President Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to a new low as concerns grow about the U.S. economy and the war with Iran.
The president’s overall approval rating is now at 36 percent, marking its lowest point since he took office last year, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday.
The president’s economic approval rating also appears to be falling as Americans face soaring gas prices amid the war. About 25 percent of respondents approve of the way Trump is handling the cost of living in the U.S., the poll found.
Democrats have hit out at the Trump administration over the rising costs related to the war, including Senator Mark Kelly, who shared photos of a Phoenix, Arizona, gas station charging $6.49 per gallon on Monday.
“All because Trump started war with no plan and no idea how it would affect everyday Americans,” Kelly wrote on X. “I’m fighting to suspend the federal gas tax to bring families some relief, but what they really need is a president focused on lowering their costs.”
Voters also appear concerned about the long-term impacts of the war. The Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 46 percent of respondents believe the conflict will make the U.S. less safe in the future, while 26 percent believe it will make the nation safer.
When asked about the results of the survey, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle told The Independent: “The ultimate poll was November 5th 2024 when nearly 80 million Americans overwhelmingly elected President Trump to deliver on his popular and commonsense agenda.”
“No other President in history has accomplished more for the American people than President Trump, who is working tirelessly to create jobs, cool inflation, increase housing affordability, and more,” he added. “The President has already made historic progress not only in America but around the world, and this is just the beginning as his agenda continues taking effect.”
Trump announced Monday that the U.S. and Iran had “very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East” over the weekend. The president also claimed Tuesday that Tehran had given the U.S. a “prize” related to freeing up oil supplies and the Strait of Hormuz.
“They’re gonna make a deal,” Trump told reporters. “They did something yesterday that was amazing, actually.”
“They gave us a present and the present arrived today. It was a very big present, worth a tremendous amount of money. I’m not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize, and they gave it to us,” he continued, without providing details.
Iran’s military has promised to fight until the bitter end of the raging conflict with the US and has rejected Trump’s claims that “productive” talks between the two countries had progressed.
