Tensions in the US regarding the border with Mexico and issues relating to migration are at an all time high. The raids without warrants carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this weekend and the openly racist comments of president Trump directed as much towards congresswomen as the victims of the raids have shook a nation that is more divided than ever.
With a 41% approval rating, Trump’s popularity remains stable and has changed very little throughout his presidency. However, according to Gallup, this is the lowest approval rating a president has ever had since they began measuring ratings in 1955. In a survey from June this year, respondents were asked if they approved or dissaproved of the management of Trump’s government, and the response only emphasises the current polarised state of the nation: 41% answered they approved and 54% answered they did not.
When Donald Trump shows his true racist colours however, it would appear that support among his followers from the Republican Party increases. In the days following his declarations telling congresswomen like Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Ilhan Omar to go back to where they came from, a Reutes/Ipsos poll showed that his popularity rose 5% among republican voters.
