It’s official: President Trump is a permanent loser in the popularity department. He entered office with low approval ratings — being a loud bigot with shitty nominees and a hatred of facts will do that — and there’s no reason to believe that they will get better. Trump has set the record for majority job disapproval in modern history — he’s gotten most of America to hate him in just 8 days.
Today’s Gallup numbers place Trump at a 42% approval rating, with 51% of Americans saying he’s doing a bad job. For comparison’s sake, look at the stats for the most recent former presidents — most of them took years to get to this point.
And these are the results of a survey taken before Trump’s unpopular executive order banning immigration. I think the numbers are going to get worse very soon.
If you want to take time to relish in this, Lysander Ploughjogger has a deeper dive into the stats and what they mean.