WHY IS TRUMP APPROVAL RISING? President Donald Trump‘s job disapproval rating first exceeded his approval rating on March 13. Disapproval of the president then rose steadily for a month, through the previews of coming tariffs and then Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement, on April 2, of huge tariffs he vowed to impose on many of the country’s biggest trading partners.

Trump disapproval hit its highest point on April 28, when 52.4% of those represented in the RealClearPolitics average of polls said they disapproved of the job Trump was doing as president, while just 45.3% said they approved. That meant Trump was 7.1 points underwater.