The day before President Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in history to a polarized electorate, a new poll revealed growing doubts about his stability, even among members of his own party.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll, which concluded Monday, found that 61% of Americans would describe Trump as having “become erratic with age.” Some 89% of Democrats, 30% of Republicans and 64% of independents described the president this way.
Only 45% of respondents said they would describe Trump as “mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges,” down from 54% in a September 2023 poll conducted over a year before he was re-elected for a second term.
The survey, which was conducted online between Feb. 18 and 23, measured the attitudes of 4,638 American adults.
When Reuters asked for comment on the poll, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle shot down the results as an example of a “fake and desperate” narrative while praising Trump’s “sharpness, unmatched energy, and historic accessibility” in comparison with his predecessor, former President Joe Biden.
