Donald Trump Lashes Out At Fox News After Its Poll Shows His Approval Rating 11 Points Underwater

Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump has once again direct­ed his ire at Fox News, this time over a recent poll indi­cat­ing a sig­nif­i­cant dip in his approval rat­ings. The poll, con­duct­ed by Fox News, revealed that only 44% of respon­dents approve of Trump’s per­for­mance, mark­ing an 11-point deficit when com­pared to those who dis­ap­prove. This down­turn places him behind for­mer pres­i­dents Biden, Oba­ma, and Bush at sim­i­lar points in their pres­i­den­cies .​

Trump’s Response to the Poll

Tak­ing to Truth Social, Trump dis­missed the poll as “TRASH!” and accused Fox News of employ­ing a biased, Demo­c­rat-lean­ing sam­ple to favor Pres­i­dent Biden. He fur­ther crit­i­cized the net­work’s hir­ing deci­sions, specif­i­cal­ly point­ing out for­mer Demo­c­ra­t­ic Nation­al Com­mit­tee Chair­woman Don­na Brazile, sug­gest­ing her pres­ence indi­cates a shift in the net­work’s alle­giance .​The Wash­ing­ton Times

Approval Ratings Across Key Issues

The poll high­light­ed sev­er­al areas where Trump’s approval rat­ings have declined:​Van­i­ty Fair

• Econ­o­my: Only 37% of adults approve of his eco­nom­ic man­age­ment, with 53% believ­ing their finan­cial sit­u­a­tion is worsening—a peak not seen since 2001 .​Van­i­ty Fair
• For­eign Pol­i­cy: Approval stands at 38%, with many vot­ers express­ing con­cerns over his han­dling of inter­na­tion­al rela­tions .​New York Post
• Immi­gra­tion: While bor­der secu­ri­ty ini­tia­tives received 55% approval, over­all immi­gra­tion poli­cies gar­nered a divid­ed response, with 47% approval against 48% dis­ap­proval .​

Strained Relationship with Fox News

Trump’s recent out­burst is not an iso­lat­ed inci­dent but part of a grow­ing pat­tern of ten­sion between him and Fox News. His­tor­i­cal­ly, the net­work has been a staunch sup­port­er, but Trump’s dis­sat­is­fac­tion has been evi­dent, espe­cial­ly when polls or cov­er­age do not align with his expec­ta­tions. He has pre­vi­ous­ly crit­i­cized Fox News for hir­ing per­son­al­i­ties he deems unfa­vor­able and has sug­gest­ed that the net­work no longer serves its con­ser­v­a­tive audi­ence effec­tive­ly .​

Implications Moving Forward

As Trump approach­es the 100-day mile­stone of his sec­ond term, these declin­ing approval rat­ings and his con­tentious rela­tion­ship with a once-friend­ly media out­let could have sig­nif­i­cant impli­ca­tions. The ero­sion of sup­port from key demo­graph­ics and media allies may pose chal­lenges for his admin­is­tra­tion’s agen­da and future polit­i­cal endeav­ors.

In sum­ma­ry, the recent Fox News poll has not only high­light­ed a dip in Pres­i­dent Trump’s approval rat­ings but has also exac­er­bat­ed ten­sions between him and the net­work, sig­nal­ing poten­tial hur­dles ahead for his pres­i­den­cy.​