{"id":117725,"date":"2026-01-20T05:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/lee-carter-trumps-approval-ratings-reveal-what-legacy-media-refuses-to-see-117725"},"modified":"2026-01-20T05:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:00:36","slug":"lee-carter-trumps-approval-ratings-reveal-what-legacy-media-refuses-to-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/lee-carter-trumps-approval-ratings-reveal-what-legacy-media-refuses-to-see-117725","title":{"rendered":"LEE CARTER: Trump’s approval ratings reveal what legacy media refuses to see"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tuesday, Jan. 20 marks one year since Donald Trump<\/a> returned to the Oval Office. One year of executive orders, foreign policy shockwaves, immigration crackdowns, and a governing style that never once tried to soften its edges.<\/p>\n

And for one year, the same headline has seemed to be everywhere: Trump is unpopular.<\/p>\n

Approval in the low 40s. Disapproval in the mid-50s. The verdict, according to the polling-industrial complex, is clear.<\/p>\n

FROM WASHINGTON: THE PRESIDENT\u2019S FIRST YEAR \u2018REPORT CARD\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

But one year in, it\u2019s worth asking a more uncomfortable question: What if the polls aren\u2019t telling us Trump is failing? What if they\u2019re telling us he\u2019s delivering \u2014 and the country is splitting in response?<\/p>\n

Because Trump is not like other presidents. And that means we\u2019re reading his first year through the wrong lens.<\/p>\n

Most presidents spend their first year recalibrating. They discover the limits of power. They soften the rhetoric. They explain why campaign promises were harder than expected.<\/p>\n

They govern in beige after campaigning in bold color. Trump never did that.<\/p>\n

He governed exactly as he campaigned \u2014 and dared the country to react.<\/p>\n

He promised to get tough on immigration. He did.<\/p>\n

He promised to put America first, even if allies bristled. He did.<\/p>\n

He promised decisive action over consensus. He delivered it.<\/p>\n

You can disagree with the choices. Many do. But you cannot credibly argue that he misrepresented who he would be.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s why his polling looks so strange\u2014and so stable\u2014one year in.<\/p>\n

THE ECONOMIC POLICIES SHAPING TRUMP\u2019S RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

According to national polling averages<\/a>, Trump\u2019s job approval sits around 41% to 42%, with disapproval in the mid-50s. Those numbers dominate headlines. But buried in the same data is the statistic that actually defines his first year: According to a Wall Street Journal poll this week, 92% of voters who supported Trump in 2024 still approve of the job he\u2019s doing.<\/p>\n

That is not drift.<\/p>\n

That is not erosion.<\/p>\n

That is alignment.<\/p>\n

Trump didn\u2019t lose America; he kept his people.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the shift that explains everything: The polls absolutely reflect what Trump is doing. They just don\u2019t reflect it the way they used to.<\/p>\n

In past presidencies, performance led to persuasion. A good economy moved numbers up. A crisis moved them down. Voters behaved like jurors, weighing evidence and revising judgment.<\/p>\n

Today, voters behave<\/a> more like mirrors.<\/p>\n

Trump acts. And people don\u2019t reconsider. They react as who they already are.<\/p>\n

Supporters see delivery.<\/p>\n

Opponents see confirmation.<\/p>\n

The same action produces opposite conclusions \u2014 and the polls record the split.<\/p>\n

Think of today\u2019s polling like polarized sunglasses. Everyone sees the same reality \u2014 but one lens turns it red, the other blue. The event isn\u2019t hidden. It\u2019s filtered. Trump\u2019s presidency doesn\u2019t change minds; it clarifies them.<\/p>\n

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REVOKES MORE THAN 100,000 VISAS IN FIRST YEAR BACK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

That\u2019s why approval doesn\u2019t swing wildly. That\u2019s why scandals don\u2019t collapse support. That\u2019s why victories don\u2019t expand it. The country isn\u2019t being persuaded. It\u2019s being sorted \u2014 in response to Trump doing exactly what he said he would do.<\/p>\n

This is why Trump\u2019s approval ratings feel so unsatisfying to everyone.<\/p>\n

Critics want them to signal collapse.<\/p>\n

Supporters want them to signal dominance.<\/p>\n

Instead, they signal something more unsettling: stability without consensus.<\/p>\n

Recent polling suggests Trump\u2019s approval has stabilized after early dips \u2014 not because nothing is happening, but because everything is settling into place. The sides are formed. The reactions are predictable. The country has chosen its lenses.<\/p>\n

Trump isn\u2019t chasing approval. He\u2019s holding his line.<\/p>\n

And that, one year in, is the defining feature of his presidency.<\/p>\n

Here is the thing that makes both sides uncomfortable:<\/p>\n

Trump didn\u2019t run as a unifier and then divide.<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t run as a reformer and then manage.<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t run as an outsider and then assimilate.<\/p>\n

He ran as a disruptor \u2014 and governed as one.<\/p>\n

That doesn\u2019t make him right.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t make him wrong.<\/p>\n

It makes him consistent.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

And consistency, in a country this divided, is no longer a virtue everyone can tolerate. It\u2019s a provocation.<\/p>\n

One year in, Trump\u2019s approval ratings aren\u2019t a warning sign. They\u2019re a receipt. They show that he delivered exactly what he promised \u2014 and that half the country can\u2019t stand what was delivered.<\/p>\n

In an era built on walk-backs and reversals, Trump did something voters are told never to expect from politicians: He meant it.<\/p>\n

And on the one-year anniversary of his presidency, the polls aren\u2019t judging his performance.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re measuring America\u2019s discomfort with getting exactly what it voted for.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM LEE HARTLEY CARTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/lee-carter-trumps-approval-ratings-reveal-legacy-media-refuses-see <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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