A year after President Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term, his approval rating remains at around 45%, according to Morning Consult’s weekly polling—though voters’ views of his handling of foreign policy dipped to a record-low last week in the wake of the U.S. capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

A 64% majority think Trump has not done enough to reduce the price of goods, and 32% say that he understands problems that ordinary Americans face on a daily basis, the poll revealed. Overall, slightly over 4 in 10 Americans expect the economy to be good a year from now, which is down from 56% before Trump was sworn into office last January.

Trump's approval rating average sits at 42% as Republicans face significant midterm challenges, with polling showing erosion among Independents and on key issues.

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As President Donald Trump wraps up the first year of his second term—one marked by US aggression abroad and rising political violence at home—a wave of new polls released this week shows him and his policies at remarkably high,

Reuters, The Economist/YouGov and Gallup released monthly polls of Trump’s approval rating throughout 2025. A combined average of the polls finds Trump’s 2025 approval rating at 42%. Below is a chart featuring Trump’s monthly approval rating from Reuters, Gallup and The Economist/YouGov respectively. The chart can also be viewed here.

An AP-NORC poll from January found that about 4 in 10 U.S. adults approve of Trump’s performance as president.

Americans pick a wide range of sentiments to describe how Mr. Trump's first term has made them feel. "Uneasy" and "frustrated" emerge as top picks; Republicans are more apt to pick "confident" and "satisfied," and "safe" but not at the rate that Democrats pick words like "uneasy."