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President Donald Trump‘s approval rating remained mostly steady in the latest polls as negotiations in Iran advanced while his administration continued to face legal challenges and criticism of his policies at home.
Negotiators for the United States and Iran reached a deal this week to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and extend the ceasefire by 60 days. However, both President Trump and Iranian leaders have yet to approve the deal.
On Thursday, Vice President JD Vance said it’s “still TBD” whether President Donald Trump will be in a position to sign off on an agreement, pointing to concessions Iran must make over its nuclear program and highly enriched uranium. On Friday, Trump met with his national security team in the White House Situation Room to make a final decision on whether to approve the peace deal.
At home, some of Trump’s decisions faced legal challenges in federal courts. U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Cooper ordered the removal of Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ruling the Trump administration’s rebranding of the iconic institution is illegal. At the same time, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Virginia blocked his administration from setting up a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people the Justice Department deems were investigated improperly.
Trump’s immigration policies also continued to be under scrutiny after U.S. Representatives Summer Lee and Chris Deluzio conducted an unannounced inspection of the Northeast’s largest immigrant detention facility, where the two Pennsylvania Democrats spoke to detainees who said they were experiencing neglect and abuse, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. The inspection comes just weeks after the California Department of Justice released a report denouncing worsening conditions at ICE detention facilities, including poor access to drinking water and issues with receiving timely medical treatment.
A new government website that appears to offer classified intelligence about extraterrestrials, but instead touts immigrant arrests, was also facing intense backlash from immigrant rights groups. Aliens.gov, launched by the White House this week, greets visitors with a statement comparing immigrants to extraterrestrial invaders and concludes with crediting President Trump for being the “first to call out the real danger Aliens pose to every American family, every community, and the future of our nation.”
Here’s what to know about Trump’s approval rating, including how they are decided and how Trump’s ratings compare with his first term and past presidents.
Here are the latest approval ratings released about Trump’s administration:
Trump had a final approval rating of 34% when he left office in 2021. His approval average during his first term was 41%.
Data agency Gallup notes that these approval ratings are a “simple measure, yet a very powerful one that has played a key role in politics for over 70 years.”
A president’s approval rating reflects the percentage of Americans polled who approve of the president’s performance. Anything can impact a president’s rating, such as legislation passed, actions and elections.
According to ABC News, an approval rating doesn’t just represent how well the administration is doing for the general public, but could determine the outcome of an upcoming election for a politician or how much they get done during their time in office.
While these ratings are easy to understand, Quorum says some analysts believe they are not as useful as they once were due to extreme partisanship and the polarized political climate.
“Presidential approval ratings have always been partisan, with members of the president’s party offering more positive assessments than those in the opposing party,” according to the Pew Research Center. “But the differences between Republicans and Democrats on views of the president have grown substantially in recent decades.”
USA TODAY Network reporter Maria Francis contributed to this article.
