Trump approval up 1 point amid lower cost of living dissatisfaction: Survey

President Trump’s approval rating ticked up slightly in recent days as Americans expressed less dissatisfaction over the cost of living, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The survey, conducted June 12-15, gathered responses from before and after Trump announced a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran, and found that 36 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s job performance — up one percentage point from its near-lowest level earlier this month.

The tentative peace deal is expected to bring some relief to consumers at the gas pump as traffic picks up through the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway supplying 20 percent of global oil supplies that was blocked by Iran during the war.

Its closure caused gasoline prices to skyrocket, forcing Americans to pay roughly a dollar more per gallon of gas than they were before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28.

But optimism surrounding the peace deal has helped push fuel prices lower in recent weeks as pump prices fell for the third week straight, according to AAA, easing some of the economic pressures weighing on the administration.

The poll found that 24 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s stewardship over the cost of living, up from 22 percent a week ago and 20 percent a month earlier. Disapproval among Americans fell to 69 percent, down from 73 percent last month.

Trump entered his second term with a 47 percent approval rating after campaigning on promises to bring inflation under control. Trump’s approval rating as of Tuesday remains well below where it stood at the beginning of his term, and the survey noted that Americans rate his handling of the cost of living more harshly than they did for former President Biden.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll collected responses from 1,537 U.S. adults with an overall margin of error of 3 percentage points.

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