NCS knowledge guru Harry Enten has revealed one brilliant spot for Donald Trump amid a dismal set of polls exhibiting the president’s approval score in free fall.
Discussing polls for Trump on overseas coverage, Enten revealed, “At this point in term one, Donald Trump was just at a 35 percent approval rating. Up like a rocket! We’re talkin’ about 43 percent now. That’s an eight-point rise.”
Polls present that Trump, 79, has constantly scored over 40 percent approval on overseas coverage since September, although extra Americans disapprove of his dealing with of overseas coverage than approve. The excellent news for Trump is that the 43 % determine is considerably higher than how Presidents Obama and Bush scored a yr into their second phrases on overseas coverage, which was 37 % and 36 %, respectively.
“Good chance of this being screengrabbed and framed in the Oval Office,” joked John Berman of NCS News Central in entrance of a graphic of Trump beating his predecessors.
For Enten, Trump’s comparatively good overseas coverage numbers are buoyed by his approval score on the Israel/Hamas battle. Trump, who helped dealer a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, has a +3 % approval score on the subject, which is a shocking 40 factors higher than the -37 % Joe Biden scored on the finish of his time period.
“The American people liked what Trump was able to do between the Israelis and Hamas, and that, I think, is a large part of the reason why his foreign policy is at the apex compared to other two-term presidents this century,” stated Enten.
Enten’s constructive learn of the polls comes when Trump’s approval score on each different subject is cratering. His total approval score hit a second-term low of -22 % in an Ipsos/Reuters poll, whereas he scored a -10 % on immigration, -24 % on the financial system, and -39 % on value of dwelling.
It additionally comes at a time when MAGA seems to be breaking with Trump on the Epstein recordsdata. The president has scored solely a 44 % approval score from Republican voters for his dealing with of the Epstein recordsdata, which Enten said on Tuesday impressed Republicans in Congress to assist their launch overwhelmingly.
Though Trump is scoring properly on overseas coverage, a few of his staunchest GOP supporters have known as on the president to give attention to American points somewhat than overseas affairs after Republicans’ alarming losses in the 2025 elections.
“He has spent a lot of time looking out at the world and trying to fix things,” stated MAGA TV host Dr. Gina Loudon of Real America’s Voice in a Nov. 5 American Sunrise episode. “I think it is time to come home and to focus on our country—especially our economy.”