Trump approval rating drops to record low 32% as living costs surge: Reuters
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- President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to 32% - the lowest of his political career - as his fellow Republicans soured on his handling of the cost of living amid the unpopular Iran war, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
- Trump's overall approval was down from a reading of 35% in last week's Reuters/Ipsos poll, with support among his own Republicans down to 73% from 82% a week earlier.
- Now for the first time, Republicans who disapprove of Trump's handling of the cost of living outnumber those who give him a thumbs up - 51% to 44%.
- Trump's approval rating is lower than any recorded for his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, whose presidency was also marked by surging inflation and who ultimately ended his reelection bid after a poor debate performance heightened concerns about his age. Biden's low was 35%, reached in late October 2024.
- Only 34% of the most recent poll respondents approve of the strikes on Iran.
- Some 82% of poll respondents - including nine in ten Democrats and three-quarters of Republicans - said the conflict would likely go on for an "extended period of time."
- The poll, completed on Sunday, was conducted over a four-day period that saw Trump throw three major news organizations out of the White House and muse that Washington's iconic Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -- named after slain President John F. Kennedy -- could be torn down if Trump's own name could not be added to it.
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