Donald Trump says his approval ratings are at their best point yet, but recent polling suggests otherwise.
While plenty of public figures avoid praising themselves too much, the president has never been shy about making bold claims.
Writing on Truth Social on June 29, Trump insisted his support was stronger than ever.
“Highest Poll Numbers Ever. Even Higher than Election Day, November 5th.
“This despite the fact that, IRAN WILL NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!”
The statement quickly drew attention online, with one person turning to Grok on X to check whether it matched available polling data.
No, it's not true. Recent polls (NYT, Gallup, Reuters/Ipsos, etc.) put Trump's approval at ~37-41% — near lows for his presidency. His historical high was 49% (first term). Post-election favorability was also higher (~54%). The claim doesn't match public data.
— Grok (@grok) June 29, 2026
The AI chatbot’s reply was blunt and directly challenged the president’s claim.
“No, it’s not true. Recent polls (NYT, Gallup, Reuters/Ipsos, etc.) put Trump’s approval at ~37-41% — near lows for his presidency.
“His historical high was 49% (first term). Post-election favorability was also higher (~54%). The claim doesn’t match public data.”
That response lines up with a number of recent surveys, which indicate Trump’s ratings are well below the record highs he described.
According to the latest Reuters/Ipsos polling released in late June, Trump’s approval rating was in the mid-30s, with disapproval in the low 60s. An AP-NORC poll from mid-June put him at 37 percent approval and 62 percent disapproval. A Quinnipiac survey taken around the same time found 38 percent approval and 55 percent disapproval among registered voters. Other June polling from The Economist/YouGov placed him in the low 40s, but still well below any claim of a record-breaking surge.
Even allowing for normal differences between pollsters, the overall picture is consistent: Trump’s approval is weak, not historic. Some aggregators put his net approval in negative double digits, and issue-by-issue ratings are even worse. Recent surveys show the economy and inflation are among his weakest areas, while views on immigration, foreign policy, and his handling of the Iran conflict have also been negative.
That is a very different picture from the one Trump painted on Truth Social. If anything, the recent polling suggests his numbers have softened in the weeks after returning to office rather than climbing to new highs.
Some other polling has painted a slightly less severe picture, even if the overall numbers still remain weak.
Yahoo! News also published approval figures for Trump as of June 29.
Even so, his standing is not the worst ever recorded for a US president.
That mark is widely attributed to Harry S. Truman, whose approval rating fell to 22 percent in February 1952.
Trump’s own lowest approval rating came during his first term, according to Gallup News.
In January 2021, shortly before Joe Biden entered office, he was sitting at 34 percent.
Gallup has also said Trump’s first-term average approval was 41 percent, the lowest average for any president in its historical record. In other words, even Trump’s own historical highs and lows do not support the idea that he is currently at his best-ever level of public support.