{"id":5669,"date":"2025-12-17T02:51:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=5669"},"modified":"2025-12-17T02:51:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:51:47","slug":"trumps-approval-rating-drops-to-39-amid-economic-concerns-us-poll-donald-trump-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=5669","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s approval rating drops to 39% amid economic concerns: US poll | Donald Trump News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Reuters\/Ipsos survey suggests Americans are increasingly unhappy with Trump\u2019s handling of the economy.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 16 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">16 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px\">A new poll suggests that the number of people in the United States who approve of the job Donald Trump is doing as president has dropped to 39 percent as concerns grow over the state of the economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The poll released by Reuters\/Ipsos on Tuesday indicated Trump\u2019s approval rating is down about 2 points from 41 percent earlier this month, a decline driven partly by growing economic dissatisfaction among members of Trump\u2019s own Republican Party.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Just 33 percent of respondents expressed approval of Trump\u2019s handling of economic issues, the lowest level since he took office for a second time in January.<\/p>\n<p>Growing affordability woes could be a serious political liability for Trump and his allies, who campaigned in 2024 on a promise to address inflation and concerns around the cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>A recent Politico poll found high levels of anxiety in the US over expenses such as healthcare, groceries and housing with 55 percent of respondents assigning Trump\u2019s policies some responsibility for increasing food prices.<\/p>\n<p>The Reuters\/Ipsos poll also suggested Trump\u2019s approval rating on cost-of-living issues dropped to 27 percent from 31 percent earlier in December. Among Republicans, approval of his handling of the economy dropped to 72 percent from 78 percent.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"golden-age\">\u2018Golden age\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Trump has denied rising prices are squeezing Americans, calling concerns over affordability a \u201choax\u201d being perpetrated by hostile media coverage and Democratic rivals and insisting that the US economy is in a \u201cgolden age\u201d. In remarks last week, Trump said he was \u201ccrushing\u201d inflation and \u201cprices are coming down tremendously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats have relished watching Trump reprise the arguments of his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden, who was criticised for insisting during his 2021-2025 presidency that Americans\u2019 frustrations over inflation and the cost of living were being exaggerated.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump\u2019s approval rating has declined from a high of 47 percent when he first returned to the White House, his rating has remained relatively stable over the past several months with slight increases and decreases between the high 30s and low 40s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters\/Ipsos survey suggests Americans are increasingly unhappy with Trump\u2019s handling of the economy. Published On 16 Dec 202516 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A new poll suggests that the number of people in the United States who approve of the job Donald Trump is doing as president has dropped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-canada-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}