Washington: A Reuters/Ipsos survey has revealed that only one in three Americans approves how President Donald Trump is addressing the cost of living in the United States, highlighting the growing concerns as his steep import rates begin to enter into force.
The two -day survey, carried out just before the Republican president had to address a joint session of the Congress, showed Trump's approval ratings below 40% in a variety of issues, including the economy, foreign policy and corruption, with the remarkable exception of being its 49% qualification in the immigration policy.
Undoubtedly, the proportion of Americans who give him a thumb up in general, stable at 44%, remains higher than the qualifications achieved by his predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden, during the second half of his administration 2021-2025.
The survey showed that 31% of Americans approve Trump management of the cost of living, a marginal decrease of three percentage points of 34% in a survey conducted on February 21-23. Fifty -four percent disapprove.
Trump has moved rapidly to review United States relations with the rest of the world, with the steep tariffs of 25% in force on Tuesday for Mexican and Canadian imports, as well as 20% of tariffs on Chinese products.
Economists say that rates will feed inflation. Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential elections is partly due to generalized dissatisfaction in several years of high inflation under Biden. Only 31% of the people surveyed agreed with a statement that tariffs would be a good idea even if prices increase.
Government reports last week indicated persistently high inflation in January. When adjusted to higher prices, consumer expense registered their greatest decrease since February 2021.
Moscow pivot
Trump has also revolved to a closer relationship with Moscow and closed military aid to Ukraine, which defends himself from a large -scale Russian invasion.
The survey showed that the Americans were divided over Trump's plan to condition Washington's support to Ukraine over the United States that obtain a part of the mineral wealth of Ukraine. Trump hopes to announce an agreement on minerals in his speech before Congress, Reuters reported Tuesday. About 46% of respondents on the survey supported the conditioning conditioning of the United States on mineral wealth, compared to 50% that opposed the idea.
While Trump has seemed to blame Ukraine for starting war, Americans generally see Russia as the aggressor in the conflict, he found the reuters/Ipsos survey. About 70% of respondents, including three quarters of the Democrats and two thirds of the Republicans, agreed with a statement that Russia had more guilt than Ukraine for beginning the war.
Trump has also shaken the federal government by appointing Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, to review his workforce, even eliminating many civil service works in Trump's first weeks in office.
Although the Reuters/Ipsos survey showed that reducing the size of the federal government was widely popular, 59% of respondents said they supported the idea, support for the mass dismissals of civil service workers was decidedly lower. Only 40% of respondents said they supported tens of thousands of federal workers. About 57% opposed, including approximately a quarter of self -identified Republicans.
Fifty percent of the people surveyed, including one in five Republicans and four out of five Democrats, said Trump had gone too far with the program led by musk to reduce government spending.
The Reuters/Ipsos survey, held online and throughout the country, surveyed 1,174 American adults and had a three percentage three -point error margin.
