Grading Trump: Where the president stands in the eyes of Americans four months into his second term
Immigration policies earn positive ratings while economic concerns and tariffs weigh on president's popularity
By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published May 24, 2025 8:00am EDT
President Donald Trump this week enjoyed one of his biggest legislative victories during his second administration.
"THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL" has PASSED the House of Representatives!" Trump touted in a social media post Thursday.
The president's post came soon after the GOP-controlled House passed Trump's sweeping tax and spending cuts package by a razor-thin margin. The Republican-crafted measure is full of Trump's campaign trail promises and second-term priorities on tax cuts, immigration, defense, energy and the debt limit.
Ahead of the House vote, two surveys released earlier in the week indicated that the president's poll numbers remained underwater.
The president stood at 46% approval and 54% disapproval in a national survey by Marquette Law School. And Trump was at 42% approval and 52% disapproval in a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Most, but not all, of the latest national surveys place the president's approval rating in negative territory, with a handful indicating Trump is above water.
Trump has aggressively asserted executive authority in his second term, overturning longstanding government policy and aiming to make major cuts to the federal workforce through an avalanche of sweeping and controversial executive orders and actions, with some aimed at addressing grievances he has held since his first term.
Trump started his second administration with poll numbers in positive territory, but his poll numbers started to slide soon after his late-January inauguration.
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