Trump polls show a high approval rate in the first few weeks

president Donald Trump I received one of his best Job approval evaluation In his 10-year political career after he kicked him off Second season With a gust of wind Executive Action.

new CBS News/YouGov Poll It turns out that 53% of US adults have approved Trump’s overall job so far.

Most respondents described 78-year-old Trump as “effective”, “focus”, “tough”, “competent” and “energy”, but only 37% of respondents said he was “compassionate” I considered it.

The majority — 70% — said they believe Trump is doing what he promised in his 2024 campaign.

The poll released on Sunday is based on a survey of 2,175 respondents conducted between last Wednesday and Friday. There is a margin of error of either positive or negative 2.5 percentage points.

CBS polls give Trump a higher overall mark than other recent surveys. Gallup and Pue. But all results show that in general, Trump is starting his second term with more support than when he first took office in 2017.

Trump’s positive overall numbers even came even if he scored a substantial mark on issues such as trade and inflation that were key to his victory in the presidential election.

For example, 51% of respondents told CBS they believe Trump’s policies will raise food and groceries prices.

Two-thirds of respondents said the Trump administration is not focusing sufficiently on lowering prices for goods and services.

73% also said they believe new US tariffs on imports will generally be more expensive for them, but only 8% believe that tariffs will lower prices.

And, as Trump claims, most people are not convinced that tariffs will create jobs in the US, 32% tell CBS, 34% cost domestic employment, and another 34% said it predicts that it will not change.

Trump has already slapped captain tariffs in Canada, Mexico and China, but he has suspended import operations Canada and Mexico It will be effective until early March. The majority of the CBS polls opposed tariffs in Canada, Mexico and Europe, but 56% said they support China’s new tariffs.

A majority of 58% said they opposed Trump’s decision to issue pardons to the majority of people charged in connection with the U.S. Capitol riots.

However, polls included important issues of immigration, and there were other bright spots for Trump.

His initial efforts to deport undocumented immigrants have earned 59% approval, sending US troops to the tropical border to stop illegal intersections, and receiving 64% support per CBS I did.

Meanwhile, Trump elicited approval from 54% of respondents to handle the conflict between Israel and Hamas, but Democrats and Liberals were overwhelmingly opposed.

Respondents were mixed about how much power and influence should be made by so-called government efficiency. Elon MuskA leading task force aimed at reducing federal bureaucracy.

However, several people said the Trump administration is focusing on reducing government spending and foreign aid in the US, as well as the right amount of focus on ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs.