United States President Donald TrumpâÂÂs approval rating has fallen to 32 percent â the lowest of his â political career â as his fellow Republicans soured on his handling of the cost of living amid the unpopular Iran war, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
The four-day poll, which closed on Sunday, showed 73 percent of Republicans âÂÂapproved of TrumpâÂÂs job performance, down from 82 percent in a Reuters/Ipsos poll a week earlier. His overall approval was 35 percent then.
Trump returned to the White House in January 2025 on promises to tame inflation and end foreign wars. In a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in the hours after he was first sworn â in, he enjoyed a 47 percent approval rating.
Just â 17 percent of respondents in the new poll approved of his handling of the cost of living â the top issue. Americans say it will determine how they vote in â the November 3 midterm elections, when TrumpâÂÂs Republicans are defending narrow congressional majorities.
Dissatisfaction among Republicans has been growing since Trump launched â the war on Iran in February, which has pushed gasoline and diesel prices sharply higher. Now for the first time, Republicans who disapprove of TrumpâÂÂs handling of the âÂÂcost of living outnumber those who give him a thumbs up â 51 percent to 44 percent.
Trump said on Wednesday that the United States is âÂÂhopefully toward the endâ of its war with Iran, raising the prospect of renewed diplomacy even as fighting continues in Yemen.
However, Tehran has not confirmed that direct negotiations with Washington have resumed.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online and gathered 1,277 responses âÂÂfrom âÂÂUS adults nationwide. It had a margin of error of three percentage points.