Trump 'getting close to his floor' as approval rating with key group takes dive: analyst

Donald Trump's approval rating has taken a sharp decline with one of his most prominent supporter groups, an analyst has claimed.

The president appears to be losing support in the opinion polls during his second term and has hit approval rating lows this month. Non-MAGA Republicans appear to be abandoning Trump faster than ever, according to recent polling figures.

Mother Jones reporter David Corn believes Trump has not weathered recent weeks well enough and that the dive in his approval rating is deserved.

He wrote, "That seems especially true regarding Iran. A Reuters/Ipsos poll last month found that only 35 percent of Americans support the military strikes on Iran. And the numbers are sliding among non-MAGA Republicans. A CBS News poll in mid-March showed that while 92 percent of self-identified MAGA Republicans backed his war on Iran, only 70 percent of non-MAGA Republicans did."

"An Economist/ YouGov poll published on March 31 found that support for the war in Iran had dropped by 1 point for the MAGA GOPers fell by a whopping 23 points for those non-MAGA Republicans. Trump is losing everyone but the die-hard Trumpists, who don’t really give a damn about the supposedly cherished ideas of MAGA—such as America First—and are driven mostly by devotion to a divisive demagogue."

This constant sinking in the polls could make life dangerous for the Republican Party, as Corn believes Trump will lash out at the GOP because of his dire numbers.

"Trump’s act is getting old," he wrote. "His chaos does not wear well. He’s not delivering on the unrealistic promises he made, and he’s making things worse. And there’s not much room for improvement on the horizon, especially since it’s unclear how this dumb war will be resolved.

"Which may be why some folks fear that Trump—cornered like a wounded bear—might become more dangerous and resort to authoritarian measures in the midterms to preserve GOP power (to avoid a boatload of investigations and possibly another impeachment)."

Corn says the response depends entirely on how Trump views the war with Iran, with the analyst suggesting he could "lash out with more war."