Poll reveals one word majority of Americans use to describe Donald Trump | World | News
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A year and a half into the second term of Donald J Trump, Americans have one word to describe the US President: Dangerous.
That’s according to a new poll, which found the majority of Americans would describe the 47th President of the US as “dangerous”.
And that’s not all. While 52 per cent of Americans said dangerous, forty-nine per cent also used “corrupt”. Another 45 per cent used “racist”, as well as “out-of-touch” to describe Trump.
But, despite all of his perceived faults, there is still another 45 per cent of Americans who used the word “honest” to describe their leader. Another 40 per cent called the US president “inspiring,” whereas 38 per cent used the term “intelligent” in an effort to describe Trump.
Trump in the Oval Office (Image: Getty)
Unsurprisingly, Republicans tended to use the more favourable terms to describe Trump. Democratic voters leaned towards the more unflattering and unfavourable of terms.
The YouGov polling on America’s rather colourful lexicon for its own President comes about a year and a half into Trump’s second term – and things aren’t going well, as per the numbers. His approval rating continues to plummet. Trump’s net approval rating in the latest poll sat at negative 24 per cent, which is lower than the same point in both his first term and the last term of his key Democratic rival Joe Biden.
His second term has been stained with a number of controversies; most notably, his failed election promise in the sluggish release of the Epstein files, as well as his immigration crackdown which has enabled and protected ham-fisted and often lethal tactics used by ICE agents, and his unpopular war with Iran that has seen the cost of living skyrocket not just in America, but around the globe.
As far as the numbers go, 54 per cent of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of immigration, while just 39 per cent approve, according to the new poll. 54 per cent of respondents also disapproved of Trump’s handling of race relations, while 32 per cent approved.
Trump (Image: Getty)
Trump, however, fared a bit better on crime. A total of 49 per cent were in disapproval, but that was in comparison to a 41 per cent approval rating, a slightly stronger figure.
Trump, however, has not lost a moment to toot that particular horn. He urged the US Senate to confirm Todd Blanche as US attorney general last week, taking to his preferred social network, Truth Social, to write: “Under Todd’s incredible leadership at DOJ, Murder is down to the LOWEST level since 1900, and we just saw the biggest one year drop in RECORDED HISTORY.”
Which is sort of true. Records do confirm Trump’s claims of the biggest single year drop as homicides in major US cities have dropped sharply by over 20 per cent in 2025, following steep declines in 2023 and 2024. This does, in fact, mark the largest single-year percentage drop in recorded US history.
However, the lowest murder rate since 1900 is a murky claim as the FBI didn’t standardise this sort of data until in 1960. But, that being said, if we’re using the same consistent, apples-to-apples dataset, the current murder rate is definitively at its lowest point in at least 65 years. Prior to 1960, crime reporting across states and local jurisdictions was inconsistent, incomplete, and measured differently. So that claim is very difficult to verify with 100% certainty due to changes in methodology, as per crime analysts.
Trump, Melania, Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-A-Lago on February 12, 2000 (Image: Getty)
Fact checking Trump’s murder claims aside, poor public opinion of the US President can really hinder the chances of his fellow Republicans in the November midterm elections. Historically, the party in the White House ends up losing seats in Congress halfway through the presidency, which could see a negative option gain enough momentum to have catastrophic effects.
CNN Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten said on Monday (July 20) that while the Democrats have an average four-point lead on a generic House ballot – as per in recent polling from The Washington Post and CNBC – this time around it is a slimmer margin than past midterm election cycles.
“Yes, they’re ahead, but they’re ahead…by only four points, which is significantly less than what we saw in 2018 and 2006, when Democrats took back the House,” he said, adding the numbers were a “warning sign”. Perhaps a warning that momentum is growing… and not in favour of the US’ current “dangerous” leadership.
