Here's Where Trump's Approval Rating Stands Exactly One year Into His Second Term

BySara Dorn,

Forbes Staff.

A year after President Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term, his approval rating remains at around 45%, according to Morning Consult’s weekly polling—though voters’ views of his handling of foreign policy dipped to a record-low last week in the wake of the U.S. capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Jan. 20Trump’s ratings improved slightly in Morning Consult’s weekly poll compared to last week—the share of registered voters who approve has increased from 45% to 46% and the share who disapprove has decreased from 53% to 51% (the poll of 2,201 registered U.S. voters was conducted Jan. 16-18 and has a margin of error of 2).

Trump’s approval rating has declined from 52% at the start of his term in Morning Consult polling, decreasing significantly after announcing a series of steep tariffs against U.S. trading partners in April last year and hovering at around 45% since.