Following the path of Wall Street’s implosion over his startling move on reciprocal worldwide trading tariffs, President Donald Trump’s approval rating has turned negative.
Rasmussen Reports, which polls Trump daily, said Monday morning that the president’s “total disapprove” number had crossed 50% for the first time.
In its latest survey, Trump’s approval stands at 48%, and his disapprove rating is 51%.
Well, we finally found a chink in Trump’s armor.
Net -3 today.
— Mark Mitchell, Rasmussen Reports (@honestpollster) April 7, 2025
“Well, we finally found a chink in Trump’s armor,” said Rasmussen pollster Mark Mitchell.
REPORTER: “Is there pain in the market at some point you’re unwilling to tolerate?”@POTUS: “I think your question is so stupid. I don’t want anything to go down, but sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something — and we have been treated so badly by other countries.” pic.twitter.com/09QBmfqzYF
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 6, 2025
Democratic critics had long predicted that Trump’s attack on the bureaucracy would cause his approval rating to plummet, but it never did. Only after his tariffs crashed Wall Street and, with it, retirement savings accounts did it nick his approvals.
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Since its high at the end of January, the Dow Jones has dropped about 8,000 points, with most in just the last three days of trading. That is about a 17% drop.
Trump and his team have shrugged off the crash, calling it the “medicine” needed to fix the economy.