President Donald Trump took to social media on Thursday morning to showcase his frenetic pace since reentering the White House on Jan. 20.
‘THREE GREAT WEEKS, PERHAPS THE BEST EVER,’ the president touted.
Trump has signed 64 executive orders since his inauguration, according to a count from Fox News, which far surpasses the rate of any presidential predecessors during their first weeks in office.
While Trump is never shy about advertising his accomplishments, new polling indicates Americans are divided on the job he is doing so far in his second administration.
Trump stands at 48% approval and 47% disapproval in a national survey conducted for AARP.
The poll is the latest to indicate an early split when it comes to public opinion regarding Trump.
Some surveys, including Pew Research, indicate Trump’s approval ratings are slightly underwater, while others, including a poll from CBS News/YouGuv, suggest the president’s ratings are in positive territory.
Trump’s poll position among Americans stands in stark contrast to his first term in office, when he started out underwater in surveys and remained in negative territory for all four years in the White House.
‘His approval rating is higher than it was at any point in time during his first term,’ veteran Republican pollster Neil Newhouse told Fox News.
Newhouse, pointing to the president’s frenetic pace since returning to power, noted that Americans are ‘giving him positive marks right now, based not just on the perception of what he is going to do, but what he has done already.’
The surveys are in agreement when it comes to the massive partisan divide over Trump.
The AARP poll indicates Trump holds a net approval of 83 points with Republicans, a net disapproval of 76 points among Democrats and that he is underwater by 19 points among independent voters.
‘Trump’s ratings are stronger among men, white voters, and those without college degrees. He is seen more negatively by women, Hispanic and Black voters, and those with college degrees,’ the survey’s release highlighted.
While Trump’s approval ratings for his second term are a major improvement from his first term, his numbers are below where his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, began his single term in office.
Biden’s approval rating hovered in the low to mid 50s during his first six months in the White House, with his disapproval in the upper 30s to low to mid 40s.
However, Biden’s numbers sank into negative territory in the late summer and autumn of 2021, in the wake of his much-criticized handling of the turbulent U.S. exit from Afghanistan and amid soaring inflation and a surge of migrants crossing into the U.S. along the nation’s southern border with Mexico.
Biden’s approval ratings stayed underwater throughout the rest of his presidency.
Fox News’ Mary Schlageter contributed to this report.
