President Trump says Iran war will end soon, but it’s unlikely to end this week
“It’s coming soon.” President Donald Trump said the war with Iran is unlikely to end this week, but “it won’t be for long.”
- According to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, President Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 36%, the lowest level since returning to the White House.
- The poll cited rising gas and food prices as well as the Iran war as the main reason for the decline.
- Only 25% of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the cost of living, a key initiative during the 2024 presidential campaign.
- Although his overall approval ratings have declined, Trump’s standing within the Republican Party remains strong.
President Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to its lowest level since returning to the White House, as rising gas and food prices hit Americans hard and the public grows increasingly disgusted with the Iran war, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
A weekly poll released on March 24 found that 36% of Americans approve of President Trump’s job performance, down 4 points (40%) from a similar Reuters poll conducted last week.
Most Americans appear angry with the president, as food and gasoline prices have soared since the joint U.S.-Israel attack on Iran in early February 28th. The latest Reuters poll found that 25% of people approve of Trump’s response to the current cost of living, a centerpiece of his 2024 presidential campaign.
The US-Israel war on Iran is controversial among Americans, with similar national polls showing that about half of voters disapprove of President Trump’s handling of the war or military action in Iran in general. According to a new poll, President Trump’s approval rating was 47% when he first took office, but has hovered around 40% since last summer.
The president’s continued low approval ratings could be worrying for Republicans as they seek to maintain control of Congress after all critical midterm election votes are cast in November.
The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that Trump’s position within the Republican Party remains strong with the midterm primaries already underway. About 1 in 5 Republicans say they disapprove of the president’s overall performance in the White House, a slight change from about 1 in 7 in last week’s poll.
However, the share of Republicans surveyed who disapprove of President Trump’s handling of the cost of living rose to 34% from 27% last week. The new weekly Reuters/Ipsos online poll was conducted March 20-23 among 1,272 U.S. adults and has a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
Poll shows war still weighs heavily on Americans’ minds
The Iran war, now in its fourth week, continues to weigh heavily on the minds of most Americans, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
The poll found that 35% of Americans support attacking Iran, down from 37% in a similar poll conducted last week. These numbers remain higher than the first Reuters/Ipsos poll on the Iran war conducted from February 28 to March 1. The poll found that 27% of Americans supported the attack, 43% disapproved, and 29% were unsure at the time.
Overall, about 61% of those surveyed disapproved of the strike, up from 59% who disapproved of it in last week’s poll.
Despite President Trump’s decline in overall popularity, 38% of registered voters surveyed said Republicans are doing a better job of managing the U.S. economy, compared to 34% of voters who chose Democrats on this topic.
