Washington (AP) – According to a fresh survey, the dramatic changes of President Donald Trump in the federal government, which points out that some Americans may give him the advantage of doubt about his Department of Government.
The Associated Press-Norc Center for Public Affairs Research survey showed that about 4 out of 10 US-growing “something” or “strong” of Trump’s handling of social security and a similar proportion of the way he manages the federal government.
These figures are almost identical to Trump’s general approval of the President, which indicates that the movements of his republican administration, thousands of federal workers, to dismiss close outer offices of the social security agency, to close entire agencies and to cancel thousands of government contracts, have not yet triggered significant independent setbacks.
The views of Trump and his consultant Elon Musk are still largely connected despite the latest focus of the Democrats on Musk. The two men suffered a defeat on Tuesday when the conservative candidate, whom they had approved for the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, was defeated. Musk and the groups that he supported spent more than $ 21 million in the race, the first gigantic test of how the voters feel political effects about Musk.
The survey, which was carried out before the election on Tuesday, showed that both Trump and Musk are considered more negative than positive and that Americans have largely rated in a vast extent. Very few Americans have a positive view of one man and a negative view of the other.
Trump’s actions on Doge largely reflect his general approval
In the survey, immigration was created as a relative strength for Trump, while trade relationships with other countries seemed to be a relative weakness. In contrast to these topics, the views of the US -grown -ups about Trump’s handling of social security and administration of the federal government must not be distinguished from its general approval rate.
This indicates that the Americans may have a less developed opinion on Trump’s actions in this area or are waiting to weigh up the effects.
There are indications in the survey that Trump’s promise to reduce state expenditure may have resonance. In addition to half of the US -growing -growing, Trump’s approach to government expenditure, which is somewhat higher than his general approval assessment.
“I love Doge,” said Adam Marefka, a 42-year-old maintenance specialist from Birmingham, Alabama and a Trump supporter. “They cut wasteful expenses. We need a smaller government and there is only one way to do this.”
Others see ruthlessness. Or like Paul Vaitkus from St. Petersburg, Florida, said: “Total craziness”.
“You are not only cut where it has to cut,” said Vaitkus, a 66-year-old cardiologist in retirement. “They will cause enormous damage to the agencies, and the ability of these agencies will undermine the ability to offer American taxpayers.”
Trump’s handling of social security is older in adults than among younger adults. Nevertheless, older adults who tend to be more conservative, but would also be affected by cuts or changes in social security, are not more likely how Trump deals with his work in general.
Even if there is no clear counter reaction now, it could still quickly incorporate into the risky territory. An AP-NORC survey carried out in January showed that the Republicans and Democrats were divided whether the US government spends “too much” or “too little” for the military, support in the needy and education, solid majorities of both said that “too little” was spent on social security.
“Everything I want from this country is that the government helps the seniors and the veterans.” It is hard if you live in social security. ”
Collins, a Trump supporter, said that the second term of office of the President was much better than his first, and he wishes to avoid Trump’s critics and courts.
“I wish people would only give him the time,” said Collins. “Let him try to at least repair it.”
Few Americans don’t like Musk and support Trump
Despite the attacks by the Democrats on Muschus, the opinion of the influential billionaire is largely not to be distinguished from the views of Trump. According to the survey, about half of us adults have a “something” or “very” unfavorable opinion of Muschus and Trump, while about 3 out of 10 have a “somewhat” or “very” positive view of both men. Only about 1 of 10 have a positive view of Trump and a negative view of musk.
Trump chose Muschus to monitor an advance, reduce the federal government, prevent the federal government and the slash lines for agencies that were unfavorable by the White House, which led to a flood of legal measures.
Roots of waste is an significant goal, said Julio Carmona, a 40-year-old medical specialist in Stratford, Connecticut. But Carmona believes that Musk, the richest person in the world, has no significant government experience and is not the right person for the job.
“You choose a man who has the remedy he has, this part of it just doesn’t suit me,” said Carmona. “There could have been so many different qualified people he chose, but he decided Elon Musk for it.”
This splitter of Americans with different views of Trump and Muschus seems to be largely Republicans. For example, about half of the Republicans have a very favorable view of Trump, while about 4 out of 10 say that about musk. However, they are far from a majority of people who share their party identity-two thirds of republicans have a positive view of both Trump and Musk.
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Cooper reported by Phoenix.
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The AP-NORC survey of 1,229 adults was carried out from March 20 to 24 using a sample from the probability base of the Norc base Amerispeak, which is designed as representative of the US population. The sales edge for adults in total is plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.
