Trump approval ratings skydiving

Posted on: October 23, 2017 at 14:52:36 CT

Forty-two percent approve of the job President Trump is doing, while 58 percent say they disapprove, according to the latest Harvard-Harris survey.

That's down 3 points from September, when the president's job approval briefly spiked to 45 percent amid widespread praise for the federal government's response to the hurricanes that battered the Gulf states.

Since then, Trump has stirred controversy with remarks about Gold Star families and his ongoing criticism of football players who kneel during the national anthem. As Republicans find themselves wracked by intraparty feuds pitting former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Trump has also faced criticism for his response to a hurricane that devastated Puerto Rico.

The Harvard-Harris survey found that 51 percent of voters say that Trump's response to Hurricane Maria, which has left millions in Puerto Rico without power several weeks after making landfall, was worse than his response to the hurricanes that hit the Gulf states.