President Trump’s disapproval rating has a reached a new high according to recent poll results.
A ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll released Friday found that 62 percent of Americans disapprove of the president. Survey results reflect an increase of 2 percentage points from February, and respondents concerns include the cost of living, affordability and inflation.
Seventy-two percent of poll participants disapproved of how Trump is handling inflation — a 7 point increase from two months ago. Twenty-seven percent of poll respondents, meanwhile, approved of Trump’s handling of inflation, and 1 percent skipped the question.
Similarly, 76 percent, disapproved of how Trump is handling the cost of living in the U.S. while 23 percent approved. One percent of respondents skipped the question.
Trump has previously said he “won” the issue of affordability, while claiming that inflation amid the war would not last for long.
Still, poll responses show participants have been impacted by higher gas prices and rising energy costs, which have risen over the course of the Iran war. Core inflation also hit a two-year high in March: 3.5 percent.
More than half of respondents, 66 percent said they disapproved of how Trump is handling the Iran war and 33 percent approved. Another 1 percent of participants did not answer the questions.
Negotiations between Washington and Tehran remain in flux as U.S. ground strikes have concluded for the most part overseas.
Trump said Saturday that the U.S. has received a new Iranian proposal to end the war, but expressed skepticism that it could bring about an end to the war.
“I’ll let you know about it later,” he told reporters, adding that “they’re going to give me the exact wording now.”
Amid the war in Iran, U.S. allies have drawn the ire of the president. He has accused countries of not sufficiently aiding the U.S. in the Middle East, as some European allies, in particular, have criticized the military operation.
In response, Trump said Saturday that he will pull about 5,000 troops from Germany as he has bashed allied leaders.
“We are going to cut way down, and we’re cutting a lot further than 5,000,” Trump told reporters Saturday.
Sixty-five percent of poll respondents said Trump is handling U.S. relations with allies poorly amid these public spats.
This ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll was conducted among 2,560 U.S. adults and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
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