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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/poll-trumps-approval-rating-hits-second-term-low-economy-iran-war-rcna331462Trump's approval rating hits second-term low as Americans sour on the economy and Iran war
Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Trumps handling of inflation, according to an NBC News Decision Desk Poll, with some cracks emerging in his GOP support.
April 19, 2026, 8:00 AM CDT
By Ben Kamisar and Bridget Bowman
President Donald Trumps job approval rating has sunk to a new low as Americans express growing concerns about rising costs and the war with Iran, according to an NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey.
Overall, 37% of adults approve of Trumps performance as president, while 63% disapprove including 50% who said they disapprove strongly putting his job rating at the lowest point of his second term in NBC News Decision Desk polling. Two-thirds of respondents also disapproved of Trumps handling of inflation and the Iran conflict.



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What the asshole ought to do is send in ground troops
Johonny
(26,352 posts)I wonder how many of them can find the Strait on a map or explain where gas comes from... pretty much 0 % is my guess.
dalton99a
(94,712 posts)porn connoisseurs, etc.
RainCaster
(13,773 posts)Swede
(39,737 posts)Trump the brain dead numbskull started the fucking mess fer crying out loud.
Takket
(23,747 posts)in addition to the troops who have died fr this debacle.
I'd love to hear what those 19% think we've accomplished. i'm sure they will just vomit out all the talking points drumpf has made on TV without any actual knowledge of the situation. It is a cult after all. The leader is infallible. drumpf could literally murder these people's children and they would just shrug and say "i'm sure he had a good reason".
popsdenver
(2,399 posts)uses 375 MILLION gallons of GASOLINE a DAY........multiply that by the amount of increase in price........
The price increases in Diesel, and Jet Fuel are even greater.....
Think of ALL the Freight Trains that use Diesel, and Semi Trucks that use Diesel. AND the amount of Jet Fuel used every day by the Airlines......
I predict that there will be a large number of Airlines that will be going bankrupt with the increased cost of fuel, and the drop off of people flying due to the general economy, (which is already occurring but not being reported)....... leading to fewer airlines, causing a monopoly. Maybe same in Railroads and Truck lines....
paleotn
(22,442 posts)There's always been a percentage of racists, fascists, and other rightwing scum within our populace. The % varies from generation to generation, but it's always there.
It's the same everywhere. If any nation should understand the danger of the far right, it's Germany. Yet, the AfD exists and holds 150 seats in the Bundestag at last count.
ShazzieB
(22,716 posts)Their numbers are dwindling, but there is still a stubborn inner core of believers who are absolutely blind to his flaws. I expect there will always be some no matter what. There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.
BlueWavePsych
(3,392 posts)
Fil1957
(751 posts)moonscape
(5,784 posts)he would be in prison.
Bluetus
(2,944 posts)That is impossible in any properly conducted poll.
SurveyMonkey sounds like this was an automated poll that either didn't offer "I don't know" as an option or else discarded all the undecideds. Either way, that makes it mostly junk.
You can probably take 3-5% each of the numbers to allow for undecideds. That would put support at 32%, which is what polls are saying. I agree that's too high, but the bell shaped curve has outliers on both sides.
travelingthrulife
(5,355 posts)BComplex
(9,938 posts)We need to focus all of our mental health professionals on this 33% because that 33% is fucking nuts.
travelingthrulife
(5,355 posts)adult life. We used to be world class. Now we have all these private schools just ripping people off.
groundloop
(13,895 posts)And now this insane war with Iran is sucking even more money from our economy, on top of the tRump and Musk cuts to send more wealth to our oligarchs. Our priorities are totally fucked up.
BComplex
(9,938 posts)That's the whole story, and it's ALL because this is the republican way.
You know....those republicans that the media has been feeding us, and building up, since the 1960's.
Hieronymus Phact
(747 posts)You'll always just think they're crazy and move on. The propaganda they swim in warps minds.
BaronChocula
(4,633 posts)Or their intelligence.
IronLionZion
(51,422 posts)hibbing
(10,604 posts)George Carlin 'Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.'
FakeNoose
(41,952 posts)Of course he'll say this is all fake news and rigged. That's his explanation for everything and everyone who disagrees with him.

Grins
(9,477 posts)They have to see him for what he is, as a narcissist, malignant psychopath! Who gets off hurting people. Who is a HUGE danger, not just to us, but the world.
AllyCat
(18,911 posts)Its always 37% and never lower for his low point.
Better than 1 in 3 Americans still love the terror, destruction, racism, and pedophilia.
This country is no longer recognizable to me.
BannonsLiver
(20,708 posts)orangecrush
(30,656 posts)And 2/3 of us are going to pay the price for the unhinged 1/3.
oldmanlynn
(826 posts)Its like every month a new article comes out saying that Trumps approval rating hit a new low of 37% next month. Trumps approval rating hits a new low of 37%. It cant be a new low every time.
JoseBalow
(9,591 posts)The people who still "approve" of him are just too dumb to recognize it.
BWdem4life
(3,024 posts)lol
eppur_se_muova
(42,125 posts)Wonder Why
(7,145 posts)edhopper
(37,407 posts)approval of the flock doesn't matter.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(136,342 posts)AZ8theist
(7,463 posts)Below "Strongly Disaprove" there needs to be other categories:
"Staunchly Hate his Guts"
"Repulsed by his Very Existance"
"Violently Projectile Vomit at mere mention of His Name or See His Image"
"Rather Stick a Screwdriver in my Eye than Listen to One More Word from his Pigs Anus Mouth"
It would be interesting to give the people more choices!