Donald Trump is more popular than ever, according to shock poll, as he prepares for address to Congress

President Donald Trump’s rapid pace of spending cuts, deportations and foreign policy flexes are winning him new admirers, according to a new DailyMail.com poll. 

Our Trump tracking poll, launched today with J.L. Partners, shows his approval rating has ticked up by one point in the past two weeks.

It now stands at 54 percent, representing a historic high for a president who has polarized the nation.

Some 46 percent of those who expressed an opinion said they disapproved of his performance. 

Much of the increase in approval comes from younger voters, with 56 percent of 18 to 29-year-olds now saying they approve (up from 51 percent two weeks earlier). 

It shows that Trump’s helter-skelter blitz on the federal government has more admirers than critics among voters. So far.

And the fieldwork was conducted just before Trump’s extraordinary clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, which could change the way voters see the president.

When asked if they now had a more or less positive view of the president, more than one in three Americans (36 percent) said they had a more positive view.

Only 16 percent said more negative.

Respondents said they were impressed by the way Trump was doing exactly what he said he would do during the campaign.

And as one respondent (a New York Democrat and Kamala Harris voter) put it: ‘because he has focused on taking out corruption in the government.’

Trump took office on January 20.

And with Elon Musk at his side he has cut a swath through government, shuttering USAID and laying off thousands of workers.

In the meantime, he has kept up a steady pace of executive orders and international diplomacy. 

On Tuesday he faces one of Washington’s biggest set piece occasions: An address to a joint session of Congress.

He is expected to take a victory lap of achievements and set out his priorities for the year ahead.

The DailyMail.com tracker suggests he is on a firmer foundation than some other polls, which indicated his firing blitz and inflation worries had given voters pause for thought. 

‘Some pollsters have found Trump’s ratings slipping,’ said James Johnson, cofounder of J.L. Partners. 

‘We think this is a reflection of non-response bias rather than reality: Basically, energized Democrats who were not answering polls a month ago now doing so. 

‘Our polling was the most accurate in 2024, and we are confident this is the real picture: Trump’s approval rating holding firm rather than slipping.’

The tracker will publish the latest ratings every month. 

The first instalment is based on a poll of 1,001 registered voters taken between February 24 and 25.

To get to the final numbers, people who responded ‘don’t know’ were stripped out. (If they are left in, the numbers are 45 percent approve, versus 39 percent who don’t). 

It found that the president’s approval rating had dipped slightly among Republicans (from 92 percent to 89 percent) but risen among Democrats (from 20 percent to 22 percent) and among younger voters (from 51 percent to 56 percent with 18 to 29-year-olds).

Respondent after respondent said that he was keeping his promises.

‘He has accomplished more so far this time than in his first four years,’ said a female Harris voter from Pennsylvania.

A Trump voter from California said: ‘He is more focused and less toxic.’