Poll finds 66% of Americans say Trump enriching himself

Trump approval falls to 33% as midterm elections approach

A Washington Post-ABC poll found that 66% of Americans believe Donald Trump is using the presidency to enrich himself, according to survey results published by The Guardian on Monday. The share includes 34% of Republicans and represents a 12-point increase from last September.

Trump’s approval rating in the survey stood at 33%, a new low for his second term as the midterm elections approach in November. The president has been crisscrossing the country to campaign for Republican candidates ahead of the vote.

Economic pessimism featured prominently in the results. Forty-eight percent of respondents said they are financially worse off than when Trump returned to office in January 2025 — the highest share giving that answer about any president in the Washington Post-ABC polling series since 1986. Seventy-five percent rated economic conditions as either “not so good” or “poor.”

The poll showed a partisan split on economic stewardship. Thirty-seven percent of respondents said they trust Democrats more to handle the economy, compared with 28% who said they trust Republicans. Trump returned to power in January 2025 promising a “new golden age” for the US economy.

On press freedom, 67% of those surveyed said Trump is not committed to protecting freedom of the press. The findings come as the administration has battled to bar CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House grounds. A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the administration from enforcing the ban.

On election integrity, 61% of respondents said Trump is not committed to free and fair elections, up five percentage points compared to October 2025.

The election-integrity findings followed the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against California after the state declined to provide the federal government with citizenship records for about 20,000 people the administration identified as non-citizens. The Justice Department did not explain how it compiled the list, according to The Guardian.

Trump is scheduled to travel to Kansas on Monday to campaign for Senator Roger Marshall, a Republican incumbent. The president is then expected to hold back-to-back events in North Carolina, South Carolina, Iowa, Florida, Georgia and Michigan over the coming days.