--- title: Donald Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit A New Low description: President Donald Trump's approval rating continues to fall, reaching 32% in November — its lowest point since he took office in January. canonical: https://time.com/5055847/donald-trump-approval-rating-2/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-08T14:26:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:34:34.802Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit A New Low og:description: November was his lowest point since he took office in January og:url: https://time.com/5055847/donald-trump-approval-rating-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt555a456169337045/6988f45522fb8538e2e23fb2/gettyimages-887989700.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3863 og:image:height: 2173 og:image:alt: President And Mrs Trump Host Hanukkah Reception At The White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit A New Low twitter:description: November was his lowest point since he took office in January twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt555a456169337045/6988f45522fb8538e2e23fb2/gettyimages-887989700.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump's Approval Rating Just Hit a New Low (8 Dec 2017) > Sponsored content. 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Donald Trump built his political career on a conspiracy theory: The false claim that Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States._ by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Dec 8, 2017 2:26 PM UTC Donald Trump built his political career on a conspiracy theory: The false claim that Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States. by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Dec 8, 2017 2:26 PM UTC President Donald Trump’s approval rating continues to fall, according to [one survey](http://www.people-press.org/2017/12/07/stark-partisan-divisions-over-russia-probe-including-its-importance-to-the-nation/), reaching 32% in November — its lowest point since he took office in January. The new poll, conducted by the Pew Research Center at the end of last month, drew on a handful of topics currently prevalent in the national political conversation: namely the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and the ongoing public campaign against sexual misconduct. Approval of Trump is largely rendered along party lines, but the survey’s findings note that his support among Republicans has dropped since February: 76% of them approve of his job performance today, down from 84%. But even his supporters are not unequivocal. Nearly 40% of them said he’d done things or behaved in ways that had proven disappointing; 26% of his supporters complained about his public style, on social media or elsewhere. Sentiments on the Russia investigation also vary by political affiliation. An overwhelming majority of Democrats — 82% — suspect there was “improper contact” between the Trump campaign and Russia during the election; only a quarter of Republicans agree with them. ## Transcript [00:01] " Donald Trump built his political career on a [00:03] conspiracy theory: the idea that President Obama was [00:07] not born in the United States ." [ MUSIC ] [00:16] " Trump repeatedly pushed the idea in interviews and [00:18] on social media, long after it was disproved ." Why [00:21] doesn't he show his birth certificate. And I have my [00:23] own theory on Obama. It's one of the greatest scams in [00:26] the history of politics. But it's not the only conspiracy [00:28] theory he's indulged, on a campaign trail and in the [00:31] White House he's toyed with some outlandish ideas. [00:33] That Ted Cruz's father might be involved in the [00:36] Kennedy assassination. His father ws with Lee Harvey [00:39] Oslwald what was he doing with Lee Harvey Oslwald [00:42] Right. Shortly, before the deaths, before the shooting. [00:45] Did anybody ever deny that it was the father? They're [00:48] not saying," that wasn't really my father ." It's a little [00:50] hard to do, cuz it looks like him. That Marco Rubio [00:52] may not be elligible to run for president, an argument [00:55] no contstitutional scholar supported. You're really not [00:58] sure that Marco Rubio is elligible Eligible to run for [01:00] president. I don't know. I really, I've never looked at it [01:03] George. Honestly, I've never looked at it. Somebody [01:05] said he's not and I retweeted it. That routine vaccation [01:09] cause autism a theory scientests have long debunked. [01:11] The child, a beautiful child, went to have the vaccine [01:15] and came back, and, a week a later got a tremendous [01:18] fever, got very very sick, now is autisic. We have [01:22] extremely. [ MUSIC ] Well documented proof that [01:26] there's no autism associated with vaccinations. That [01:29] supreme court justice Anton and Scalia might have [01:31] been murdered. Scalia was he murdered? I know it's [01:33] pretty brutal to say that. It's a horrible topic but they [01:37] say they found the pillow on his face, which is a pretty [01:40] unual place to find a pillow. I can't tell you what, I [01:44] can't give you an answer. That Muslims in New Jersey [01:47] cheered after 9 / 11. A claim no one has ever [01:49] substantiated. And I watched in Jersey City, New [01:52] Jersey, where thousands and thousands of people [01:57] were cheering. And the other side of New Jersey where [01:59] you have large Arab populations, they were cheering [02:02] as the World Trade Center came down. That millions of [02:04] Americans voted illegally in 2016. Sixteen, a claim with [02:08] no factual support. Does the president believe that [02:10] millions voted illegally in this election? He continues to [02:13] maintain that belief based on studies and evidence [02:15] that people have presented to him. What evidence do [02:17] you have? I, I, as I said, I think the president has [02:20] believed that for a while based on studies and [02:22] information he has. That Climate Change is a hoax. All [02:23] of this with the global warming and the that a [02:27] lot of it's a hoax. It's a hoax. I mean it's a money [02:29] making industry okay? A Sussian meddling in the 2016 [02:32] election is a hoax. [ MUSIC ] And [02:44] according to a recent New York Times report that the [02:46] Acess hollywood viideo of him admitting to grabbing [02:48] women's genital Is a hoax even though he apologized [02:52] for it when it came out. I said it, I was wrong, and I [02:56] apologize. It's not clear how much Trump really [02:58] believes these ideas. He's backed down from some in [03:01] the past. Barack Obama was born in [03:05] the United States. Period. Only to indulge them again [03:08] later. [ MUSIC ] Some of the theories have helped [03:11] Trump politically by tearing down rivals or creating [03:13] doubt about policies he opposes. Others have hurt [03:16] him, as polls show voters increasingly question his [03:19] judgment. But one thing is clear, Donald Trump [03:23] is not going to stop talking about conspiracy theories. 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