President Donald Trump is reported to have "broken his own record" with his lowest net approval rating among independent voters during any point of his two non-consecutive presidential terms, according to CNN data guru Harry Enten.

His approval rating has fallen by 14 points since he entered office, more steeply than the five-point drop he had suffered by this time in his first term. In polling from YouGov/ The Economist, Americans give Mr Trump a net rating of minus-seven percentage points on his handling of the economy,

President Donald Trump has a net negative approval rating in six of seven polls taken in the wake of his sweeping tariff announcement on April 2—though most Americans don’t think Trump will stick with the new levies,