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Zorro

(18,501 posts)
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:25 PM Nov 2025

Exclusive: Trump approval falls to lowest of his term over prices and Epstein files, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to 38%, the lowest since his return to power, with Americans unhappy about his handling of the high cost of living and the investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

The four-day poll, which concluded on Monday, comes as Trump's grip on his Republican Party shows signs of weakening.

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a measure to force the release of Justice Department files on Epstein. Trump had opposed the move for months while one of his closest supporters in Congress, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, turned into a harsh critic over his resistance. Trump reversed his position on Sunday as lawmakers prepared to move forward without him.

The survey showed Trump's overall approval has fallen two percentage points since a Reuters/Ipsos poll in early November. The poll, which was conducted online, surveyed 1,017 U.S. adults nationwide and had a margin of error of about 3 percentage points.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-approval-falls-lowest-his-term-over-prices-epstein-files-reutersipsos-poll-2025-11-18/

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Exclusive: Trump approval falls to lowest of his term over prices and Epstein files, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds (Original Post) Zorro Nov 2025 OP
The only polls I do are exit polls. gab13by13 Nov 2025 #1
He feels like Bush after Katrina Johonny Nov 2025 #2
+1 leftstreet Nov 2025 #4
38% seems high to me. I remember when Dubya hit 24% approval. SunSeeker Nov 2025 #3
Maybe W's popsdenver Nov 2025 #13
The only number that actually makes sense is zero. Permanut Nov 2025 #5
Until there are tens of millions of true patriots demonstrating frequently does it matter? Controlling all branches of NoMoreRepugs Nov 2025 #6
Both were his main campaign issues IronLionZion Nov 2025 #7
The files won't be released DownriverDem Nov 2025 #8
And thus his lame duck term begins Torchlight Nov 2025 #9
It was 37 last month oldmanlynn Nov 2025 #10
Keep the momentum ... Join the Mass Blackout! BlueWavePsych Nov 2025 #11
The only surprising thing about this and other polls like it, is that tsf's approval is still alwaysinasnit Nov 2025 #12
I'm shocked by the high % of racist, white, hateful, heartless people wolfie001 Nov 2025 #14
+1000 alwaysinasnit Nov 2025 #15
Big Whoopi Do Smackdown2019 Nov 2025 #16

gab13by13

(31,779 posts)
1. The only polls I do are exit polls.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:35 PM
Nov 2025

Any poll I see that rates Krasnov's popularity above 35% is bogus.

Johonny

(25,845 posts)
2. He feels like Bush after Katrina
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:35 PM
Nov 2025

Where we spent 3 more years watching him soft shoe shuffle out the door. The difference is Trump.can do so much damage because he doesn't give a shit about America or the job.

leftstreet

(39,764 posts)
4. +1
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:39 PM
Nov 2025

Bush was so enmeshed with the Republican establishment, he had to just soft shoe it.

Not Trump. He'd happily burn down everyone and everything

SunSeeker

(58,026 posts)
3. 38% seems high to me. I remember when Dubya hit 24% approval.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:36 PM
Nov 2025

Trump should be in that territory.

popsdenver

(2,010 posts)
13. Maybe W's
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 04:22 PM
Nov 2025

was so low because even the rich knew Cheney/Rumsfeld were spending TWO TRILLION taxpayer dollars on a fake war, so that Cheney could take over the oil and divvy it up among six U.S. Oil Corporations, including Cheney's beloved Haliburton

As far as Trump's %age rating, you have to remember that ALL the Uber Wealthy who got humongous tax cuts from Trump will continue to back him, and all of the un-educated,Trailer Park white trash, will continue to vote for him regardless.....

NoMoreRepugs

(11,905 posts)
6. Until there are tens of millions of true patriots demonstrating frequently does it matter? Controlling all branches of
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 01:10 PM
Nov 2025

goverment and SCOTUS and the MSM is going to take a massive effort to overcome.

DownriverDem

(7,000 posts)
8. The files won't be released
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 01:58 PM
Nov 2025

because of trump ordering the DOJ to investigate the Dems and Epstein.

Torchlight

(6,608 posts)
9. And thus his lame duck term begins
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 02:03 PM
Nov 2025

Not with a whimper, but with another tiresome tantrum.

oldmanlynn

(806 posts)
10. It was 37 last month
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 02:46 PM
Nov 2025

It’s crazy how many poles come out and say this is the lowest ever and it’s just the same or not even lower

alwaysinasnit

(5,583 posts)
12. The only surprising thing about this and other polls like it, is that tsf's approval is still
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 03:15 PM
Nov 2025

that high.

wolfie001

(7,459 posts)
14. I'm shocked by the high % of racist, white, hateful, heartless people
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 06:44 PM
Nov 2025

As a white-male-boomer, I thought we made progress in 2008 but that just made these jackasses more hateful. Blame everyone else for the problems they have instead of just overcoming them with working hard and helping society. But that was too much to ask from those foul mf'ers.

Smackdown2019

(1,346 posts)
16. Big Whoopi Do
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 06:47 PM
Nov 2025

Its called a Lame Duck Term for a reason....

Only "polls/poles" he cares for, are the ones he putts his white balls on the green turf....

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