Trump is the least popular newly-elected president in decades, approval rating poll finds

Donald Trump is the least popular newly-elected president since the Second World War, according to a recent approval rating poll.

Trump has started his second term by signing a wide range of executive orders that implement controversial policies, including renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” and introducing harsh immigration crackdowns.

He has signed anti-trans orders restricting trans healthcare options for under 19-year-olds, declaring trans military personnel “unfit” for service as well as one that proclaims that there are “only two sexes” – male and female.

His “obsession” with implementing “culture war” policies has resulted in LGBTQ+ advocacy organisation GLAAD warning that they will “come at a cost for every American”.

Despite proudly professing that he has fulfilled the will of the people by defeating so-called “wokeness”, Americans don’t appear to be too impressed with Donald Trump.

Poll aggregator FiveThirtyEight has reported that Trump’s initial approval rating is +7 percentage points – lower than any newly elected president since the Second World War. However, in 2017, Trump experienced an even lower early approval rating of +3.2 percentage points.

In short, the only president with a lower initial approval poll rating than Trump is… himself. His first term saw his approval rating reach a high of 49, but he left the White House with an approval rating of 34.  In 2021, his predecessor Joe Biden had an approval rating of +21.8, while Barack Obama had an impressive +46.9 in 2009.