Conservative Pollster Whacks Trump With Brutal Rating On His ‘Golden Age Of America’

President Donald Trump has earned some rather dire job approval numbers from a conservative polling firm that the Trump administration has previously touted.

Rasmussen Reports released a national survey Monday conducted Feb. 2-4, showing 56% of more than 1,000 likely U.S. voters disapprove of Trump’s performance during his second term in the White House.

Rasmussen is widely considered a politically conservative polling outlet and said in September that Trump had a 57% approval rating, which raised public skepticism, rebukes from major news outlets and a self-congratulatory social media post from the White House.

In the new survey, Trump was hit hard when compared to President Joe Biden. When asked who did a better job, 48% said Biden — and 40% chose Trump.

“Most voters don’t think America is living in the ‘Golden Age’ that President Donald Trump promised in his inaugural address, and nearly half say he’s doing a worse job than his predecessor,” Rasmussen wrote Monday.

“The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 27% of Likely Voters believe this is ‘the Golden Age of America,’ while 58% say it’s not and 15% are not sure,” they wrote. “In January 2025, 52% of voters agreed with Trump’s declaration.”

The president declared during his inauguration that “the golden age of America begins right now,” that “the future is ours” and that his election will “be remembered as the greatest and most consequential election in the history of our country.”

Rasmussen’s social media account regularly boosts pro-Trump talking points from GOP lawmakers, social media users and MAGA pundits. Trump has frequently championed it as “one of the most accurate,” “honest” and “best” polling firms when the findings suited him.

Monday’s poll has left many Democratic pundits relieved that Trump appears to be losing his grip on potential Republican voters. Even the firm’s head pollster, Mark Mitchell, acknowledged on social media that Biden would beat Trump if an election were held today.

The MAGA leader has yet to comment on the poll but has found time for other remarks.

After publishing several social media posts on Wednesday rebuking accusations of bigotry, attacking Democratic lawmakers and attempting to debunk his former connections to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Trump wrote: “…..And now, THE GOLDEN AGE IS HERE!!!!”