Trump's Approval Rating Falls to 33%, Lowest of Second Term Amid Concerns Over Prolonged Iran War

U.S. President Donald Trump's job approval rating has fallen to its lowest level since he returned to office.

Reuters reported that in a poll conducted jointly with the polling firm Ipsos on the 17th (local time), 33 percent of respondents said they approved of President Trump's handling of his job.

This is the lowest level since President Trump returned to the White House in January of last year.

The latest survey was conducted from the 14th to the 17th of this month, dropping further from the 35 percent approval rating recorded in a poll earlier this month.

In the current poll, 64 percent of respondents gave a negative evaluation of President Trump's job performance.

In particular, Americans appeared to be concerned about the possibility that the war with Iran could be prolonged.

Eighty percent of respondents projected that U.S. involvement in the war with Iran would continue for a long time.

Among Democratic supporters, 87 percent expected a prolonged war, and 71 percent of Republican supporters shared the same expectation.

Only 16 percent of respondents answered that the war would end within weeks.

Although President Trump recently stated that rising gasoline prices are worth enduring if it prevents Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, public sentiment regarding the war was negative.

In this survey, only 20 percent of Americans evaluated the war with Iran as being worth enduring.

Discontent over a prolonged war and rising prices is expected to pose a burden on the Republican Party ahead of the midterm elections coming up this November.

In the poll, 38 percent of respondents said the Democratic Party would handle economic issues better, which is 3 percentage points higher than the 35 percent who chose the Republican Party.

Reuters reported that this is the first time in about 10 years that voters' trust in the Democratic Party on economic issues has surpassed that in the Republican Party.

The gap between the two parties has also narrowed significantly on immigration, an area where the Republican Party has traditionally shown strength.

Forty percent of registered voters said the Republican Party's immigration policy is better, 2 percentage points higher than the 38 percent who chose the Democratic Party.

In January of last year, the Republican Party led the Democratic Party by 26 percentage points on immigration policy.

The survey was conducted online among 1,166 U.S. adults, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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