Trump's Approval Rating Plummets Amid High Gas Prices

0:00It's April 28th, welcome in. This is Global News Today, where global headlines meet AI. President Trump's approval rating just hit a new low at 34%, the lowest since he took office in January 2025. A fresh Reuters slash Ipsos poll shows Americans are fed up with his handling of skyrocketing living costs and the messy war with Iran. That's down from 36% last time and way off the 47% he started with. These prices are the big culprit here, jumping more than 40% to about $4 and 18 cents a gallon since the U.S. and Israel struck Iran on February 28th. That attack shut down a fifth of global oil trade, hitting while it's hard and stirring worries even among Republicans ahead of the November midterms. Polling shows only 22% approve of how he's tackling the cost of living, and just 34% back the Iran conflict, both. After slipping further, while 78% of Republicans still stand by him, 41% of his own party

1:02gripes about those prices. Independence are leaning Democrat by 14 points for Congress. The survey wrapped up before that wild shooting scare at the White House Corp. Dinner, where a gunman got charged with trying to assassinate. Trump, it mostly happened before that chaos, so we don't know yet if it'll shift opinions. Even with a ceasefire in place earlier this month, Iran's threats keep oil bottled up in the Persian Gulf, pushing energy costs higher as reserves. Dwindle. This could spell real trouble for Trump's crew holding onto Congress.