The US president’s approval rating stagnates at 36%, the lowest level of his entire term in office
A Reuters/Ipsos survey revealed that the rate of approval of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has stagnated in 36%remaining at the lowest level of his entire term. The research, which lasted six days and was concluded on Monday (20), shows that the rejection the republican reached the mark of 62%. The unchanged figure compared to the previous month contrasts with his highest approval rate, of 47%, achieved shortly after taking office.
Data shows that many Americans — including members of the Republican Party — have concerns about the temperament ea mental clarity of the president after a series of “aggressive outbursts”. According to research, only 26% of Americans consider Trump a balanced leader. Within your own partythe division is clear: 53% of Republicans consider him balancedwhile 46% claim that he is not.
The popularity crisis has direct roots in foreign policy. Trump has been suffering strong pressure since it began, together with the government of Israel, the conflict in Iranin February. The war in the Middle East raised fuel pricesdirectly affecting the population. Furthermore, public opinion has questioned the tariff war imposed by the president and actions involving double agents.
Risk in midterm elections
Political analysts point out that the president was betrayed by a overconfidence. After being successful in an operation in Venezuela — which resulted in the downfall and arrest of Nicolás Maduro —, Trump began to consider himself infallible. However, by entering the conflict against Iran, the Republican broke one of his main campaign promises: not to involve the United States in new wars in the Middle East.
The main proposal of his platform was to avoid external conflicts to focus 100% of management on the country’s internal development. However, by aggressively trying to intervene in the trade balance deficit and the geopolitics of the Middle East, Trump’s political calculation proved to be mistakengenerating problems in the economy and undermining its support base.
The strategic error occurs at the worst possible time: on the eve of the midterm elections. With the drop in popularity, there is now a huge probability that the Republican Party will lose its majority in legislative houses.
If he loses control of Congress, analysts estimate that Trump will become an “innocuous” president in his last two years in office, unable to approve his projects.
