{"id":271896,"date":"2025-08-14T12:49:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=271896"},"modified":"2026-07-09T18:24:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:24:39","slug":"trumps-tariffs-and-one-big-beautiful-bill-face-more-opposition-than-support-as-his-job-rating-slips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2025\/08\/14\/trumps-tariffs-and-one-big-beautiful-bill-face-more-opposition-than-support-as-his-job-rating-slips\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Tariffs and &#8216;One Big Beautiful Bill&#8217; Face More Opposition Than Support as His Job Rating Slips"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"far-more-americans-say-trump-is-making-the-way-the-federal-government-works-worse-than-better\" class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-sub-title\">Far more Americans say Trump is making the way the federal government works worse than better<br><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-640-wide\"><img data-dominant-color=\"292b39\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #292b39;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_25.08.11_TrumpEconFP_feature.jpg?resize=480,270 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_25.08.11_TrumpEconFP_feature.jpg?resize=782,440 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_25.08.11_TrumpEconFP_feature.jpg?resize=960,540 960w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_25.08.11_TrumpEconFP_feature.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_25.08.11_TrumpEconFP_feature.jpg?resize=1280,720 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_25.08.11_TrumpEconFP_feature.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272106 not-transparent\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump signs the &#8220;One Big Beautiful Bill Act&#8221; at the White House on July 4, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski\/Pool\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-plus-icon has-border-color has-ui-gray-light-border-color has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-background has-sans-serif-font-family is-layout-flow wp-container-core-details-is-layout-61b01db2 wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-size:clamp(0.875em, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2em) * 0.009), 0.88em);\"><summary>How we did this<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how Americans view President Donald Trump and some of his administration\u2019s major policies. For this analysis, we surveyed 3,554 adults from Aug. 4 to 10, 2025. Everyone who took part in this survey is a member of the Center\u2019s American Trends Panel (ATP), a group of people recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses who have agreed to take surveys regularly. This kind of recruitment gives nearly all U.S. adults a chance of selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interviews were conducted either online or by telephone with a live interviewer. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education, presidential vote (among voters) and other factors. <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/our-methods\/u-s-surveys\/the-american-trends-panel\/\">Read more about the ATP\u2019s methodology<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_questionnaire.pdf\">questions used for this report<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_topline.pdf\">topline<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2025\/08\/14\/trump-approval-august-methodology\/\">survey methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six months into his second term, public evaluations of President Donald Trump\u2019s job performance have grown more negative. His job approval stands at 38% (60% disapprove), and fewer Americans now attribute several positive personal characteristics to him than did so during the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=272056\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ecebe5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ecebe5;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-01.png?resize=480,457 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-01.png?resize=782,745 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-01.png?resize=840,800 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"400\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-01.png?w=420\" alt=\"Chart shows Trump\u2019s tariff policy and the \u2018One Big Beautiful Bill\u2019 are\nviewed more negatively than positively by Americans\" class=\"wp-image-272056 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two of the new administration\u2019s signature accomplishments \u2013 the rollout of its tariff policies and the tax and spending law known as the \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill\u201d \u2013 garner considerably more disapproval than approval:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>61% of Americans disapprove of Trump\u2019s tariff policies, while 38% approve.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>46% disapprove of the tax and spending law, while 32% approve (23% say they are unsure).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there are wide partisan divides over both initiatives \u2013 with Republicans largely supportive and Democrats largely in opposition \u2013 Democratic disapproval substantially outpaces Republican approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Read&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2025\/08\/14\/how-americans-view-the-trump-administrations-tariff-policies-and-the-gops-budget-and-tax-bill\/\"><em>Chapter 3<\/em><\/a><em> for more on views of Trump\u2019s economic policies.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=272057\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e5e3df\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e5e3df;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-02.png?resize=480,517 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-02.png?resize=620,668 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"334\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-02.png?w=310\" alt=\"Chart shows By about 2 to 1, more say Trump is\nmaking the federal government work\nworse, rather than better\" class=\"wp-image-272057 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest national survey by Pew Research Center \u2013 conducted Aug. 4-10 among 3,554 adults \u2013 also finds that <strong>a 53% majority say Trump is making the federal government work worse, while only about half as many (27%) say he is making the government work better.<\/strong> (Two-in-ten say he is making things about equally better and worse.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Republicans and Democrats now offer more negative assessments of Trump\u2019s impact on the federal government than they had predicted in <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2025\/02\/07\/public-anticipates-changes-with-trump-but-is-split-over-whether-they-will-be-good-or-bad\/\">a survey conducted in the weeks immediately following Trump\u2019s inauguration<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>55% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents now say Trump is improving the way the federal government works \u2013 while 16% say he\u2019s making things worse and 29% say his effect is a mix of positive and negative. In the weeks after he took office, 76% of Republicans expected he would make government work better.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>87% of Democrats and Democratic leaners say Trump is worsening the way government functions, up from 78% who said this at the beginning of his term.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"trump-s-job-performance-and-personal-traits\">Trump\u2019s job performance and personal traits<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-310-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=272058\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f4f3f2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f4f3f2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-03.png?resize=480,765 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-03.png?resize=620,988 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"494\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-03.png?w=310\" alt=\"Chart shows Trump\u2019s job approval rating slips,\nincluding among his 2024 voters\" class=\"wp-image-272058 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s approval rating has slipped 3 percentage points over the last two months and is down 9 points since shortly after he took office. This drop is attributable to a combination of declining approval among his 2024 backers and adults who did not vote in November:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The vast majority of Trump\u2019s 2024 voters continue to approve of his job performance \u2013 but that share is down to 85% from 88% in June and 95% in the weeks after his inauguration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>32% of 2024 nonvoters now approve of Trump\u2019s job performance \u2013 down from 36% in June and 45% at the beginning of his term.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People who identify as strong Republicans continue to overwhelmingly approve of Trump\u2019s job&nbsp;performance: 93%&nbsp;do so today, little different than the 96% who approved at the outset of his presidency. But there has been substantial erosion in his approval over this period among those who identify as&nbsp;Republicans&nbsp;but not&nbsp;strongly,&nbsp;as well as among independents who lean&nbsp;toward the GOP: About&nbsp;six-in-ten of those in these groups approve of Trump\u2019s performance today, down from roughly three-quarters at the start of his second term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=272059\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e8e5db\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e8e5db;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-04.png?resize=480,441 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-04.png?resize=782,719 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-04.png?resize=840,772 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"386\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-04.png?w=420\" alt=\"Chart shows Trump is widely viewed as standing up for his beliefs,\nwhile far fewer say he\u2019s honest or a good role model\" class=\"wp-image-272059 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public assessments of Trump on several personal traits are also more negative than they were in 2024. Fewer now say he cares about the needs of ordinary people (37% today, 42% last summer), is a good role model (29% now, 34% then) or is mentally sharp (48% now, 53% then).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump is widely described as standing up for what he believes in: 68% say this today, identical to the share who said this last summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2025\/08\/14\/trumps-job-approval-and-views-of-his-personal-traits\/\">Chapter 1<\/a> for more on Trump\u2019s job approval and personal traits.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;other-key-findings&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"other-key-findings\">Other key findings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fewer than half of Americans express confidence in Trump on key issues asked on the survey. <\/strong>But Americans express somewhat more confidence in Trump to negotiate trade agreements (47% are at least somewhat confident) and to handle immigration (46%) than on some other issues, including foreign policy (43%) and health care policy (38%). <em>Read more in <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2025\/08\/14\/views-of-trumps-policies-and-confidence-in-his-ability-to-handle-issues\/\"><em>Chapter 2<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Confidence in Trump to make wise decisions about the war between Ukraine and Russia is now lower than it was before he took office.<\/strong> Today, 40% of U.S. adults say they are at least somewhat confident in Trump\u2019s decision-making on this conflict; last July, 45% expressed confidence. Republican confidence has declined by 8 percentage points over this period (73% of Republicans now say they are confident in Trump to handle this issue, down from 81% last summer). As was the case last year, only about one-in-ten Democrats express confidence in Trump to handle this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/08\/14\/americans-views-of-trumps-decision-making-us-policy-toward-russia-ukraine-war\/\">How Americans view the Trump administration\u2019s approach to the Russia-Ukraine war<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=272060\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ece9e0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ece9e0;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-05.png?resize=480,632 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-05.png?resize=782,1030 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-05.png?resize=840,1106 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"553\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_00-05.png?w=420\" alt=\"Chart shows Republicans narrowly disapprove of administration\u2019s\nhandling of Epstein information, and nearly 4 in 10 do not trust what is being shared\" class=\"wp-image-272060 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Seven-in-ten Americans disapprove of the Trump administration\u2019s handling of information related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, <\/strong>while 25% approve. GOP views are fairly divided (53% disapprove of the administration\u2019s handling, while 44% approve), with disapproval higher among younger Republicans than older Republicans. Democrats overwhelmingly express disapproval (90%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Most Americans also distrust what the administration is saying about the Epstein issue: 63% say they have little or no trust in what the administration is saying, <\/strong>including 88% of Democrats and 38% of Republicans. About a quarter of Republicans say they trust a great deal or fair amount of what the administration is saying (34% say they trust some of what it is saying).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six months into his term, far more say President Trump is making the way the federal government works worse than making it better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":272106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sub_headline":"Far more Americans say Trump is making the way the federal government works worse than better<br>","sub_title":"Far more Americans say Trump is making the way the federal government works worse than better<br>","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","relatedPosts":[],"reportMaterials":[{"key":"_x4vzimoks","type":"link","url":"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1D923p8-Z8TWJa_Mk4YNi3tex4vQu0ezjwhRt9xi-25s\/edit?usp=sharing","label":"August 2025 Trump Job Approval Detailed Tables","icon":"detailedTable"},{"key":"_sxksbholi","type":"report","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_report.pdf","label":"Report PDF","attachmentId":272158},{"key":"_b5kpy69ck","type":"topline","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_topline.pdf","label":"Topline","attachmentId":272070},{"key":"_cggqzli4f","type":"questionnaire","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_2025.8.14_Trump-approval_questionnaire.pdf","label":"Questionnaire","attachmentId":272071}],"multiSectionReport":[{"key":"_xwtiah7pw","postId":271898},{"key":"_vobm3ul0p","postId":271880},{"key":"_1ec0deua7","postId":271871},{"key":"_6gmk9pkpg","postId":272052},{"key":"_lbqycw3ga","postId":272054}],"package_parts__enabled":false,"package_parts":[],"datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"spoken_article_player_enabled":true,"displayBylines":true,"footnotes":"","prc_watchers":[],"_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0},"categories":[68,235,250,38,67,389],"tags":[],"bylines":[616,964,544,570],"datasets":[],"level_of_effort":[],"primary_audience":[],"information_type":[],"_post_visibility":[],"formats":[458],"_fund_pool":[],"languages":[],"regions-countries":[],"research-teams":[520],"workflow-status":[],"collection":[],"class_list":["post-271896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donald-trump","category-economic-policy","category-global-trade","category-political-issues","category-presidential-approval","category-taxes","bylines-gabriel-borelli","bylines-jocelyn-kiley","bylines-joseph-copeland","bylines-shanay-gracia","formats-report","research-teams-politics"],"label":false,"post_parent":0,"word_count":1019,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2025\/08\/14\/trumps-tariffs-and-one-big-beautiful-bill-face-more-opposition-than-support-as-his-job-rating-slips\/","art_direction":{"A2":{"id":272106,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_25.08.11_TrumpEconFP_feature.jpg","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/PP_25.08.11_TrumpEconFP_feature.jpg?w=268&h=151&crop=1","width":268,"height":151,"caption":"US President Donald Trump (C) signs the \"Big Beautiful Bill Act\" at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 4, 2025. 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