{"id":793726,"date":"2026-07-30T17:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/793726\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:14:11","slug":"three-quarters-of-americans-think-trump-isnt-focusing-on-top-us-issues-poll-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/793726\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-quarters of Americans think Trump isn\u2019t focusing on top US issues \u2013 poll | Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three-quarters of Americans believe Donald Trump<\/a> is not paying enough attention to the country\u2019s most important problems, and two-thirds think he places himself above the needs of the US, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n

The CNN survey<\/a>, conducted by the market research company SSRS, comes less than 100 days before November\u2019s midterm elections<\/a> in which the president\u2019s Republican party is widely expected to lose control of one or both chambers of Congress.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s overall approval rating has slumped to 34%, the poll found, matching his previous lowest immediately following the 6 January 2021 insurrection he incited trying to cling on to power after losing the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden.<\/p>\n

The figure reflects growing dismay at the ongoing war in Iran<\/a> \u2013 only 28% approve of Trump\u2019s actions there, and even fewer, 25%, say the conflict has been worth it in terms of cost and American lives lost<\/a>; meanwhile, the war\u2019s effects at home are also causing disquiet, with 74% saying rising gas prices<\/a> have caused at least some hardship<\/a>, up from 63% in March.<\/p>\n

In the parallel poll a year ago, 58% of respondents said Trump had not gone far enough in trying to reduce the price of everyday goods, a figure that has climbed to 71% this week.<\/p>\n

Even Trump\u2019s hardline immigration policies, previously a bright spot for his approval ratings, are dragging the president down. Only 39% believe he is doing a good job, and 54% say he has gone too far in mass deporting undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n

Overwhelmingly, Americans are outraged by Trump stamping his personality on the presidency. His pursuit of a taxpayer-funded<\/a> White House ballroom, botched renovation<\/a> of the Washington DC reflecting pool, and plans for a self-aggrandizing ceremonial arch<\/a>, have left only 17% feeling positive.<\/p>\n

In direct contrast, asked if Trump was in touch with problems Americans face in their everyday lives, 73% said no.<\/p>\n

Only 38% of those polled consider him to be an effective world leader; and 57% say the 80-year-old president lacks the stamina and sharpness to serve effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three-quarters of Americans believe Donald Trump is not paying enough attention to the country\u2019s most important problems, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-793726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}