbers have been dropping not going up but if he finishes his term where he is sitting now approval wise I'd say that was good. Trump 1.0 ended in the low 30s and Biden did too. I don't think we ever see another president consistently hit over 60 approval rating, at least not for a long time.