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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Down from personal-best 45% the prior week
Still slightly above term-to-date average of 39%
All party groups' approval lower
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Donald Trump's job approval rating fell back slightly last week, to 41%, after he tied a personal best of 45% the prior week.
The latest results are based on June 18-24 Gallup polling.
Trump's 45% job approval rating during the week of June 11-17 was likely aided by his historic June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. While the more positive feelings toward Trump coming out of the event would probably have faded in time, that process was likely hastened by the controversy over the administration's immigration policy. As part of a crackdown that treated all illegal U.S.-Mexico border crossings as criminal offenses, children were separated from parents while their parents were held in custody, awaiting hearings.
News about the policy dominated the headlines last week. After Trump and administration officials initially defended the policy of separating children and parents, the president reversed course Wednesday by issuing an executive order to overturn it.
Later in the week, Trump appeared to withdraw his support for GOP-led legislation in the House of Representatives designed to address various immigration issues, by saying in a Twitter post that Republicans should work on other issues.
The 41% job approval rating remains slightly better than his 39% average approval rating for his presidency to date.
Republicans' support for Trump remains high at 87% even after the family separation controversy, but is lower than their 90% approval during the prior two weeks. Republican approval of Trump is now back to the average for his second year in office.
Democrats' 5% job approval -- down from 10% the prior week -- ties the lowest he has had among that group, which also occurred in four other weeks, including one in December and three in January.
Approval among independents was also lower last week, at 38% compared with 42% the prior week.
Many months ago I said that Trump will NEVER get to 50%. I don't think he will ever even get over 45%. He got up there for one week and now loses 4 pts and is back down to barely at or over 40% approval.
Why this always happens is simple. Trump isnt happy unless he is in a fight with someone, or insulting someone, or breaking some norm or tradition and protocol; of his office. Most of all he is not happy unless he is lying and aggrandizing himself. And a majority of Americans will NEVER accept that as their president.
What I find funny about these hypocrites is the whole time Obama was in office and his numbers got NEAR 40% they were seeding articles about how his administration is heading for a crash.
The next article would be about some grumpy face of Michelle's was a sure sign Obama's marriage was heading for divorce.
Now they elected and support a guy that can't get his number above the rim of the toilet, is under investigation, and his marriage really is heading for divorce.
Yes, but he triggers "snowflakes". MAGA !
I think the truth of all this is self-evident (Trump will never have a positive approval rating) and thus we see no interest from the right in venturing out from their fantasyland where "the people" are 100% behind the MAGAnator.
Oh boy! Wait until the next survey.
The job loss numbers are coming in already.
Harley Davidson is going global and will increase offshore manufacturing.
The largest nail manufacturer in the USA is gutting itself.
The latest brick and mortar closings just came out and it's ugly.
Does he not get that 5% of every taxable dollar funds the government?
He fucked up the G7 meeting.
Got punked by Kim...
You know what I like about being overseas? Every country I've ever been to judges you as an individual. The Chinese media is doing that right now. They aren't saying America is crazy or immature, they're calling it by name as are so many others.
I'm happy to include his obvious supporters as participants in this upcoming collapse.