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Miles Archer

(23,499 posts) Fri Apr 3, 2026, 02:57 PM Apr 3

Trump "... has shown almost no ability - or interest - in winning back support...", and a net approval of -21.4

Data journalist and pollster Elliott Morris was taken aback on Friday after new polling showed President Donald Trump receiving his single-lowest favorability rating of his political career, and the lowest of any past president at this point in their term since the 1940s.

According to the polling aggregator FiftyPlusOne, as of Thursday, Trump’s net approval had sunk to -21.4, with 37.2% approving of his job performance and 58.6% disapproving.

“That’s the lowest mark of his second term,” Morris wrote in an analysis published Friday on his Substack, Strength In Numbers.

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“Again and again, the biggest drops in his standing follow events that raised costs, heightened uncertainty, or reinforced a sense that the country is off track. And because the president has shown almost no ability – or interest – in winning back support, his unpopularity looks less like a purely political or economic liability and more like a defining feature of his second term.”

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Trump "... has shown almost no ability - or interest - in winning back support...", and a net approval of -21.4 (Original Post) Miles Archer Apr 3 OP

I bet it's only the lowest mark yet EdmondDantes_ Apr 3 #1

They all truly believe Traildogbob Apr 3 #2

Why would Trump care about approval ratings? Irish_Dem Apr 3 #3

The ONLY reason I can think of is continuing to fleece the MAGAts for $$$$$ Miles Archer Apr 3 #8

Fund raising with the peasants is no longer necessary. Irish_Dem Apr 3 #10

He just wants revenge now leftstreet Apr 3 #4

That's an indication of where we're headed. Dictator's don't earn respect, they enforce it. /nt bucolic_frolic Apr 3 #5

He's counting his money. No reason to care about approval Raven123 Apr 3 #6

He's counting on stealing the midterm elections and is putting as many ways as possible in operation to do that. diane in sf Apr 3 #7

Why would he. He is a lame duck with no guard rails from Congress. boston bean Apr 3 #9

MaddowBlog-International polls discredit Trump's boasts about global 'respect' LetMyPeopleVote 16 hrs ago #11

EdmondDantes_

(1,850 posts)

1. I bet it's only the lowest mark yet

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 03:00 PM

Apr 3

There's always time for him to sink even lower.

Traildogbob

(13,054 posts)

2. They all truly believe

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 03:03 PM

Apr 3

Elections will never happen again. None of the GQP give one damn about a base, life long appointments under the King as long as they all Bow down.
Bondi and ICE Barbie were examples made.

Irish_Dem

(81,584 posts)

3. Why would Trump care about approval ratings?

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 03:03 PM

Apr 3

He has three years left to steal unlimited assets here in the US and world.
No one will stop him.

He doesn't need voter approval to pull off the greatest heist in US history.

Miles Archer

(23,499 posts)

8. The ONLY reason I can think of is continuing to fleece the MAGAts for $$$$$

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 04:11 PM

Apr 3

You're looking at a more "global" scenario, and that's 100% valid, because that's where the big bucks are.

But Trump regularly sends out "guilt trip" emails to the MAGAts, begging for money.

You and I might think "If he just got a million bucks from someone, why would he care about $5 from a MAGAt," but I'm sure you remember this one...every penny matters to him, and pissed off MAGAts don't donate.

Politics
August 4, 2020
The Trump Files: The Easiest 13 Cents He Ever Made
Tim Murphy National Correspondent

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/08/trump-files-spy-magazine-prank/

In its short-lived existence, Spy magazine had a lot of fun with Donald Trump. The New York-based monthly is best known for making fun of the size of Trump’s fingers, but its deepest cut may have come as part of a 1990 prank.

Spy correspondent Julius Lowenthal wanted to know just how cheap some of the city’s richest figures were. So he set up a company, called the National Refund Clearinghouse, and sent letters with checks for $1.11 enclosed, “for services that you were overcharged for.” The letters went out to 58 “well-known, well-heeled Americans,” 26 of whom promptly cashed them. Curious as to how low they might go, Lowenthal sent those 26 “nabobs” a second refund check, for $0.64. This time, 13 people cashed them.

Finally, he sent those 13 respondents a check for $0.13. This time, only two people cashed the check. One was an arms dealer. The other was Donald Trump, whom the magazine identified as a “demibillionaire casino operator and adulturer.”

Irish_Dem

(81,584 posts)

10. Fund raising with the peasants is no longer necessary.

Reply to Miles Archer (Reply #8)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 04:30 PM

Apr 3

He has the entire US Treasury at his disposal, as well as all global assets.

leftstreet

(40,949 posts)

4. He just wants revenge now

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 03:04 PM

Apr 3

As soon as he started slipping in the polls he's shown no interest in manipulating anything but the stock market.

It's doubtful Trump's most loyal supporters will ever understand how much he deeply despised them, right from the very beginning.

bucolic_frolic

(55,307 posts)

5. That's an indication of where we're headed. Dictator's don't earn respect, they enforce it. /nt

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 03:11 PM

Apr 3

Raven123

(7,836 posts)

6. He's counting his money. No reason to care about approval

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Fri Apr 3, 2026, 03:13 PM

Apr 3

diane in sf

(4,248 posts)

7. He's counting on stealing the midterm elections and is putting as many ways as possible in operation to do that.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 03:20 PM

Apr 3

boston bean

(36,941 posts)

9. Why would he. He is a lame duck with no guard rails from Congress.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 04:21 PM

Apr 3

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,291 posts)

11. MaddowBlog-International polls discredit Trump's boasts about global 'respect'

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2026, 04:25 PM

16 hrs ago

The more the president claims, “We are the most respected country anywhere in the world,” the more relevant the evidence that proves otherwise.

At the White House Easter Egg Roll this week, Trump said, â€œWeâ€™re respected by everybody. ... We are the most respected country anywhere in the world.â€

Thereâ€™s a whole lot of fresh evidence that shows just how spectacularly and demonstrably wrong he was.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-04-10T18:26:30.297Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/international-polls-discredit-trumps-boasts-about-global-respect

Fresh evidence emerged this week. Politico reported:

The U.S. under Donald Trump is seen as more of a threat than an ally, according to a new POLITICO European Pulse survey of six major EU countries.

Since returning to power in January 2025, Trump has questioned Washington’s commitment to NATO, threatened to annex Greenland and Canada, hit allies with tariffs and launched a war with Iran that European countries refused to join.

According to the data, only 12% of those polled across Poland, Spain, Belgium, France, Germany and Italy saw the United States as a close ally. The same polling found that 36% saw the U.S. as a threat. (The surveys were conducted from March 13 to 21, the third week of the war with Iran.)

These results come on the heels of a Gallup report, released last week, that showed China surpassing the United States in global approval ratings. Gallup noted, “China’s five-percentage-point advantage over the U.S. is the widest Gallup has recorded in China’s favor in nearly 20 years. … Disapproval of U.S. leadership rose [in 2025] to a record-high 48%.”

In February, YouGov polling also showed opinions of the United States falling to their lowest level since the pollster began tracking them a decade ago.....

The problem with this defense is that Trump has invested an enormous amount of time and energy making the opposite argument. Indeed, two weeks ago, the president spoke in Miami at an event sponsored by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, and said, “America is respected again all over the world, perhaps like never before.”

It would be great if that were true. Thanks to Trump’s failures, scandals, misjudgments and humiliations, it’s not.

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