WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is setting records with his dismally low approval ratings. At 34 percent in Gallup's three-day average, Trump's current approval rating is worse than President Barack Obama's ever was. Trump's early descent in the polls defies some longstanding patterns about how Americans view their president. In Trump's case, the economy is humming and foreign crises have been kept to a minimum. Among other things, low approval ratings hamper a president's ability to push an agenda through Congress.

Source: Economic Times August 26, 2017 04:18 UTC