Donald Trump offers bizarre reason why his approval ratings have hit all-time low | News US

Donald Trump’s approval ratings have hit an all-time low, with 60% of Americans disapproving of his leadership.

The dismal ratings were released right before his lengthy State of the Union address on Tuesday, in which the President rambled for almost two hours about how America was entering its ‘golden age’.

But in one speaking event, Trump appeared to offer a bizarre reason for why so many Americans aren’t publicly supporting him.

‘It just amazes me that there’s not more support out there,’ he said.

‘We actually have a silent support… that’s probably how I won [the election],’ Trump said.

The numbers have even been reported by one of Trump’s most favourable media organisations, Fox.

The poll, conducted by the Washington Post, ABC and Ipsos, found that just 39% of Americans approve of Trump’s leadership, with a whopping 60% saying they didn’t.

The lowest ever Presidential approval rating was Harry Truman, who had only 22% of Americans approve of his leadership in 1952, due to the Korean War, firing a popular general and economic issues.

Trump’s approval rating could be tanking for any number of reasons, but immigration appears to be a major one.

58% of those surveyed said they don’t approve of how Trump is dealing with illegal immigration, with 57% saying they disagree with his economic deals.

Trump’s popularity began to tank in late November, when the US Leader ranked negatively in every single poll for the first time.

One catalyst for that shift in approval could be the Jeffrey Epstein files – an issue which Trump campaigned on, promising to release them in full, before calling the matter ‘pretty boring stuff’.

The files were eventually released, but Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the matter has been under scrutiny as well.

Even Republican lawmakers, many of whom were staunch MAGA supporters before, have soured a bit.

In September, the number of Trump voters who believed the USA was not on the right track jumped from 17% to 22%.

The Epstein drama, Charlie Kirk’s murder in September, tariffs, and a press conference claiming paracetamol was linked to autism in children also sowed seeds of doubt in Trump’s followers.

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