Surprise! Trump's job approval is in the toilet

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

And it's not even a gold toilet

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President Donald Trump loves to crow about polling numbers, but he won’t be boasting about new polling from Pew Research, which shows that the longer Trump is president, the less Americans approve of what he’s doing.

It may seem like Trump has been in office for 1,000 days but it is actually just shy of 100, and according to Pew, 59% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s job performance so far. That is a 7-percentage point drop since February. Conversely, only 40% approve of how Trump is handling the country.

Those numbers match Americans’ feelings about Trump’s roller-coaster tariffs, with 59% saying they do not like the incoherent trade war that most experts and business owners know will raise costs for Americans.

As for Trump’s massive cuts to federal agencies, using top donor Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency shock troops, 55% of respondents disapprove. The disassembling of government agencies, already being felt by American farmers, has also produced concerns that public health will be deeply impacted by budget slashing by Trump and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/23/2318311/-Surprise-Trump-s-job-approval-is-in-the-toilet

[GP6971]

3. Well, Hello!!! How's your week been? Been doing

anything exciting?

[karynnj]

4. Where are you hearing that?

All the polls coming out over the last week or so show he has lost support quickly and is at a much lower percent than other Presidents were at this point in their career.

[underpants]

28. Just two days ago talk radio was crowing about his polls

I heard a couple shows parroting the same black is white upside down nonsense. That’s the norm for talk radio but not THIS opposite of reality. I’d seen his numbers going down but the ones that came out yesterday and today including Fox News were horrific. I sense that talk radio knew what was coming and was doing preventative work so the listener just wouldn’t believe it when it came out.

[Abolishinist]

6. Unlike Papa John's, Daily Kos is NOT a store!

I see you have linked Daily Kos stores--whatever that is.

[ShazzieB]

18. That troll can't tell the word "stories" from the word "stores"!

As in https://www.dailykos.com/stories/... !

[sheshe2]

8. Say what?

Even he knows they’re tanking! That’s why he is

[marble falls]

9. I'll bite. Where do you hear his numbers are great? Bet you will not answer.

[GP6971]

14. Damn!!! I feel left out!!!

[sheshe2]

22. From her last post to you, she said she investigated and....

Found lots of sources that dispute DU!!!!

Funny, it's on Pew, Reuters and MSNBC as I type.

Guess that is what happens to the uniformed and rather ignorant people that are only watching FOX and every other RW source.

[marble falls]

24. Thanks! I really thought they'd go over the line. These nitwits just can't rein in their misplaced concerns!

[underpants]

27. Fox had the same numbers and that set him off

Apparently he rage tweeted about it.

Bret Baier on the Fox evening news “The President is underwater”

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220265622

[sheshe2]

29. Then it must be the voices in her head that she is consulting.🤣

Thanks for the link, underpants.

[underpants]

30. Talk radio

I posted (#28) about hearing a couple shows two days ago crowing about his numbers. I knew his numbers were going south but all these polls at once

[sheshe2]

31. It is all over MSNBC!

A new segment started with Chris Hayes now.

The Chyron:

The Toxic Agenda : New Polls Show Trump Approval Sinking Even Lower

Key Trump Policies Draw Majority Disapproval

Polls Show Trump's Popularity Steadily Declining

[malaise]

23. Lasted long

Tombstoned in an unmarked grave 😀

[marble falls]

25. I live for drawing out their last words.

[malaise]

26. LOL

😂

[spooky3]

2. Gift NYT story on the Pew poll

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/politics/trump-approval-rating.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CE8.EPdI.moiO7MN4ZZRv&smid=url-share

[malaise]

11. Thanks

[tonkatoy8888]

5. Wake me when it gets to 30%

That's when we'll know he's alienated everyone other than his base. Until then i have to wonder if that other 10% is watching the same lawless, economy wrecking, shit-show the rest of us have been watching.

[Greg_In_SF]

10. Yep

The Real Clear Politics average of polls has him at 46.1% approval. That's higher than our guy had in the final three years of his term. Nothing to be happy about...yet!

[ProfessorGAC]

17. I Would Bet $20 That A Quarter Of That 40%...

...don't even know what they approve of.
Just marks who still think he's going to lower egg prices tomorrow.
The other 30% (might only be 25%) are the "never going to get it" base.
He's relied on people who weren't paying attention since 2015.

[Blue Owl]

7. Someone please flush it

[malaise]

13. Here you go😂😀😂

[spooky3]

15. I do not want to ask you how you found that :-) ! nt

[malaise]

21. All I did was type Youtube

Flushing toilet and voila 😂😂😂

[Blue Owl]

16. Much obliged!

[BlueTsunami2018]

19. I wish that it mattered.

He should have received 30% of the vote at best, the only poll that mattered.

Now we’re stuck with this asshole for the next four years. It’s not going to get any better.

[bdamomma]

20. I hope

the felon falls in that toilet. Good place for him to be.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. Maddow Blog-New polls show Trump's approval rating sinking lower, weakening his power

Why should the public care about Trump's sinking approval rating? Because flailing presidents wield less power — domestically and abroad.
https://bsky.app/profile/dharmalee3.bsky.social/post/3lnlwyuoog22l

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/new-polls-show-trumps-approval-rating-sinking-lower-weakening-power-rcna202783

To hear Donald Trump tell it, the American people just love his presidency. In recent weeks, he’s insisted he has “the highest poll numbers of any Republican for the last 100 years.” Trump’s approval rating, he’s claimed, is in “the high 70s.”.....

Reality, however, continues to get in the way.

The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll found Trump’s backing down to just 42%, while just 37% support his handling of the economy.

The latest Pew Research Center poll found Trump’s approval rating down to 40%. It also found him underwater on every major policy area. What’s more, the Pew survey found the president’s support among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents down to 75% — noticeably lower than Joe Biden’s 93% support among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents at this point four years ago.

The latest poll by The Economist/YouGov found Trump’s approval rating down to 41%. It also showed him underwater on every issue.

The latest Fox News poll showed Trump with a 44% approval rating — down 5 points from March — and he’s underwater on nearly every issue. On the economy, his support is down to 38%, while on tariffs and inflation, the president’s support is down to 33%.

,,,,,,The answer is simple: Popular presidents wield more power; flailing presidents wield less.

This is true on the international stage — foreign officials are more likely to take seriously leaders who enjoy meaningful domestic backing — but it’s also true on Capitol Hill. As we’ve discussed, members of Congress — who, unlike the incumbent president, have to worry about re-election — care a great deal about the prevailing political winds.

If the public really were rallying behind Trump and he really did enjoy 70% support, Republican lawmakers might be that much more inclined to follow his lead, while Democratic lawmakers in competitive districts would be that much less inclined to put up a fight against the White House agenda.

But with Americans expressing their increasingly unambiguous dissatisfaction with Trump, it effectively creates a permission structure for Congress to defy the president’s wishes. In other words, the more voters turn against Trump, the harder it becomes for him to get his way — which helps explain why he and his allies are scrambling to create an alternate reality in which his support is “soaring” and “skyrocketing,” while his approval rating is in “the high 70s.”