Trump’s approval rating hits lowest level of his career, poll finds

President Donald Trump’s approval rating has reached the lowest level of his political career, with less than one-third of Americans approving of his performance in the White House, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The poll, released on Monday, Sept. 21, found that only 32% of Americans approved of the president's job performance. Monday’s results mark a three-point drop from last week’s Reuters/Ipsos poll, which gave Trump a small boost in the polls.

Trump’s 32% approval rating on Monday sets a new record low across both of his terms in office. Previously, Trump’s floor had been 33%, which he had reached in December 2017 and held for three weeks in a row this August.

Cost of living has been a deep source of unpopularity for the president, as only 17% of Americans said they approved of Trump’s handling of the issue.

According to Reuters/Ipsos, the four-day poll was conducted among 1,277 U.S. adults with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

The president’s slipping approval numbers come as Republicans have soured on Trump’s handling of the cost of living and the increasingly unpopular war in Iran.

The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 73% of Republicans approved…

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