Summary
Trump’s approval rating dropped to 43%, the lowest since his January return to office, amid backlash over new tariffs and a mishandled military strike disclosure.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll found only 37% approve of his economic leadership, and 34% support his foreign policy.
A majority view his tariff hikes as harmful, while 74% criticized the use of Signal to discuss a Yemen operation.
The poll, conducted online with 1,486 adults, showed bipartisan concern and a 2-point decline since March, reflecting rising unease over Trump’s policies.
Honestly I’d bet the “too stressed to care” make up only a few % of the middle 33%, and that the middle is more representative of a different kind of ignorance. I’m talking about the people who were born reasonably comfortable and never found history, science, or politics interesting. People who devote most of their time and personality to things like sportsball, video games, or social media. People who choose to watch bottom-barrel reality tv unironically. Basically the “centrists” who don’t really know how anything works, ignorant of pretty much everything outside their niche education or profession, whatever’s spoon fed to them, and the mainstream media.