Trump’s Job Rating Drops, Key Policies Draw Majority Disapproval as He Nears 100 Days

April 23, 2025

1. Evaluations of Trump: Job approval and confidence on issues--Roughly 100 days into his second term in the White House, Trump’s job approval rating has declined across a range of demographic and partisan groups. Trump does not currently draw confidence from a majority of Americans for his handling of any major issue, while his rating on the economy is at its lowest point in surveys dating back to 2019.

More Americans say that, compared with the Biden administration, the Trump administration’s policies have made the U.S. economy weaker (49%) rather than stronger (37%). Another 13% say there is not much difference.

More also say Trump’s policies put the U.S. in a weaker position internationally (49%) rather than a stronger position (39%).

Trump’s approval rating has fallen 7 percentage points since February. Today, 40% of Americans approve, compared with 47% two months ago.

Trump’s 2024 voters

In February, 94% of those who reported voting for Trump in 2024 approved of the way he was handling his job. This has declined to 88% today.
Among those who said they supported him strongly in the 2024 election, 96% approve of the job he is doing as president – similar to views two months ago (99%).
The decline is sharper among Trump voters who said they supported him less strongly in 2024, or leaned toward supporting him before eventually doing so (88% in February vs. 75% today).

Harris’ 2024 voters

Trump’s job rating remains very low among those who said they voted for Kamala Harris last fall. Just 2% of these voters approve of his job performance.

Views of Trump’s ability to handle key issues

Today, fewer than half of Americans express confidence in Trump to handle most issues – ranging from trade to foreign policy to abortion.

Across all 10 issues asked about on the survey, adults are more likely to say they have little or no confidence in Trump than to say they are very or somewhat confident in him.

There continue to be wide partisan gaps in confidence in Trump’s ability to handle a variety of issues.

Among Republicans

Sizable majorities of Republicans are at least somewhat confident Trump can handle each of the issues in the survey, including immigration, trade, economic policy and foreign policy.
They are particularly confident he can make good decisions about immigration (84%).
They are significantly less confident he can bring the country closer together (58%).

Among Democrats

Democrats broadly lack confidence in Trump. About one-in-ten express confidence in him on each issue asked about.

Confidence in Trump on the economy

Last summer, 54% of adults said they were very or somewhat confident in Trump to make good economic decisions. That number rose to 59% in Pew Research Center’s postelection survey in November. Today, 45% are confident in his ability to handle the economy – down 14 points from a few months ago and lower than throughout 2019 and 2020, during his first term.

Confidence among partisans

Among Republicans, the share expressing confidence in Trump’s handling of the economy is down 12 points since November.
Among Democrats, there has been a 16 point drop in that time.

How does Trump compare with Biden on economic confidence?

49% of Americans say that, compared with the Biden administration, the policies of the Trump administration are making the country’s economy weaker. A smaller share (37%) says they are making the country stronger, and 13% say there is not much difference.

Views among partisans

Republicans are more likely to say Trump’s policies are making the nation’s economy stronger (71%) than weaker (15%) compared with Biden’s policies.

Democrats’ views are essentially the reverse: 85% say Trump’s policies are weakening the economy compared with Biden’s policies, while 5% say they’re making it stronger.

International policy

Half of the public says that, compared with the Biden administration, the policies of the Trump administration are putting the U.S. in a weaker position internationally. A smaller share says his policies are strengthening the country’s standing (38%) while 11% say they leave the U.S. in about the same position.

Republicans are far more likely to say Trump is putting the U.S. in a stronger (73%) rather than weaker (14%) position internationally.
Democrats are far more likely to say his policies are weakening (85%) rather than strengthening (6%) the country’s global standing.