Where Trump’s approval rating stands after 100 days in office
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🗓️ 29 April 2025
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| 0:00.0 | It has been 100 days since President Trump was inaugurated for his second term in office. |
| 0:06.0 | The 100-day mark is a modern measuring point for presidential administrations, and few have seen more action in the first three months than in this White House. |
| 0:14.7 | But how are the American people taking it in? |
| 0:17.7 | Our latest PBS News, NPR, Marist Poll, gives us some insight. And Lisa Desjardin |
| 0:22.9 | is at the super screen to walk us through the numbers. So Lisa, where does the president stand at his |
| 0:28.0 | 100-day mark? First, I know a lot of people don't like polling, but I have to stress this is |
| 0:32.1 | scientific. It's not perfect, though. It's not a pinpoint. It's a compass. And it tells us a lot. So let's start with the big number, first of all. President Trump's approval rating, his first hundred days |
| 0:41.3 | in this second term, 42%. Now, that compares with disapproval rating, 53%. So a majority of Americans |
| 0:49.2 | in our poll disapprove of the job he's doing. That's just a pinpoint. Let's look at what |
| 0:53.1 | that means as a trend. |
| 0:55.0 | If you go back two months ago, February, here's what was going on. Trump was relatively 50-50. |
| 1:01.1 | Americans were not sure, approve or disapprove. But now look at this. Now there is by 11 points |
| 1:07.4 | people disapprove of the job that he is doing. Now, let's put this more in a historical |
| 1:12.2 | context. Where is he in terms of most presidents at this time in office? Here we go. Here's President |
| 1:17.4 | Trump right now second term, 42%. If you compare that to Joe Biden, 54% first hundred days of his |
| 1:24.7 | first term, his only term, and then 39% for Trump in his first term. |
| 1:30.0 | So you see Trump is below Biden. Clearly, what about other presidents? That holds up. |
| 1:35.8 | President Trump in general, his approval rating for his first hundred days this term and his |
| 1:40.1 | first term are lower than the historical averages and certainly for any recent president. |
| 1:44.9 | So Lisa, that trend line and disapproval was fascinating to me. Where exactly is the president |
| 1:48.8 | losing support and why? This is the fun part. This is where you really learn about what's |
| 1:52.9 | happening. And I want to talk about who some of Trump's voters are that he should be watching. |
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