Trump net approval hits new low
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President Trump's net approval rating has fallen to negative 25 percentage points, the lowest figure ever recorded in the Economist's presidential polling tracker, with his worst scores coming on inflation and prices amid rising energy costs driven by the Iran war.
The latest Economist/YouGov poll, released June 2, revealed about 61% of Americans said they disapproved of how Trump handled his job as president.
Kimmel pointed to a new YouGov/The Economist poll that showed Trump with his lowest approval rating yet, with just 34% approving of how he is handling his job as president. Kimmel mocked the low approval rating, suggesting the president was just as popular as the movie “Paul Blart: Mall Cop.”
House lawmakers delivered a stunning bipartisan condemnation of the Iran war on Wednesday, dealing President Donald Trump his most significant political setback since the conflict began. Four Republicans joined Democrats in a vote to effectively halt military operations in the Middle East unless Congress authorizes it,