New poll shows what voters really think of Trump after administration issued stern statement on results

The latest round of polling hasn’t been kind to Donald Trump, and it suggests his support may be slipping even among groups that have traditionally backed him. A newly released poll looked specifically at how white non-Hispanic Americans view the president, and the results show a country that remains deeply divided and increasingly skeptical.

Since returning to office last year, Trump has been the subject of constant polling, and many of those surveys have pointed in the same direction. According to Pew Research Center, Trump’s approval rating dropped to 37 percent last month, down from 40 percent in the fall. Even more striking, only 14 percent of respondents said they felt confident in his performance as president, a number that signals serious doubts about his leadership.

Another poll, conducted by Marquette Law School and involving just over 1,000 American adults, asked whether people approved or disapproved of how Trump is handling his job. While Trump has long relied on strong support from white voters, this poll suggests that support is no longer as solid as it once was. Among white non-Hispanic respondents, 49 percent said they approved of his performance, while 50 percent said they disapproved. That narrow split shows a demographic that is now almost evenly divided on a president who once enjoyed much stronger backing.

The numbers are far worse among other racial and ethnic groups. The poll found that 78 percent of Black respondents disapproved of Trump’s job performance, while 69 percent of Hispanic respondents said the same. Those figures highlight a wide gap between Trump and large portions of the electorate, especially communities of color.

These results came shortly after the White House was forced to respond to the president’s increasingly weak polling numbers. Speaking to Newsweek, White House spokesperson Anna Kelly pushed back on the surveys, insisting that Trump is “delivering on his promises” and that Americans remain aligned with his “Make America Great Again” agenda. She dismissed the polling as misleading and driven by what she called the “mainstream media.”

That defense followed blunt commentary from David Chalian, who described Trump’s approval numbers as being at a “perilous point.” Speaking on CNN, Chalian said it was difficult to find any positive takeaway for the president in a CNN poll published in mid-January. He noted that less than a year earlier, Trump was enjoying the strongest approval ratings of his political career, but that momentum had completely disappeared.

That same CNN poll painted a grim picture of public sentiment. Of the more than 1,200 people surveyed, 58 percent said Trump’s first year back in office had been a failure. A majority, 55 percent, said his policies had made economic conditions in the United States worse, and only 35 percent said they felt proud to call him their president.

Taken together, the polls suggest that Trump is facing growing resistance not just from his critics, but from voters who once formed the backbone of his support. While the White House continues to dismiss the numbers, the data points to a president struggling to maintain confidence across nearly every major demographic group.