--- title: Donald Trump Poll Numbers Hit New Low Amid Comey, Russia description: President Donald Trump's approval rating has hit another low in a new poll, following dizzying weeks of damaging revelations canonical: https://time.com/4785671/donald-trump-poll-approval-rating/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-19T11:23:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:00:59.799Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit Another Low og:description: And voters don't trust him to handle classified information og:url: https://time.com/4785671/donald-trump-poll-approval-rating/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf50a11235d383b82/6988ce08656a3f331fbd0124/gettyimages-684776668.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4500 og:image:height: 2531 og:image:alt: US-COLOMBIA-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit Another Low twitter:description: And voters don't trust him to handle classified information twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf50a11235d383b82/6988ce08656a3f331fbd0124/gettyimages-684776668.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit Another Low > Sponsored content. 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US President Donald Trump listens during a press conference with Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos in the East Room of the White House May 18, 2017 in Washington, DC. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI—AFP/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson May 19, 2017 11:23 AM UTC [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4783929/president-trump-loyalty-test/)‘s approval rating has hit another low in a new poll, following dizzying weeks of damaging revelations and controversial decisions in the White House. The latest [Politico/Morning Consult survey](http://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015c-201c-d476-abdf-7c3e722d0001) found 53% of respondents disapproving of the job Trump is doing as President and only 41% approving, the lowest approval rating in this poll since he took office. Some of Trump’s recent actions didn’t sit well with voters. A majority — 58% — said they disapproved of the President’s reported move to [share classified information](http://time.com/4779986/donald-trump-russia-classified-information-isis/?iid=sr-link3) with the Russian officials in the Oval Office last week. Forty-one percent said they aren’t confident in Trump’s ability to handle classified information. And when told of [reports](http://time.com/4781623/michael-flynn-james-comey-donald-trump-fbi-investigation/?iid=sr-link1) that Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey to stop an investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, 50% of voters said they thought it was inappropriate of Trump to [fire Comey](http://time.com/4773210/donald-trump-fires-fbi-director-james-comey/?iid=sr-link4). (The White House has denied those reports.) 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