--- title: Donald Trump's Approval Rating Hits Another Record Low description: A new Gallup poll finds Trump's approval rating has fallen to 34% with 61% of those surveyed disapproving of his performance. canonical: https://time.com/4899956/donald-trump-approval-rating-all-time-low-gallup-poll/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-14T17:49:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T04:45:51.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit Another All-Time Low og:description: And his disapproval rating is at a record high og:url: https://time.com/4899956/donald-trump-approval-rating-all-time-low-gallup-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4915db69fd644b33/6988d9afe76ad28e0262eb87/gettyimages-831369982.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: President Trump Makes Statement About Violence In Charlottesville, Virginia og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit Another All-Time Low twitter:description: And his disapproval rating is at a record high twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4915db69fd644b33/6988d9afe76ad28e0262eb87/gettyimages-831369982.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 02:07 video:published: 2017-08-14 section: politics topics: Donald Trump, David Duke endorsement, Ku Klux Klan, Charlottesville rally, white nationalism, racism, counterprotester death, White House advisory council genre: news analysis, political profile tones: critical, measured, serious emotions: anger (medium), concern (medium), disappointment (low) sentiment: negative audience: general news readers, political observers, voters, civil rights advocates people: Donald Trump, David Duke organizations: Ku Klux Klan, Merck, White House content_suitability: violence [00:47-01:07]; death [00:53-01:00]; hate [00:12-01:40]; politics [00:00-02:07] transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # President Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit Another All-Time Low > Sponsored content. 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President Trump has strong words for a lot of people he disagrees with, but not always._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary The video examines how President Trump responded to controversies involving racially charged figures and events. It recounts his slow response to an endorsement from former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke during the 2016 campaign, and his later comments after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville turned violent. Critics are shown saying his condemnations were too muted and that his 'many sides' comment equated white nationalists with counterprotesters. The segment ends with a note on resignations from a White House advisory council. ## Key points - During the 2016 campaign, Trump was conspicuously slow to disavow an endorsement from former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. (00:12) - Trump said he didn't know anything about David Duke and asked how many times he was supposed to disavow. (00:37) - Critics said Trump's eventual condemnation of Duke was too muted. (00:32) - Trump struggled again after a rally by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia turned violent, leaving a counterprotester dead. (00:47) - Trump said his condemnation covered 'many sides', which critics said appeared to equate white nationalists with counterprotesters. (01:00) - Two days later, Trump said racism is evil and named the KKK, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists as criminals and thugs. (01:25) - After Trump's comments, the CEO of Merck resigned from a White House advisory council. (01:44) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:12] Trump's strong words and exceptions. The video opens by noting Trump's harsh rhetoric toward opponents, but says he was not always so direct. - [00:12 to 00:32] Slow response to David Duke endorsement. Trump was slow to disavow an endorsement from former KKK leader David Duke, and critics found his eventual condemnation too muted. - [00:32 to 00:47] Trump's comments on Duke. Trump said he did not know much about Duke or white supremacy and questioned how many times he should have to disavow. - [00:47 to 01:07] Charlottesville rally and 'many sides' remark. After a deadly Charlottesville rally, Trump condemned violence 'on many sides,' drawing criticism that he equated the groups. - [01:07 to 01:25] Critics and Trump's later statement. Critics questioned Trump's leadership, and two days later he condemned racism and named specific hate groups. - [01:25 to 02:07] Fallout and resignation. The video notes that the damage was done and that Merck's CEO resigned from a White House advisory council. ## Key quotes - [00:37] Donald Trump: "I don't know anything about David Duke." - [01:00] Donald Trump: "We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides." - [01:25] Donald Trump: "Racism is evil. And those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs" - [01:14] interviewer: "I've already spent enough time talking about Donald Trump" ## Questions this video answers - How did Trump respond to the endorsement from David Duke during the 2016 campaign? [00:12] - What did Trump say about the violence at the Charlottesville rally? [01:00] - What did Trump say about racism and hate groups two days after Charlottesville? [01:25] - What consequence followed Trump's comments over the weekend? [01:44] ## Content suitability - violence [00:47-01:07]: Violent Charlottesville rally that left a counterprotester dead. - death [00:53-01:00]: Reference to a counterprotester killed at the rally. - hate [00:12-01:40]: Discussion of KKK, white supremacists, neo-Nazis and white nationalist endorsements. - politics [00:00-02:07]: Coverage of a sitting president's controversial statements. by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:45 AM UTCPublished: Aug 14, 2017 5:49 PM UTC President Trump has strong words for a lot of people he disagrees with, but not always. by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:45 AM UTCPublished: Aug 14, 2017 5:49 PM UTC President Donald Trump’s approval rating hit a new low on Monday, just two days after he struggled to address the country in the wake of a [racist attack at a protest in Charlottesville, Va](http://time.com/4899810/donald-trump-charlottesville/?xid=homepage). Trump faced criticism for initially failing to name white supremacist groups in his statement denouncing the violence. One person died and 19 others were injured after a white supremacist drove a car into a crowd of counter-protesters. According to Gallup’s daily tracker of Trump’s approval rating, only [34% of Americans approve](http://www.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx) of the work the president is doing as of Monday. The president has been in office for just over 200 days; this is the lowest his Gallup approval rating has been in that time. Some 61% of voters disapprove — a record high for the poll. The numbers come as part of a three-day polling average including Friday, Saturday and Sunday, meaning some respondents were polled before the violence in Charlottesville. The new low comes a little over a week after a poll that showed the president’s approval rating had even begun to slip among members of his base. Despite Trump tweeting otherwise last Monday, an August [Quinnipiac University poll found that 76% of Republicans approve](http://fortune.com/2017/08/07/donald-trump-polls-twitter-supporters-base/) of the President, down from 84% a month earlier. That same poll found that support for the president had also slipped among whites without a college degree. At the time, White House aide Kellyanne Conway said the numbers showed the president’s supporters wanted him to focus. “They are telling him just enact your program … focus on the agenda,” she told [_ABC News_‘s This Week. ](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-17-kellyanne-conway-thom-tillis-chhttp://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-17-kellyanne-conway-thom-tillis-chris/story?id=49052450ris/story?id=49052450) Gallup surveyed 1,500 American adults and its poll has a margin of error of plus-or-minus three percentage points. ## Transcript [00:00] President Trump has strong words for a lot of people [00:02] he disagrees with. When Mexico send it's people, [00:06] they're not sending their best. And the name of the [00:09] problem, radical, Islamic, terrorism. But not always. [00:12] During the 2016 campaign, Trump was conspicuously [00:12] slow to disavow an endorsement [00:18] from former Ku Klux [00:23] Klan leader David Duke. How do you feel about the [00:28] Recent endorsement from David Duke? I didn't even [00:28] know he endorsed me. David Duke endorsed me? [00:28] Okay, all right. I disavow, okay? Critics said Trump's [00:32] eventual condemnation of Duke was too muted. Well, [00:35] just You understand. I don't know anything about [00:37] David Duke. Okay? I don't know anything about what [00:40] you're even talking about with white supremacy or [00:43] white supremacists. So, I don't know. I mean, how [00:45] many times are you supposed to disavow? But I [00:47] disavow Trump struggled again in the wake of a rally [00:49] by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia that [00:53] turned violent, leaving a counterprotester dead. We [00:55] condemn in the strongest possible terms this [01:00] egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on [01:04] many sides, on many sides. Critics charged that [01:07] Trump's 'many sides' comment appeared to equate [01:08] white nationalists with the people counter- protesting [01:10] against them. I've already spent enough [01:14] time talking about Donald Trump, he is our president [01:17] with respect. He had his moment, I mean, these are [01:19] times Leadership. He kind of had his opportunity and [01:22] he whiffed and i think that speaks for itself. Two days [01:25] later, Trump revisited the topic in brief remarks from [01:27] the White House. Racism is evil. And those who cause [01:32] violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including [01:35] the KKK, neo- Nazis, white supremacists, and [01:40] other hate groups That are repugnant to everything we [01:44] hold dear as Americans. But the damage had been [01:49] done. In the wake of Trump's comments over the [01:50] weekend, the CEO of Merck resigned from a White [01:52] House advisory council. And this And this time, Trump [01:54] had strong words. 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