“It’s all in Project 2025.”
Seriously, are we finding a dwindling of support for the Orange regime? Well, the answer is a definite yes, according to polls, very legitimate polling by the way, from various sources, even from Fox News.
One hundred days into his second term, Donald Trump is facing a brutal reality: the honeymoon is over.
In January, Trump appeared to be riding high—polls showed him more popular than ever, with his approval ratings in positive territory for the first time in his political career.
But that momentum has vanished. In a stunning reversal, recent surveys now show Trump as the least popular president at the 100-day mark of a second term, eclipsing even the historically low ratings he set during his first time in office.
Polls Show Historic Decline
Such was the case in the latest CNN/SSRS poll, conducted between April 17-24 among 1,678 adults, which found that 41 percent currently approve of the president’s job performance, while 59 percent disapprove. That is down 4 points since March, and is 7 points lower than it was in late February.
From The Washington Post:
It’s the tariffs, stupid
One striking thing about Trump’s early unpopularity is this: Most of the major things he’s doing are more unpopular than he is.
And at the very top of that list of even-more-unpopular policies is his tariffs. They’re clearly the main driver of Trump’s problems right now.
The most recent Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll showed that Americans disapprove of Trump on the tariffs issue by 30 points, 64 percent to 34 percent. A whopping 72 percent — including 51 percent of Republicans — say it’s at least “somewhat” likely that Trump’s economic policies will lead to a recession.
And just about every recent poll shows Americans more negative on Trump’s broader economic policies than they have ever been, including in his first term. His average approval rating on the economy is in the low 40s.
If there’s a silver lining for Trump, it’s that his base maintains faith that the tariffs will help over the longer term. But only around 4 in 10 Americans think they’ll ultimately be a good thing. And in the meantime, the vast majority of all Americans are expecting economic pain and rising prices that will surely test their patience.
From USA TODAY:
For the first time since 2022, the economy has contracted. That means President Donald Trump inherited an economy on the rise, and instead of helping things along with good conservative policy, he opted to push us toward recession entirely on his impulses and stubbornness with tariffs.
Meanwhile, the administration and its allies are covering their ears and screaming to the contrary. MAGA continues to hide behind Trump’s supposed “massive” mandate that never existed, as much as those believers want to insist otherwise to justify Trump’s radical policies.
Voters aren’t biting. Trump’s job approval rating is plummeting as America feels the effects of one unpopular policy after another. In fact, his 100-day approval rating is the lowest of any president in the last 80 years.
From Fox News:
The latest poll numbers suggest that Americans are not overly thrilled with the job Trump’s doing steering the nation.
The president stands at 44% approval and 55% disapproval in the most recent Fox News national poll, which was conducted April 18-21.
The president’s numbers are also underwater in polls released the past few days by ABC News/Washington Post (42% approval-55% disapproval), New York Times/Siena College (42%-54%), CNN (43%-57%), Reuters/Ipsos (42%-53%), Pew Research (40%-59%), and AP/NORC (39%-59%).
Most, but not all, of the most recent national public opinion surveys indicate Trump’s approval ratings in negative territory, which is a slide from the president’s poll position when he started his second tour of duty in the White House.
If Trump has earned himself the lowest poll ratings for a U.S. president in 80 years, that must say something, don’t you think?
Here’s a great recap on the Trump corruption at 100 days. No more special prosecutors, inspector generals, National Labor Relations Board gutted, no more Consumer Protection Bureau, various favors to loyalists, like New York City mayor Eric Adams, and plenty more . . .
