Only 21% of Americans approve of US president Donald Trump's handling of the cost of living. (EPA Images pic)WASHINGTON: US president Donald Trump's approval rating held near the lowest level of his political career, depressed by national concerns over rising prices that tanked his Republican Party in last week's midterm elections, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday.
Some 32% of Americans approve of Trump's performance in the White House, unchanged from two prior Reuters/Ipsos polls conducted between late October and early November. It was one percentage point higher than his 31% rating in a Reuters/Ipsos poll in mid-October, the lowest of his career in politics.
Trump's Republican Party suffered a staggering defeat in the Nov 3 midterm elections, losing control of both chambers of the US Congress. With some races still undecided, Democrats scored their biggest victory in the House of Representatives since at least 2008 while flipping Senate seats in traditionally conservative states including Kansas, South Carolina and Texas.
