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Polling timeline · second term

Trump approval, the story so far.

Every day of Donald Trump's second term in the On Point average of job approval polls, with the moments that made news marked where they happened: the tariffs, both shutdowns, the strikes on Iran and Venezuela and more.

Scroll to walk the line with Pointy. Every stop is a moment that made news; the numbers show where the average stood that day and two weeks later.

Now
−20.8
Oct 20, 2026
At the start
+12.4
Jan 20, 2025
High
+17.6
Jan 22, 2025
Low
−21.1
Sep 21, 2026
StopJanuary 20, 2025
Approve53.7%
Disapprove41.3%
Net approval+12.4
40%50%60%FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct1January 20, 2025: Trump inaugurated for second term2February 13, 2025: Mass firings of probationary federal workers3April 2, 2025: Liberation Day tariffs announced4April 9, 2025: 90 day pause on most tariffs5June 7, 2025: National Guard federalized for Los Angeles6June 21, 2025: US strikes Iranian nuclear sites7July 4, 2025: One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed8July 7, 2025: Justice Department memo on Epstein files9August 11, 2025: Federal takeover of the DC police10September 2, 2025: First US strike on a Venezuelan boat11September 10, 2025: Charlie Kirk shot and killed12October 1, 2025: Federal government shutdown begins13November 4, 2025: Democrats win the 2025 marquee races14November 12, 2025: Record 43 day shutdown ends15November 19, 2025: Epstein Files Transparency Act signed16January 3, 2026: US strikes Venezuela and captures Maduro17January 7, 2026: ICE agent kills Renee Good in Minneapolis18January 24, 2026: Federal agents kill Alex Pretti19February 14, 2026: Homeland Security shutdown begins20February 20, 2026: Supreme Court strikes down emergency tariffs21February 24, 2026: Trump delivers the State of the Union22February 28, 2026: US and Israel launch war on Iran23March 28, 2026: Third nationwide No Kings protests24March 31, 2026: Gas tops $4 a gallon nationally25April 7, 2026: Two week ceasefire with Iran26April 13, 2026: US naval blockade of Iran begins27April 30, 2026: Record 76 day DHS shutdown ends28June 17, 2026: Preliminary US and Iran deal signed29June 30, 2026: Court strikes down birthright order30July 13, 2026: Iran blockade reinstated31July 20, 2026: 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods32September 1, 2026: US launches new strikes on Iran
PolicyStop 1 of 32

Trump inaugurated for second term

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president and signed a first wave of executive orders on immigration, energy and the federal workforce.

Net approval that day +12.4Two weeks later +8.0 −4.4Source

Every stop on the timeline

32 events

The change is the move in the average over the two weeks after each event. Polls move for many reasons at once, so a move after an event is not proof the event caused it.

The line is the On Point Politics polling average, updated October 20, 2026, from every public poll weighted by recency, sample, voter screen and pollster grade. Open the full average with every poll.