Donald Trump, approval rating
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Trump's rating recently slipped to nearly its lowest level of his current term as voters from his Republican Party soured on his handling of the economy.
The president was expected to devote the year-end speech to his accomplishments so far in his second term and look ahead to next year.
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Trump broke little new ground, restating messages his White House has been pushing for months: that economic problems can be blamed on Joe Biden, and that his second term has been a massive success.
The new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll found that Americans continue to be concerned about the U.S. economy despite Trump claiming that it is the “best” it has ever been. The poll, released Wednesday, showed that 61% of Americans believe the economy is “not working well” for them personally, while just 39% said it was “working well” for them.
President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has improved over the past couple of weeks, a recovery after it fell to a second-term low. Trump's approval rating stands at 44.8% and his disapproval rating sits at 51.
Amid heightened rumors that the Trump administration will be moving forward on marijuana rescheduling, multiple top congressional Democrats are making the case that the reform would not go far enough—including one senator who said the move is only an attempt by the president to “gaslight” voters into thinking he legalized cannabis to boost his “pathetic”
The president is fuming about his low approval ratings, which he seems to view as ingratitude given all his accomplishments.