--- title: Donald Trump's Approval Rating Lowest Ever, New Poll Finds description: President Donald Trump's approval rating has dropped to its lowest point since he was inaugurated in January, a new poll has found canonical: https://time.com/4786756/donald-trump-approval-rating-reuters-poll-may/ author: Aric Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-19T20:20:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:01:52.877Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump's Approval Rating Hits New Low in Yet Another Poll og:description: Even Republican voters are starting to show frustration, the poll found og:url: https://time.com/4786756/donald-trump-approval-rating-reuters-poll-may/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57fd63839af36f54/6988cdf17cdbac074bd5865a/donald-trump-fbi-pick.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Holds Joint Press Conference With Colombian President Santos og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump's Approval Rating Hits New Low in Yet Another Poll twitter:description: Even Republican voters are starting to show frustration, the poll found twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57fd63839af36f54/6988cdf17cdbac074bd5865a/donald-trump-fbi-pick.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump's Approval Rating Hits New Low in Yet Another Poll by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins May 19, 2017 8:20 PM UTC  U.S. President Donald Trump attends a joint news conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at the White House May 18, 2017 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump attends a joint news conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at the White House May 18, 2017 in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins May 19, 2017 8:20 PM UTC President Donald Trump’s [approval rating](http://time.com/4774551/donald-trump-approval-rating-may-quinnipiac-poll/) has dropped to its lowest point since he was inaugurated in January, a new poll has found. The [Reuters/Ipsos poll](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-poll-idUSKCN18F2AH?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm%5Fsource=Twitter&utm%5Fmedium=Social) published Friday found that just 38% of American adults approve of Trump, while 56% disapprove. The remaining 6% said that they had “mixed feelings” about the president. The survey was taken between May 14 and May 18, a whirlwind period in which Trump’s [firing of FBI Director James Comey](http://time.com/4778500/trump-james-comey-fired-poll/) and reports of the president’s [disclosure of highly-classified information to Russian officials](http://time.com/4781096/donald-trump-classified-information-russians-kremlin-white-house/) dominated the news cycle. [Another recent poll](http://time.com/4785671/donald-trump-poll-approval-rating/) conducted by Politico and Morning Consult found that 53% of respondents disapproved of the job Trump is doing as president, while only 41% approved, the lowest rating in that poll since he took office. Trump has tried to justify his decision to fire Comey and defend his recent comments to Russian officials, which were legal despite public outcry, but the incidents appear to be dampening his popularity. Even Republican voters are starting to show frustration, according to the Reuters/Ipsos poll, as 23% said they disapproved of Trump — up from 16% in the same poll from last week. The Reuters poll was conducted online in English across the United States with 1,971 adult respondents, including 721 Republicans and 795 Democrats. 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