What’s Trump’s latest approval rating amid talks with Putin, Zelenskyy

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Amid a week dominated by President Donald Trump’s meetings with world leaders over the Russia-Ukraine war, polling of the president’s approval ratings continues to reach record lows.

A succession of major national polls released over the last month has tracked a significant dip in the Republican leader’s approval ratings among Americans, many logging some of the lowest numbers since Trump took office in January.

The most recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted from Aug. 13 to 18, put the president’s approval rating at 40%, matching the lowest level the survey has seen in his second term. It follows a near-record low 38% from an Aug. 4-10 Pew Research Center poll, which tracked a nine-point drop from the Center’s early February survey and a three-point drop over the last two months. A July 7-21 Gallup poll found even lower opinions of the president’s job performance in its most recent release, recording a 37% approval rating.

What is Trump’s average approval rating?

Aggregations of recent approval polling from The New York Times and RealClearPolitics place Trump’s approval between 44% and 45%, respectively, with disapproval rates of 53% and 50%, as of Aug. 20.

A historical analysis and average by Gallup shows Trump’s approval ratings in the first July of both of his terms are lower than those of any other modern president. In comparison, former President Joe Biden had a 50% average approval rating in July 2021, while Barack Obama’s first and second-term July approval ratings were 57% and 46%, respectively. Gallup’s analysis puts Trump’s second-term average to date at 42%.

Here’s what the latest polls released in the last week say about Americans’ opinions of Trump’s job performance.