Politics
Trump Approval Rating Continues To Surge After Slew Of Major Victories
For weeks, President Donald Trump’s approval ratings hovered at the break-even point. Now, following a string of high-profile wins, the tide appears to be turning — fast.
On Monday, Trump’s total approval hit 52%, his highest mark in months, according to the latest Rasmussen polling of 1,500 likely voters. That same survey recorded a 46% disapproval rate, giving Trump a +6 net positive — a substantial rebound from late April when he was underwater by as much as 5 points.
The shift follows a stretch of politically charged developments that played directly into Trump’s core messaging: a hardline stance on immigration enforcement, pushback against deep state overreach, and bold international moves that drew praise from the Republican base.
The numbers tell the story. Just two weeks ago, on April 28, Trump was sitting at 47% total approval and a -10 approval index. Since then, he’s not only clawed his way back to even — he’s surged ahead. The “strongly approve” category, a key measure of base intensity, jumped from 32% to 38% over the same stretch.
via Rasmussen
Trump’s approval index, which tracks the difference between strong approval and strong disapproval, also improved dramatically — climbing from -11 on April 29 to a flat 0 on May 12. That signals the president is not just gaining support, but consolidating his base while peeling off moderate voters.
Whether the trend continues remains to be seen, but one thing is clear: Trump’s comeback narrative is no longer hypothetical — it’s showing up in the numbers. Back in the White House with a mission, Trump has wasted no time delivering on his America First promises, despite fierce pushback from the left and legacy media.
As of late, Trump has formally withdrawn the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement. He also eliminated federal funding for NPR and PBS through Executive Order 14290, citing political bias and misuse of taxpayer dollars. On immigration, Trump recently expedited refugee status for dozens of white South African farmers, citing evidence of racially targeted violence.
“They’re being killed, and we don’t want to see people be killed,” Trump said in a press conference Monday. “Now, South Africa leadership is coming to see me, I understand, sometime next week. We’re supposed to have a—I guess a G20 meeting there or something. But we’re having a G20 meeting. I don’t know how we can go unless that situation’s taken care of.”
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“It’s a genocide that’s taking place that you people don’t want to write about, but it’s a terrible thing that’s taking place,” he said. “And farmers are being killed. They happen to be white.”
While Trump made clear he does not care about race or color, saying, “I don’t care who they are. I don’t care about their race, their color. I don’t care about their height, their weight… I just know that what’s happening is terrible,” he highlighted a double standard in media coverage.
“If it were the other way around, they’d talk about it. That would be the only story they’d talk about,” Trump stated, criticizing the selective outrage from the press.
Internationally, Trump has reopened peace talks in Ukraine, placed new pressure on Iran, and secured favorable trade deals with China and the United Kingdom. On Monday, U.S. stocks soared after President Trump announced a sweeping new tariff deal with China, marking a temporary de-escalation in the ongoing trade war.
The agreement slashed U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports from 145% to 30% and saw China reduce its tariffs on American goods from 125% to 10%, triggering a 1,000-point surge in the Dow and significant gains in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq.
