His approval rating is lower than it has been since immediately after leaving office — but you need to look beneath the hood for the real story.

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It may come as cold comfort to the White House, but Trump's underwater approval ratings echo a pattern seen with Biden, Obama and Bush before midterms.

Kimmel pointed to a new YouGov/The Economist poll that showed Trump with his lowest approval rating yet, with just 34% approving of how he is handling his job as president. Kimmel mocked the low approval rating, suggesting the president was just as popular as the movie “Paul Blart: Mall Cop.”

Comedian Bill Maher ribbed President Trump on Friday over his dismal poll numbers and the blowback to a massive upcoming bash on the National Mall celebrating America’s 250th birthday. Trump’s job approval rating slipped to a record low of 34 percent this week — according to a poll conducted by The Economist/YouGov — amid