Donald Trump’s Approval Rating hits 29% after widespread criticism over corruption.

The available evidence indicates a significant decline in President Trump’s approval during his current presidency, with several reports published July 29–30, 2026, describing new or record lows.

• The Economist reported that Trump’s net approval reached a record low of 25 in its YouGov-based tracker. Net approval is the difference between approval and disapproval, so it is not equivalent to a 29% overall approval rating.
• Forbes reported a net approval figure of 20.6 in Nate Silver’s tracker, while USA Today described two separate polls as showing record-low approval levels. These figures confirm the broader trend but do not, based on the supplied material, verify the specific 29% number.
• Newsweek’s reports concern particularly low approval among white voters and men, as well as an all-time low in an Economist/YouGov poll. Subgroup approval ratings should not be presented as the national overall approval rating unless the source explicitly says so.
• The sources do not substantiate the claimed explanation that widespread criticism over corruption caused the decline. The Economist instead mentioned the administration’s resumption of strikes on Iran in mid-July as a possible factor, while the other supplied summaries do not identify corruption as the demonstrated cause.

Accordingly, the statement contains a supported general element, Trump’s approval was unusually low, but combines it with an unverified exact figure and an unsupported causal explanation.