Before my proTrump friends try to assassinate my character, let men first state that I was a pro Trumper before most of the gang that idolizes him today. Yes, I knew that many of his promises could never be kept- I think most have forgotten how he would have no problem sending illegals back, stopping Muslims from entering the country, and building a complete border wall, even across mountains, never realizing that the liberal courts would stop him at every step of the way, which they have, but I thought that he would change the Deep State in Washington and destroy it.
Don't get me wrong, Trump has been a great president (so were other one term presidents), this economy is roaring, and my businesses have boomed because of it. This is, regardless of what anyone would say, a TRUMP ECONOMY! His lowering of income taxes, especially on corporations, and his deregulatory initiatives have caused the greatest economy in my lifetime. This economy is far greater than that of Ronald Reagan's at the same time frame of being in office. Trump has done a great deal more than he will ever get credit for.
The sad fact is that he has surrounded himself with never-Trumper's, and the Republican Party is led by DEEP STATE swamp creatures that will always be never Trumper's. We love to blame the press, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer for the problems Trump is having, but frankly we should have always expected this to be the case. It is the Republican Party, and his own Executive branch picks that have caused his weak poll numbers, and that is a problem! Don't believe the pro-Trump propaganda that he is doing great with the American people because he is not! In Fact, Trump is the most unpopular president at the 1-year mark, and though a bit higher, he has never passed the 50% mark, needed to be reelected. As you can see, even Jimmy Carter had better numbers!
Approval, disapproval and net approval ratings of presidents since 1945 after 364 days in office, according to the FiveThirtyEight aggregate
PRESIDENT
INAUGURATION YEAR
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
NET APPROVAL
John Kennedy
1961
79%
10%
+69
George W. Bush
2001
81
13
+68
George H.W. Bush
1989
78
11
+67
Lyndon Johnson
1963
74
15
+59
Dwight Eisenhower
1953
71
18
+53
Richard Nixon
1969
60
23
+38
Jimmy Carter
1977
55
27
+28
Bill Clinton
1993
57
34
+22
Harry Truman
1945
50
35
+15
Ronald Reagan
1981
49
40
+9
Barack Obama
2009
50
43
+7
Gerald Ford
1974
44
39
+5
Donald Trump
2017
40
55
-15
Average without Trump
62
26
+37
Comments
Donald "Jimmy Carter" Trump
By Bob Barney
Will Trump be an FDR. or. a Jimmy Carter?
Before my proTrump friends try to assassinate my character, let men first state that I was a pro Trumper before most of the gang that idolizes him today. Yes, I knew that many of his promises could never be kept- I think most have forgotten how he would have no problem sending illegals back, stopping Muslims from entering the country, and building a complete border wall, even across mountains, never realizing that the liberal courts would stop him at every step of the way, which they have, but I thought that he would change the Deep State in Washington and destroy it.
Don't get me wrong, Trump has been a great president (so were other one term presidents), this economy is roaring, and my businesses have boomed because of it. This is, regardless of what anyone would say, a TRUMP ECONOMY! His lowering of income taxes, especially on corporations, and his deregulatory initiatives have caused the greatest economy in my lifetime. This economy is far greater than that of Ronald Reagan's at the same time frame of being in office. Trump has done a great deal more than he will ever get credit for.
The sad fact is that he has surrounded himself with never-Trumper's, and the Republican Party is led by DEEP STATE swamp creatures that will always be never Trumper's. We love to blame the press, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer for the problems Trump is having, but frankly we should have always expected this to be the case. It is the Republican Party, and his own Executive branch picks that have caused his weak poll numbers, and that is a problem! Don't believe the pro-Trump propaganda that he is doing great with the American people because he is not! In Fact, Trump is the most unpopular president at the 1-year mark, and though a bit higher, he has never passed the 50% mark, needed to be reelected. As you can see, even Jimmy Carter had better numbers!
Approval, disapproval and net approval ratings of presidents since 1945 after 364 days in office, according to the FiveThirtyEight aggregate