Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump due to personality not polices, new poll finds

The majority of Americans who disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing as President object to his personality, as opposed to his policies, according to a recent poll.

Nearly a third - 29 per cent - felt the President was "not presidential" and had a "bad temperament". Overall, 65 per cent of those surveyed indicated that some aspect of Mr Trump's personality and character were the reason for their disapproval.

Mr Trump has become known for his tweets criticising foreign leaders and his predecessor's policies, to name a few topics. Six per cent of the people polled said they disapproved of the President for his use of social media.

An equal amount of people found him "untrustworthy" and focused on his own administration's image rather than people's needs. Three per cent said his handling of healthcare is a reason for disapproval. The President has not done any public campaigning on the Republican replacement of Obamacare, which has received public backlash due to potentially rising premiums and cuts to programmes to help lower income, disabled, and older Americans.

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Far fewer people actually disapprove of the President because of his substantive policies, in total 16 per cent of respondents.

Only one per cent of the more than 1,000 respondents to the Gallup poll thought he was trying to implement too many policies with too broad a focus.

The Trump administration has seemed to narrow their focus to bringing back American manufacturing and coal jobs as well as making US trade and defence agreements "more fair" for the US, according to Mr Trump's own public comments.

Many Americans felt the country became deeply divided between Republicans and Democrats, urban and rural, rich and poor, during the 2016 election. However, only one percent of respondents claim their disapproval of the President was due to his lack of effort to bring all Americans together.

This may be due to the low expectations for unity he set with what some called a brash tone during the 18 months he spent campaigning for the Presidency. His rhetoric on Muslims, immigrants, and women prompted three per cent of those surveyed to say that "racism/sexism" was a reason for disapproval.

Mr Trump has also drawn ire on the global stage as well between his withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change, which nearly 200 countries have signed, and his controversial relationship with Russia.

Mr Trump's campaign team, and now his namesake son, are under investigation by the FBI, Congress, and Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller for alleged ties to Russian officials and suspected interference with the US election.

Four per cent of respondents disapprove of Mr Trump due to his handling of foreign affairs.

As of 11 July 2017, Mr Trump's overall job approval rating according to a daily poll conducted by Gallup is at 40 per cent. He hit a low of 36 per cent in March and twice in June of this year in the same daily poll of 1,500 randomly selected Americans.