CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 11, 2025
YOU WOULD THINK AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S NUMEROUS SUCCESSES AT HOME AND ABROAD – INCLUDING LOWER GAS AND EGG PRICES, THE APPARENTLY SUCCESSFUL BOMBING OF IRAN’S NUCLEAR FACILITIES, AND SO MUCH ELSE — THAT HIS APPROVAL RATINGS WOULD BE HIGHER. YOU WOULD BE WRONG.
IN FACT, HIS APPROVAL RATING DECLINED IN TWO OF THREE POLLS TAKEN SINCE JULY 3 WHEN HIS BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL PASSED CONGRESS AND WAS SIGNED INTO LAW.
GALLUP SHOWS AT THE SIX-MONTH MARK IN BOTH OF HIS TERMS THAT HIS APPROVAL RATINGS ARE LOWER THAN ANY MODERN PRESIDENT — AT 38 AND 40 PERCENT RESPECTIVELY. THE AVERAGE SINCE PRESIDENT JOHN KENNEDY IN 1961 IS 52 PERCENT.
SOME OF THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO NEGATIVE COVERAGE BY THE MAJOR MEDIA WHICH MOSTLY TAKE THE DEMOCRATS’ LINE OF CRITICISM. THE REST, I THINK, IS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S PERSONALITY, HIS ANGER, HIS FOUL LANGUAGE AND MAKING EVERYTHING ABOUT HIMSELF. VOTERS STILL PREFER AT LEAST A TOUCH OF MODESTY, HUMILITY AND LESS BRAGGING.
HE SHOULD TRY IT IF HE IS ABLE. IT’S WORKED FOR OTHER PRESIDENTS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
