Trump approval falls to 33%, lowest of his presidency, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

InternationalTrump approval falls to 33%, lowest of his presidency, Reuters/Ipsos poll findsBy Reuters -Aug 19, 2026Add ARY News on GoogleAAResizeWASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s approval rating fell to the lowest level of his presidency, ‌with an overwhelming majority of Americans concerned the Iran war will last a long time, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Monday. Just 33% of respondents in the four-day survey said they approved of Trump’s performance in the White House, while 64% disapproved. Trump’s approval rating, down from 35% in a poll that closed earlier this month and ​lower than at any point in his current term, has now tied the lowest level of his prior term reached in December 2017. After ​returning to the White House in 2025 with just under half the country approving of his presidency, Trump’s popularity ⁠this year took a hit after he ordered strikes on Iran alongside U.S. ally Israel. The ensuing conflict paralyzed a fifth of the global oil trade, ​triggering a surge in the price of gasoline that is weighing on U.S. households – and on Trump’s Republican allies defending congressional majorities in November midterm elections. Trump, who ​campaigned on promises to keep inflation in check and avoid long-lasting wars, initially pledged the conflict with Iran would take a few weeks. But Iran has proved resilient and has kept the oil trade through the Strait of Hormuz largely bottled up even as the conflict has cooled. Some 80% of Americans – including 87% of Democrats and 71% of Republicans – ​think U.S. involvement in Iran “will go on for an extended period of time,” the Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Just 16% said the conflict would likely end ​in a few weeks. TRUMP JUSTIFIES HIGH GAS PRICES Trump told a political rally in Garden City, New York, on Friday that paying “a tiny little bit more for your gasoline” is worth ‌the cost ⁠of ensuring “a very evil country” could not have a nuclear weapon, one of his stated rationales for the war...