US President Donald Trump faces growing opposition to his controversial agenda as twice as many people said he deserves a grade of F rather than an A for how heh has handled his first 100 days in office, a new poll has found.
According to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, Forty-five percent said Trump deserves the failing mark, compared to 23% who would pass him with flying colors.
It’s understandable that partisans would have strongly polarized views of the president, but it’s also notable that half of independents said he deserves an F, and only a slim majority of Republicans would give him an A, NPR reported on Tuesday.
Respondents were asked, “Donald Trump is approaching his first 100 days back in office as president. Overall, what grade would you give him: Would you give him an A, B, C, D, or an F for a failing grade?”
The poll of 1,439 adults, conducted from April 21-23, finds Trump’s political standing in decline since he was sworn in for a second term. It’s driven by views of how he’s handling the economy and tariffs, but a slim majority now also disapproves of how he’s handling immigration, which had been a relative strength.
Trump’s overall approval rating is down to 42%, including just 36% among independents. For context, when looking at Gallup’s numbers back to Harry Truman, this would be the second-worst approval rating for any president at the 100-day mark in those 80 years. The lowest? First-term Trump by a point.
His economic numbers are even worse — just 39% approve of how Trump is handling the economy, his worst score ever, including during his first term.
Nearly two-thirds believe grocery prices will go up, almost 6-in-10 said placing tariffs on imports from other countries hurts the U.S. economy, and a strong majority said Trump bears responsibility for the current economic situation and it is not the result of an economy he inherited.
The survey has a margin of error of +/-3.3 percentage points, meaning results could be about 3 points lower or higher. It was conducted by phone (both cellphone and landline), text and online panels in both English and Spanish.
The Poll Details
Trump is down a net of 7 points in his approval rating from last month, with 53% now disapproving.
Reflecting the failing grade a plurality gave him, 45% strongly disapprove of how he’s handling the job.
And a majority disapproves of nearly all aspects his performance, from tariffs (58%) and the economy (55%) to foreign policy (53%) and immigration (52%).
Almost half also said they disapprove of how the administration has handled the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man who was deported to El Salvador despite a court order saying he should not be deported and the Supreme Court saying the administration should “facilitate” his return.
The administration says he is a gang member. A judge said the evidence supporting that is flimsy. Just 35% said they approve of how the administration has handled the case.
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