Trump to address the nation in the midst of flaming approval ratings

President Donald Trump is aimed at a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night in the middle of sinking approval ratings, according to recent surveys data, even when he maintains that he has a “resounding” mandate of the Americans who chose him and will probably use his speech during stellar schedule to justify his actions so far and in the future.

A key question: if their numbers remain relatively low in the midst of their controversial movements, how long could it be before supporting the Republicans of Congress also begins to point out?

As of Monday, The average voting of 538 of Trump’s approval Indicates that 48.1% approve while 47.8% disapprove. The average surveys of 538 also found that 48.2% have an unfavorable opinion of Trump, while 46.5% have a favorable.

With just over a month in office A CNN survey on Sunday It shows that 52% of respondents disapprove of Trump’s performance so far. Forty -eight percent approved its performance, found the survey.

The survey, conducted from February 24 to 28, before the explosive argument between Trump, vice president JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval office on Friday afternoon, also found that most respondents said Trump has not adequately approached the most pressing concerns of the country.

Last week, a separate Washington Post/Ipsos Survey found The 45% Trump approval index with 53% of Americans disapproving. In addition, 57% said the president has exceeded his authority since he assumed the position.

The survey also found that only 34% approves how Elon Musk is handling its role in dismissing federal workers as part of the government’s efficiency department, with a 49% disapproval.

Dean Lacy, government professor at Dartmouth College, said he anticipates that Trump’s approval index can pass around these numbers for some time.

“It will probably be locked around an approval index of 50% for a while,” Lacy said. “The approval index in itself, the numbers may not indicate the depth of the feeling towards it, despite the fact that its approval index is 50-52%. I think it has 40-45% of the public who loves it and 40 or 45% that despises it. And that will not change much, regardless of what it does. It would need much to shake.”

Trump’s approval rating numbers occur when Republicans have faced the constituents angered with Trump’s role in Musk’s cuts in the federal government.

Many Republicans are dealing with how to align with Trump and still appease the components in the future, Lacy said.

“The most difficult problems, the biggest problems, the most difficult problems are emerging, and those are the ones that people will decide how to vote in another two years,” he said.

The current Trump work approval index of 45% is the second lowest for the presidents at this time of his term of Harry Truman, according to recent Gallup data. (Truman’s first weeks fell at a different time because he became president after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.) The lowest Trump was the same with 40% in February 2017.

Trump has the lowest favorability rating of recent presidents at this time in his presidency. Its 44% favorability, such as Found in a recent reuters/Ipsos survey – It is 15 percentage points lower than those of Biden in February 2021, and similar to Trump rating of 46% in February 2017.

Even so, the Trump administration is promoting the president’s achievements, with a Recent Press Communication of the White House Stating that “he has already achieved more than most presidents throughout his period, since he does his promise to mark the beginning of the new gold era of America.”

However, most people (52%) said Trump has not paid enough attention to the country’s most important problems, according to the CNN survey. Forty percent said it has the right priorities; 8% was not sure.

At the Conservative Conference of Political Action last month, Trump said he had a mandate of the American people after their victory in November and would work to fulfill their promises.

“People have given us a resounding mandate for a dramatic change in Washington, and we will deliver it, we will use it and we will make the United States great again when using it,” Trump said.

The economy and the cost of living, which a long time ago as a higher voter problem during the presidential elections, are still the main priorities for the Trump administration, said White House Secretary, Karoline Leavitt.

“I can assure the American people that the president is very focused on reducing the crisis of the cost of living in this country,” he said at a white house conference last week.

Many Americans have said that Trump is focusing on policies “that many Americans do not like, or do not consider very important”, such as economy and inflation, according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos survey. The survey, conducted last month, found that 58% of respondents said inflation would be an important factor to decide their vote in future elections. But only 32% approved the work Trump was doing in inflation.

Lacy said the economy is that it is a more important issue for many Americans, and Trump, who has promised to reduce prices, will have to address it.

“I think it has something to explain. I think it has already begun to explain in saying: ‘We will go through a period of pain’, since it threatens and possibly imposes rates. But this pain cannot last long, so you have to design how you think the future will look, what your plans will be and when the Americans can expect to see that prices increase and the market of the stock market,” Lacy said.

The Trump administration has recognized the challenge with the economy, and the Treasury Secretary, Scott Besent, says Sunday that they are “addressing it.”

“I think President Trump said he will own the economy in six or 12 months. But I can tell him that we are working to reduce these prices every day,” Besent said in “Face the Nation” of CBS on Sunday. “But it took four years to take us here, and we have had five weeks.”

Christine Filler by Langer Research Associates contributed to this report.