Trump approval steady at 42%, support weakens for his immigration policy, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Jason Lange, Reuters President Donald Trump's public approval rating held steady over the last month, but Americans are becoming less supportive of his approach to immigration as his administration cracks down, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday. The six-day poll showed 42% of U.S. adults approved of the job the Republican is doing as president, unchanged from a prior Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted May 16-18. His support on immigration, however, softened to 44% from 47% in mid-May.
Few want spending reductions on federal benefit programs AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research The public is generally supportive of increasing or upholding existing domestic spending by the federal government, but want less funding allocated to foreign aid.