He’s working HARD at it….
After declining slowly (but steadily) since the beginning of July, Donald Trump’s approval rating has started to drop more quickly. Trump’s net approval rating was -6.9 on July 10th. One week later? It’s down to -8.9. That’s only 0.8 points higher than his second term net approval low of -9.7 (on April 29th). But it’s still about 7 points higher than Trump’s approval rating at this point during his first term.
Week-on-week, Donald Trump’s net approval on (most of) the issues has also fallen. But his approval rating on inflation is essentially unchanged from last week:
- Immigration: -3.4 —> -7.4
- Economy: -12.1 —> -14.1
- Trade: -14.5 —> -17.5
- Inflation: -24.5 —> -24.8
The share of Americans who strongly approve of Trump has also fallen below 27 percent for the first time in his second term. About 43 percent of Americans strongly disapprove of Trump. -EMD, 7/17/25