Trump hits highest approval hes ever had as more Americans say US is on right track than any time in 20 years: poll
Three months into his second term, President Trump hit the highest approval rating he’s ever had as commander-in-chief — while more Americans say the country is on the right track than at any point since 2004, a new poll found.That’s the good news, according to an NBC News Poll released Sunday.The bad news is that Trump still has not won over a majority of Americans, and 54% said they disapprove of his handling of the economy — the first time he’s lost a majority on that issue in NBC’s poll.Even so, the survey found that voters generally feel Trump is bringing “the right kind of change” on the key issues — even tariffs.More Americans support his changes to trade policy (41%) than oppose it (38%), according to NBC.That’s despite the stock market selloff last week as Wall Street grappled with Trump’s decision earlier this month to slap 25% across-the-board tariffs on Canada and Mexico as well as a 20% tariff on China.On many other key issues, voters felt the same way, with Trump’s actions on the border being the most popular — 56% said it was a positive change.
On government cuts, 47% said his changes were good, compared to just 29% who opposed.Even on his handling of the Ukraine war and NATO — policies he’s received significant pushback on — more respondents said his actions were good — (41% and 40%) than opposed his actions.NBC poll respondents also appear to be cutting Trump some slack on inflation — 40% said his policies are having a positive effect, compared to 30% who said they were having a negative impact; 28% said Trump’s policies are not changing things at all.Illustrating how the president remains a political Rorschach test for a deeply divided country, Trump’s approval rating among Republicans is 90%, while his figures among Democrats clock in at a paltry 4%, per the poll.That’s the largest gap in approval ratings between a president’s party and the opposition party over the last 80 years, NBC assessed.Some 47% ...