Trump’s approval rating revealed after Iran strikes divide the nation

By NIKKI SCHWAB, CHIEF CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

Published: 13:08 BST, 26 June 2025 | Updated: 13:12 BST, 26 June 2025

For all the twists and turns of the ’12 Day War’ between Israel and Iran – including President Donald Trump’s decision to drop bombs on three Iranian nuclear sites – the president’s approval rating remained extraordinarily stable. 

A new Daily Mail/J.L. Partners poll found that Trump’s approval rating stood at 47 percent.

It was also 47 percent on June 6, before Israel made the decision to start bombing Iran on June 12, with the goal of obliterating the Islamic regime’s nuclear program. 

And it was 47 percent on June 18, three days before the U.S. got involved. 

The president’s disapproval rating stayed at 53 percent throughout. 

That doesn’t mean that Trump’s actions during the Israeli-Iranian conflict didn’t have some consequences.

Around a third of voters said their view of the president has gotten more negative in recent weeks. 

Thirty-six percent shared this opinion, while another 30 percent said they view Trump more positively. 

President Donald Trump (center), addressing the press at the conclusion of Wednesday’s NATO Summit in the Hague, has had an approval rating that remained steady before and after the so-called ’12 Day War,’ new polling from the Daily Mail and J.L. Partners found

This Tuesday, June 24, 2025, satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows tunnel entrances at Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center in Iran after recent airstrikes

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When respondents were asked why their view of Trump became more negative, 30 percent said it was because they feared war and conflict with Iran. 

Twenty percent answered it was Trump’s ‘dictatorial behavior’ and the fact that he bombed Iran without Congressional approval beforehand. 

Another 16 percent they were worried about the president being too self-interested and ego-driven. 

On the flip side, among the 30 percent who responded that they viewed Trump more favorably, Iran was also cited – with 30 percent saying so. 

On Monday night, the president announced that a ceasefire deal had been agreed to between Israel and Iran after Iran responded to the U.S. attack by firing missiles – that were intercepted – toward the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. 

The poll was conducted on Tuesday and Wednesday – and on Tuesday morning Trump used the F-bomb to school Israel and Iran, as he encouraged them to keep the ceasefire in place. 

So far it has held. 

Another 24 percent who said they had a more positive view of Trump did so because of his ‘strong leader’ and ‘strength.’ 

Map graphics of Iran’s Nuclear facilities and in particular the secret uranium facility at Natanz called Pickaxe Mountain made by Jason Jones Daily Mail Online

On Tuesday President Donald Trump dropped an F-bomb to reporters as he encouraged Israel and Iran to stop fighting and abide by a ceasefire deal he helped orchestrate. Polling found that among the 30 percent who liked Trump more, 24 percent commended Trump’s ‘strength’ 

The biggest group, 36 percent, said they viewed Trump more positively because he was fulfilling his campaign promises and getting things done.   

On the campaign trail during the 2024 cycle, the president had pledged to keep the United States out of World War III and also out of prolonged military entanglements – like the War on Terror-era wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. 

The poll of 1,025 registered voters was conducted June 24-25. 

It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percent.  

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Trump’s approval rating revealed after Iran strikes divide the nation

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