President Trump, according to a new poll, has seen the number of Americans who would describe him as “trustworthy” or “honest” dwindle since returning to office.
An Economist/YouGov survey released earlier this week found 31 percent of respondents would use the labels to describe Trump, marking a second-term low for the president. In March, 33 percent of U.S. adults said the same.
About 53 percent in the latest poll called the president “not honest and trustworthy,” down from a second-term high of 55 percent in July. Another 16 percent said they were “not sure.”
Trump also garnered 44 percent favorability in the survey, with 52 percent of respondents saying the opposite.
Trump’s approval rating sits at 44.4 percent in Decision Desk HQ’s polling index, while his disapproval rating is at 51.7 percent.
In the past month, the Trump administration has been met with controversy around its handling of files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The president has also received criticism after he fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief following the most recent jobs report.
The Economist/YouGov poll took place from Aug. 9-11, with 1,635 respondents and had a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.
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