Trump’s Approval Rating ‘So Low It Breaks Graph’

President Donald Trump’s approval rating on one of the issues that helped power his return to the White House has fallen so hard that it reportedly broke a pollster’s graph.

A new Strength in Numbers/Verasight poll shared Thursday by pollster G. Elliot Morris showed Trump sinking across several major issues, including immigration, trade, healthcare, democracy, civil rights, deportations, and inflation. But one category stood out for all the wrong reasons: the soaring cost of living.

According to Morris, Trump’s numbers on inflation and everyday affordability fell so dramatically that the chart tracking his support could barely contain the drop. “Trump literally broke the scale of this graph on my data portal,” Morris wrote on X as he posted the data.

The line for “inflation/cost of living” plunged below every other issue on the graph, making it the president’s worst-performing category. While his ratings declined across the board during his second term, frustration over rising prices appears to be hitting the hardest. As of April 30, Trump’s approval on inflation and cost of living stood at negative 40.3 points, marking a new low on the issue.

The collapse began around March 13, just weeks after Trump launched military action against Iran, a conflict that has increasingly weighed on both global markets and American wallets. As the war expanded and tensions in the Middle East worsened, the financial strain at home became harder for voters to ignore.

Gas prices have emerged as one of the clearest signs of that pressure. This week, the national average hit $4.30 a gallon, the highest level since the conflict began on February 28, according to AAA. For millions of Americans already stretched thin by housing, groceries, and healthcare costs, the fresh spike at the pump has only deepened anger toward the White House.

Trump initially framed his intervention in Iran as a regime-change mission, but the conflict has since spiraled into a larger and increasingly costly war. The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most vital shipping routes, has only added to fears of prolonged economic fallout. Reports say the conflict is now costing U.S. taxpayers nearly $900 million a day.

Even some of Trump’s own supporters are beginning to publicly voice regret.

Kathryn Bright, a 60-year-old retired U.S. Air Force captain who voted for Trump in the 2024 election, told the Associated Press last week that she now feels deeply let down by the president. Bright, who lives with several disabling medical conditions, said she supported Trump because she believed his promises to help veterans, lower costs, and keep the country out of more wars.

Instead, she says, she feels deceived.

“I feel betrayed, like he was a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” Bright said. “It’s like high school class president: ‘I’m gonna promise we are going to get pizza every single day.’ Then as soon as they get elected, they are like, ‘Oh, I lied.’”

The White House, unsurprisingly, pushed back. Spokesman Davis Ingle told the Daily Beast that the real verdict came on Election Day in 2024, when nearly 80 million Americans elected Trump.

“The ultimate poll was November 5th 2024 when nearly 80 million Americans overwhelmingly elected President Trump to deliver on his popular and commonsense agenda,” Ingle said.

He added that Trump is “working tirelessly to create jobs, cool inflation, increase housing affordability, and more,” while claiming the president has already made “historic progress” at home and abroad.

But for voters staring down higher gas prices, higher bills, and another costly foreign conflict, those talking points may be getting harder to sell. If this latest poll is any indication, Trump’s biggest political problem may no longer be the opposition. It may be the pain Americans are feeling every time they pull out their wallets.