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Ipsos Poll Shows 60% of Americans Disapprove of Trump Ahead of State of the Union
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9:31Now PlayingCliff Young, president of US public affairs at Ipsos, said that President Trump's approval rating has gone down in the last few months as friction grows over immigration and affordability. Young said that Trump has fallen with non-MAGA republicans who could be a deciding factor in the midterms.
President Donald Trump’s first year back in office won praise from supporters for its efficiency in passing legislation, enacting a trade agenda and rapidly deporting immigrants.
His second year, however, is already suffering from many of the same problems that plagued the first term — erratic messaging, policy reversals, plummeting poll numbers and intraparty tussles.
The president’s crackdown on immigration was met with bipartisan blowback. He posted a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, prompting several Republicans to condemn the post and to demand an apology that didn’t happen. Six House Republicans defied him to join Democrats in overturning his Canada tariffs. Then the Supreme Court struck down his preferred method of imposing global tariffs as unconstitutional, throwing his economic agenda into chaos.
And as Trump readies his State of the Union message on Tuesday, Republicans facing disappointed voters in the midterms fear the White House isn’t sufficiently focused on the economic message that could allow them to keep control of Congress. A Democratic takeover of either chamber or both could halt any legislation Trump tried to pass and invite aggressive oversight and investigations.
“Things are starting to unravel a little bit, and I think it gives Republicans an opportunity to step away from the Trump world and really kind of take back the messaging to voters, because they’re going to need to, if they want to not get completely blown out of the water come midterms,” Republican strategist Maura Gillespie said.
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