according to a recent poll.
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Still, 55 percent of survey respondents saying Trump is ignoring the country’s largest issues.
The survey did not delve into what issue those voters feel the president should focus. The 55 percent survey is similar to results from Trump’s first term. For example, in November 2018, 56 percent of survey respondents said they didn’t feel Trump was paying enough attention to the nation’s biggest issues.
indicates Trump’s approval rating is heading downward. Results found that Trump’s approval rating has dropped one point, from 45 percent to 44 percent, since late January.
That is still a higher approval rating than when Trump took office for the first time in January 2017 and when he left office in January 2021.
This time around, the public knows what to anticipate with the president. A majority of Americans (75 percent) said the president is handling things the way they anticipated – despite believing Trump is not focused on the real priorities, according to the CNN poll.
White men aged 65 and older who identify as Republican or conservative and did not attend college are more likely to approve of Trump’s job as president.
end the Russia–Ukraine war.
according to Gallup.
Yet when asked what the single most significant action Trump has taken so far, respondents to CNN cited immigration, DOGE, reducing government spending and tariffs.
with Musk’s help appear to be the most controversial policy.
More than half of respondents say Trump is going too far in using the power of the presidency. Trump has signed troves of executive orders attempting to expand his power by circumventing Congress’s authority in allocating funds and reducing the authority of federal bureaucrats.
25 percent tariffs on aluminum and steel.
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