The Honeymoon Isn't Just Over -- Digby

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https://digbysblog.net/2025/04/24/the-honeymoon-isnt-just-over/

That’s Reuters:

Americans are quickly souring on Donald Trump’s handling of his job as president

54% strongly or somewhat disapprove and 41% approve
As recently as one month ago, more Americans approved than disapproved of Trump’s job performance

In that time, the share approving of Trump’s job handling has fallen from 93% to 86% among Republicans, from 40% to 30% among Independents, and from 10% to 7% among Democrats
Trump’s approval is underwater among 18- to 29-year-olds (33% approve vs. 57% disapprove), 30- to 44-year-olds (35% vs. 58%), 45- to 64-year-olds (47% vs. 50%) and adults 65 and older (47% vs. 52%)
More Americans disapprove than approve of Trump’s job managing the economy
41% approve and 53% disapprove
His net approval of -12 on jobs and the economy is the worst Americans have ever rated Trump’s handling of these issues as president; Americans were more likely to approve than disapprove of it throughout Trump’s first term

While Americans have been growing more critical of Trump’s handling of the economy for weeks now, this week’s poll also shows Trump underwater on an issue where he was previously popular: immigration
45% of Americans approve of how Trump is handling immigration, while 50% disapprove, a net approval of -5
That’s down from 50% approval and 44% disapproval — a net approval of +6 — on Trump’s handling of immigration when it was last asked about two weeks ago

49% of Americans say Trump’s approach to immigration has been too harsh, while 38% say it’s been about right and just 5% say it’s been too soft
Americans overwhelmingly say the government should “try to solve problems carefully… even if that means they might solve the problem more slowly” (81%) than that government “should try to solve problems as quickly as possible, even if that means they make more mistakes” (19%)
The negative views about Trump’s handling of immigration come among a populace that views immigration’s effects more positively than Americans did during Joe Biden’s term
40% of Americans say immigration makes the U.S. better off, while 29% say it makes the U.S. worse off and 19% say it doesn’t make much difference
Before Trump’s inauguration on January 20, Americans for years were more likely to say immigration made the U.S. worse off than better off

He’s actually managing to make Americans feel more sympathetic to immigrants with this draconian nonsense. I guess we can call that a silver lining?

Here’s the Pew Poll:

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1. The only group who thought there was

"honeymoon" was the media.