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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

How Are Americans Viewing the Trump Presidency After Six Months?

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Polls give him so-so marks, especially on the issues of inflation and the economy that helped him win the Presidency a second time. The good news for the President is that Democrats are in worse shape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:23.6

Six months into the Trump administration, what do Americans think of how well President Trump is doing?

0:30.9

The answer, at least according to the latest poll, seems to be so-so.

0:35.0

But then why does the opposition Democratic Party continue to fall

0:40.5

to historic lows in public approval? Those are our subjects for today here in Potomac,

0:46.2

watch the daily podcast of the Wall Street Journal opinion pages as we examine the Trump presidency

0:51.7

six months in to its first year in office. Welcome. I'm Paul

0:57.0

as you go with Kim Strassel and Kyle Peterson. So let's look at some of the results of the latest

1:04.2

Wall Street Journal survey, which came out at the six-month point. A couple of highlights.

1:10.1

Donald Trump's favorability, 45%, 53% unfave.

1:14.9

That's pretty much typical of where Trump has been through most of his public life since he came down that golden staircase at Trump Tower.

1:24.5

Republican Party, 43% favorable, but here's a real striking number. Democratic Party,

1:30.1

this is the party overall, 33% favorable. That is getting down to, well, not quite as bad as the

1:36.8

press or Congress, but it's getting there. So what about the president's job approval? Well,

1:42.5

he's got a 46% approve for his job versus over 50 for disapproval.

1:49.4

Some of the individual areas, a job approval, 44% on the economy, 44% inflation, 48% so far on immigration.

1:59.3

Tariffs, though, only 40%. So before we get to the Democrats, let's talk about

2:05.1

Kim, those Trump numbers. What do you make of them so far? The first thing I make of them is how

2:11.3

important it is to keep your base happy. That's a huge part of the fact that he is where he is. It's not necessarily a fantastic

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