After six months of accomplishments, including a series of achievements made by President Trump’s legislative goals, his second term views are increasingly defined by the differences between his political base (like what it sees) and the increasingly skeptical political bases elsewhere in the country.
On the economic side, it continues to call for more attention to prices than tariffs that most Americans object to. Now, there is A large bill billat least initially, most people think this will help the rich.
About matters Deportationthe difference depends on who and how many Americans are considered targets, and the use of detention facilities. Here, the Republican and the Margma political base still approves all this overwhelmingly, but the situation is getting less and less for the rest of the American public.
(On another issue, by contrast, most say that Jeffrey Epstein’s case is not important in the assessment of the president, especially as the president’s Maga base still overwhelmingly approves his job performance, especially in immigration.)
Now, most people say the government has no priority for deporting dangerous criminals, and that more people are deporting than they think.
The program received most support earlier this semester, but today, the program is not the case with perceptions of who is deported.
Meanwhile, most people disagree with the way government uses detention facilities.
Approvals for deportation programs have fallen over the past few months and are now becoming somewhat negative, with supporters increasingly uniquely taking from Republican and magazine identifiers.
Hispanics and Americans generally say Hispanics are more targeted than others, and those who think it is unfair.
As a result, Hispanics’ recognition of the deportation program and Mr. Trump is lower than before. (For a broader background, 2024 ElectionMr. Trump and Hispanic voters and began his term with the approval of half Hispanics. Today he has one third of it. )
Despite the widespread public belief that Trump’s policies have reduced crossings.
This suggests that Mr. Trump’s decline in immigration today is often more connected to his deportation program.
All in all, this is an example of how the policy pendulum swings in American politics: In Joe Biden’s first year as president, most Americans say he and Democrats are not strong enough in immigration. Today, most Americans say Mr. Trump and Republicans are too hard.
Half of the countries (again, mostly outside of the political foundation) say the president is focusing on deportation.
Economics, tariffs and “a large bill bill”
What do people want Mr. Trump to focus on? That part is not news: it's still the price, just like the whole semester. Seven out of ten say the government is not doing enough to try to lower them.
Inflation and prices are important to how they assess Trump as a whole.
Now, nearly two-thirds of people disagree with how Mr. Trump deals with inflation, which is his highest objection to it.
This is a diversified person who says the government is focusing too much on cutting spending.
More broadly, after a lot of campaign immigration and inflation, most Americans still say that Mr. Trump is doing what he promised in the campaign. But now, less said than at the beginning of his tenure, the difference is partly the idea of independents, fewer Democrats. Republicans say that is largely consistent.
In debates, for example, Americans’ general desire for the economy is divided – a bigger priority should be to keep interest rates in a position to control inflation or lower their interest rates to make borrowing easier.
In discussions surrounding Mr. Trump and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, most said the Fed should act independently from the president.
But there is a warning for all of this, as many admit that they don’t know much about what the Fed does.
Powell gained mixed confidence, and Democrats have more confidence in him than Republicans, perhaps another example of how partisanism can behave with a more tech-economic perspective.
Six out of 10 people disapprove of a beautiful bill legislation. Today’s view is similar to what was before the bill passed: Most people think it hurts the poor and helps the rich. Fewer people think this will help the middle or working class.
There are so many Americans who say they don't understand many of the details of the bill, and their initial reaction to it seems very partisan, opening up a month-long struggle that could define and sell it.
As a result, Mr. Trump's overall approval has also continued to decline, as it has been (even gradually) since the beginning of his term. Now, it's closer to where he spent a lot of time in his first semester (low 40s), the structure is under negative emotions, beyond the strong recognition of the base.
Most magazines return to Trump on Epstein affairs
Among all experts this week, questions about Epstein’s archives did not affect Mr. Trump’s overall approval in his Marg base. On the one hand, Republicans and Maga liked his handling of immigration and said they evaluated him more.
The Epstein case is not compared to its importance. Few Republicans, including Maga, say there are “many” questions about the Epstein case, how they evaluate Mr. Trump’s presidency.
That is, there are some relative dissatisfactions within the Republican Party, including how the government handles it in the MAGA foundation.
Americans do want to publish these documents – including Democrats, Republicans, magazines, and a wide variety of groups.
Americans overwhelmingly suspect that the documents contain information about the harm of powerful and wealthy.
The CBS News/YouGov survey was conducted between July 16 and 18, 2025, with a nationally representative sample of 2,343 U.S. adults. The sample is known as the National Adults based on gender, age, race, and education, according to the U.S. Census Community Survey and the Current Census Survey and the 2024 presidential vote. The error margin is ±2.5 points.
Anthony Salvanto