A Republican strategist has said President Donald Trump’s approval rating slide one month into office is a “significant measurement.”
Trump’s approval ratings have fallen by 13 points just 33 days into his second term in office, according to a new poll conducted by IPSOS.
Other polls from Quinnipiac and Gallup show the President’s approval ratings have slipped by 7 and 5 points, respectively. And a new CNN poll conducted with SSRS Research shows that 52 percent of Americans polled disapprove of the president, while 47 percent approve.
Republican pollster Frank Luntz spoke with Jessica Dean on CNN about the numbers, saying that while the president’s approval has fallen, the “agreement with the general direction of where he is trying to go is positive.”
Left: President Trump speaking at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Right: A man protesting President Donald Trump in Florida, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, Orlando, Fla. (Phelan M. Ebenhack via AP)
Why It Matters
Trump’s approval rating slide coincides with several town halls in Republican regions across America seeing citizens criticize the president and Elon Musk’s role in the federal government.
While Democrats can say Trump’s positive approval rating now sits below 50 percent, Republicans may point to how Trump is still more popular now than he was at any point during his first presidential term.
What To Know
Luntz spoke with Dean about how these new polls give both sides “something to cheer about,” as Democrats can point to how overall support for Trump is falling, but Republicans can point out that people still largely support his central agenda on immigration, cutting bureaucracy and wasteful spending.
The economy and tariffs were pivotal to Trump’s campaign agenda, however the new CNN poll shows that only 34 percent think tariffs are a good thing, and 62 percent of people do not think the president has done enough to lower prices, something he said he would do on “Day 1.”
Luntz told Dean that Trump is planning on giving a speech on March 4 which he said will “reset expectations for the country,” saying that lowering prices will take time.
He said affordability around prices was the reason why Trump won the election, but that if people believe he is not doing enough to combat high prices they may become “disenchanted” with the president.
Egg prices are currently soaring across the US, and many retail outlets have put limits on the number of eggs customers can purchase, due to bird flu affecting chicken populations.
A sign noting the limitation on the purchase of flats of eggs in a Costco warehouse Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Sheridan, Colorado.
Luntz also pointed to the president’s moves to remove energy regulation and free up production, which Luntz says will result in lower energy prices.
Dean also spoke with Luntz about Musk’s role in the administration. His approval rates are lower than Trump’s, with only 28 percent of Americans saying his role in the administration is a good thing. Luntz said that in his polling, people have been telling him that they do not like Musk’s tone and demeanor.
He said that while people do back the president and his administration in their objectives to reduce waste, he said people are finding the language and the messaging to be “over the top,” and that they are not looking for chaos.
What People Are Saying
Frank Luntz on CNN: “The overall objectives and the goals and the general policies behind what’s been happening is approved of. The way it has been communicated to the American people, no, they don’t want a chainsaw drop rocked to the government. They don’t want this seeming meanness as part of public policy. They do want the objective.s They do want less waste, less fraud, and more importantly, less corruption.”
What Happens Next
The midterm elections are on November 3, 2026. Whether the president’s approval ratings will affect those elections remains to be seen.
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