U.S. President Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to 32%, marking the lowest level of his political career, according to a poll released on September 21 (local time).

According to the survey results released by Reuters and polling firm Ipsos on September 21 (local time), 32% of respondents said they approved of President Trump's job performance, a 3-percentage-point decline from 35% in a poll conducted a week earlier.

Reuters reported that this is the lowest approval rating in President Trump's political career.

This means it is the lowest level across both his first term and his current second term in office.

In particular, approval ratings plummeted even among Republicans, who form President Trump's core base of support.

President Trump's approval rating among Republican supporters stood at 73%, down 9 percentage points from 82% a week earlier.

The survey showed that discontent over the burden of living costs contributed to the decline in President Trump's approval rating.

In this survey, only 17% of respondents positively evaluated President Trump's handling of living cost issues.

Notably, even among Republican supporters, negative evaluations regarding inflation response reached 51%, outpacing positive evaluations (44%) for the first time.

Reuters analyzed that as gasoline and diesel prices have surged significantly since President Trump launched the war with Iran in February, discontent surrounding living costs has also been growing among his base in the Republican Party.

The issue of living costs is cited as one of the most important factors for the American public when casting their votes in the midterm elections on November 3.

While acknowledging that high oil prices have persisted due to the recent war with Iran, President Trump has maintained that the costs paid by Americans are small compared to the achievements made through the war, such as preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

The survey was conducted over four days from September 17 to 20 among 1,277 adults nationwide, with a margin of error of ±3.0 percentage points.

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