A Month Into Office, Trump's Job Approval Rating a Historic Low

President Donald Trump’s job approval rating is a mere 44 percent, an NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll published Sunday finds, further documenting the skepticism with which the public views the former reality TV star’s short time in the White House.

In fact, he has “the lowest approval ratings of any new chief executive in modern American history,” CNBC writes.

Forty-eight percent say they disapprove of Trump’s performance as president, and 32 percent said his performance thus far shows he’s not up to being president.

And while 63 percent of Republicans say he’s off to a great start, NBC notes that Trump “is the only president in the history of modern polling to begin his first term with a net negative approval rating.”

His net negative rating is -4 percent. His predecessor, in contrast, started off with a net positive 34 percent, while George H.W. Bush had a net positive of 45 percent.