President Donald Trump is currently reported to have the lowest approval rating of his second of two non-consecutive terms in office, according to the latest poll conducted by Pew Research Center released on Wednesday (April 23).

Trump's job approval rating is down to 40%, which is 7% lower than in February, shortly after he took office on January 20. Additionally, the president was reported to have seen his approval rating among those who reported voting for him in the 2024 election drop from 94% to 88% since February.

The majority of respondents also said they were "more likely to say they have little or no confidence in Trump than to say they are very or somewhat confident in him," according to the survey. The president is also losing support in relation to his handling of the economy, one of his strongest areas during his first administration.

A reported 49% of Americans said Trump's policies were making the United States' economy weaker compared to President Joe Biden's administration, while 37% said they were making the economy stronger.

The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll released this week also reported that Trump's handling of the economy was the lowest of any point in his two non-consecutive presidential terms at 37%. The president's lowest economic approval rating in the Reuters/Ipsos poll during his first administration was 44%, which was reported in August, October and November 2017.

Trump's overall approval rating in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll was also the lowest of his two terms. The six-day survey showed that just 42% of voters approved of Trump's job performance during his second term, a decrease from the 43% reported in the poll conducted three weeks prior, as well as the 47% on the day of his January 20 inauguration.

Additionally, the poll showed that 83% of adult respondents said the president should obey court orders he disagrees with as his administration could face criminal contempt charges for violating a federal judge's order of Venezuelan nations he alleged were gang who had no chance of challenging their deportations. Trump's approval rating for the first-quarter of his second term is higher than the same period in his first term, but is still lower than most presidents elected since 1952, according to a recent poll conducted by Gallup.

The survey showed that Trump's average job approval rating for the first-quarter of 2025 was 45%, which is higher than his 41% average in 2017, but lower than nine other presidents elected between 1952 and 2020, as well as the 59% average of all presidents. Last week, CNN data guru Harry Enten reported that Trump had "broken his own record" with his lowest net approval rating among independent voters during any point of his two non-consecutive presidential terms.

"Trump is 'completely underwater' & has broken his own record with the lowest net approval at this point among independents (-22 pts). His economic net approval with indies at this pt is so low (-29 pts) it has 'no historical analogy.' Most indies (66%) oppose the new tariffs," Enten wrote on his X account, along with a clip of himself explaining the numbers during a live CNN broadcast.

Ed Lambert