This article summarizes the results of polls taken during the first presidency of Donald Trump which gather and analyze public opinion on his administration's performance and policies.
According to Gallup, Donald TrumpâÂÂs average job approval rating for his first term was 41%, the lowest average rating recorded for any president since Gallup began asking the question in 1945. Trump also never reached a Gallup approval rating higher than 49% â meaning there was no point in TrumpâÂÂs first term where a majority of Americans polled approved of his job as president. , this has also held true for TrumpâÂÂs second administration, as Gallup reports his highest second term approval rating was 47% at his inauguration in January of 2025.
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In February 2017, Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the United States. Gorsuch was confirmed on April 7, 2017, by a 54âÂÂ45 vote.
Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum banning transgender individuals from serving openly in the U.S. military.
In the following table, the "support" column indicates the percentage of respondents who supported the ban, whereas the "oppose" column indicates the percentage of respondents who were opposed to the ban.
Donald Trump has pledged to repeal certain U.S. government regulations intended to address climate change.
In January 2017, Donald Trump ordered construction of a wall along portions of the MexicoâÂÂUnited States border.
In January 2017, Donald Trump ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to permit construction of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline. Donald Trump wanted to build the final uncompleted portion of the Dakota Access pipeline. The Keystone XL oil pipeline would bring oil from Alberta, Canada to the Nebraska area. It would then connect to an existing pipeline to bring the crude to the Illinois area.
In an interview following his election, Donald Trump said illegal immigrants with criminal records should be deported.
Donald Trump has proposed a 20-percent cut in parts of the U.S. Government workforce.
Donald Trump has called for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare").
During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump called for the suspension of immigration to the United States from seven "terror prone" countries. In January 2017, he signed an executive order partially implementing that policy and halving annual U.S. refugee intake from 100,000 to 50,000.
In January 2017, Donald Trump issued an executive order that would block federal funding to "sanctuary cities".
Donald Trump has said he plans to dramatically reduce United States funding to the United Nations and UN programs.
On June 1, 2017, Donald Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change.
In January 2017, Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.
A Gallup poll on 134 countries comparing the approval ratings of US leadership between the years 2016 and 2017 found that only in 29 of them did Trump lead Obama in job approval and that people living in authoritarian or hybrid regime states generally tended to rate Trump more favorably compared to people living in democratic states. Overall, more international respondents disapproved rather than approved of the Trump administration and approval ratings were reported to be similar to those in the last 2 years of the Bush administration. A Pew Research Center poll of 37 nations conducted in July 2017 found "a median of just 22% has confidence in Trump to do the right thing when it comes to international affairs". This compares to a median of 64% rate of confidence for his predecessor Barack Obama. Trump received a higher rating in only two countries: Russia and Israel. In a 2018 Pew Research poll of 25 nations, the confidence in Trump rose to 27%. In the 2019 poll, the confidence in Trump was at 29%. In the September 2020 poll, the confidence in Trump decreased to 16%.
In a 2023 Gallup poll measuring approval of recent former presidents during their time in office, Trump had a retrospective approval rating of 46%, which was second lowest among presidents, measuring only above Richard Nixon. Trump had 12% among Democrats, 41% among Independents, and 91% among Republicans.
Trump had the lowest approval rating among all presidents surveyed with Democrats, the second lowest among Independents (ahead of only Richard Nixon), and the second highest among Republicans (behind only Ronald Reagan). Trump also had the biggest partisan gap of approval among all presidents listed with a 79% approval gap between Democrats and Republicans.