By Katherine Tinsley
12:15pm PDT, Apr 29, 2025
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Donald Trump completed his first 100 days as president, and a recent poll revealed Americans are already losing faith in his ability to lead. Some prominent Republicans are also growing increasingly concerned.
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"Well, he's off to a good start only on one issue, and that is border security, where his approval rating is 11 points ahead of his overall approval rating," Karl Rove, who previously worked as an aide for President George W. Bush, told Fox News on Monday, April 28.
"He gets reasonably good marks on immigration and handling of deportations, but even those he's upside down on," Rove added.
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According to ABC News, only 39 percent of people surveyed approved of Donald Trump's presidency. Many Americans are fearful that Trump's trade war will lead to a recession.
"When it gets to the economy, he is in very bad shape," Karl Rove said.
"And it's not only that he's in the short term in bad shape, there's also evidence in the poll that no matter, even if he gets his way on certain things like tariffs, that he's not good in the long run," he continued.
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Donald Trump took to Truth Social to cast doubt on the poll results.
"Great Pollster John McLaughlin, one of the most highly respected in the industry, has just stated that The Failing New York Times Poll, and the ABC/Washington Post Poll, about a person named DONALD J. TRUMP, ME, are FAKE POLLS FROM FAKE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS," he wrote.
"The New York Times has only 37% Trump 2024 voters, and the ABC/Washington Post Poll has only 34% Trump Voters, unheard of numbers unless looking for a negative result, which they are," he further alleged.
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Donald Trump accused ABC News and other outlets of trying to negatively influence the public's perception of him.
"These people should be investigated for ELECTION FRAUD, and add in the FoxNews Pollster while you're at it," he wrote.
"They are Negative Criminals who apologize to their subscribers and readers after I WIN ELECTIONS BIG, much bigger than their polls showed I would win, loose a lot of credibility, and then go on cheating and lying for the next cycle, only worse," he continued.
