Trump Disapproval Rating Ahead Of State Of The Union Rises

President Donald Trump is really acing it …when it comes to being unpopular.

The president’s disapproval rating is the highest it’s been in five years, according to a Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos poll. The data, which was published on Sunday, comes just before Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night.

Conducted between February 12 17 among 2,589 US adults, the poll places Trump’s current approval rating at 39% positive and 60% negative. The Post also highlighted how nearly half of respondents — 47% — said they strongly disapprove. This number trumps those who say they strongly approve, of the president’s performance which was only 19%.

In November 2025, the Post, ABC News and Ipsos released a similar poll that showed 59% of US adults disapproved of Trump’s handling of the presidency, while 41% approved. At the time, this was considered Trump’s highest disapproval rating in his second term.

But the Post reported on Sunday that the last time Trump received a disapproval rating of 60% was in 2021 — shortly after the January 6 Capitol insurrection.

Respondents seemed most annoyed with the way Trump is affecting their pocketbooks.

Inflation got the highest disapproval rating at 65%, with only 32% approving. The next highest disapproval rating was followed by tariffs on imported goods, which received a 64% disapproval rating. Americans also don’t seem particularly pleased with the way the rest of the world is currently viewing them, with U.S. relations with other countries receiving a 62% disapproval rating.

And thanks to the recent nightmare that unfolded in Minneapolis, the majority of respondents also said that Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown is giving them the ick — with 58% of respondents disapproving.