Trump approval rating holds at 40%, lowest level of his term, Ipsos poll finds

US President Donald Trump’s approval rating held at 40 per cent in recent weeks, matching the lowest level of his current term amid weak ratings from Hispanic voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday.

The six-day poll was conducted as economic data showed signs the US labour market is weakening and as Trump oversees a sweeping immigration crackdown, while at the same time the Republican has been engaged in intense diplomacy to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Trump’s approval rating was unchanged from a late July Reuters/Ipsos poll, but has dropped seven percentage points since his first days back in the White House in January, when 47 per cent of Americans gave him a thumbs-up.

The latest poll showed Hispanics, a group that swung towards Trump in last year’s election, have also soured on the president.

Some 32 per cent approved of his performance in the White House, matching their lowest level of approval for Trump this year.

More than half of respondents – 54 per cent, including one in five Republicans – said they thought Trump was too closely aligned with Russia, even as he ramped up a push to broker peace between Moscow and Kyiv.

Trump has appeared to embrace Russia’s claim that Ukraine must cede territory to Russia in order for the war to stop.

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