Majority says Trump is growing erratic with age: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Trump returned to office in January 2025 at age 78. He has often struck an angry tone in his public remarks,
Six in ten Americans, including a significant slice of Republicans, think President Donald Trump has become erratic as he ages, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
The six-day poll concluded on Feb. 23, the day before the 79-year-old president gives his annual State of the Union address to Congress following a month of angry reprimands of lawmakers and judges.
Overall, 61% of respondents in the poll said they would describe Trump as having "become erratic with age." Some 89% of Democrats, 30% of Republicans and 64% of independents described him this way.
White House spokesman Davis Ingle said the poll results were examples of "fake and desperate narratives" and that "Trump’s sharpness, unmatched energy, and historic accessibility" set him apart from his predecessor in office, Democrat Joe Biden.
Trump's overall popularity has been little changed in recent months. Some 40% of respondents in the latest poll approved of Trump's performance as president, up two percentage points from earlier this month. While he started his term with a considerably higher rating at 47%, his approval has held within a point or two of its current level since April.
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