A new poll shows that President Donald Trump has reached an all-time high in his approval rating, rising from 40% in July to 45% as of August 28, Breitbart reported. Author John Nolte credits this to the president's violent crime crackdown using the National Guard in Washington, D.C., while Democrats move further towards protecting criminals.
As Nolte points out, the poll was conducted by the "far left" news outlet, the Associated Press, which makes his high approval ratings that much more significant. The president has seen an 8% increase in his approval rating on crime, while also making up ground in his handling of the economy.
"The poll also shows that a vast majority of the public agrees with Trump on a number of issues Democrats oppose him on," Nolte wrote. This is great for Trump, as Democrats are forced to take a position that is antithetical to what Americans want simply so they can continue to oppose the Republican president.
AP-NORC POLL - Trump Approval
Approve: 45% (+5)
Disapprove: 53% (-5)Trump's highest approval ever by AP-NORC, including his first term
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Net Approval
🟢 Crime: +8
🟤 Immigration: -9
🟤 Economy: -11 (was -22)(shift vs July) | 8/21-25 | 1,182 A https://t.co/2fdy0kVLdn pic.twitter.com/1XIa5SVYfm
— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) August 27, 2025
The left was apoplectic when Trump announced he was sending in the National Guard to deal with crime in the nation's capital, but Americans seem to like the plan. "While Democrats and their regime media allies assure us violent crime is not a serious problem, the AP-NORC poll found that, 'Two-thirds of the public think crime is a major problem in the country overall and 8 in 10 say it is a major problem in large cities,'" Nolte wrote.
"What’s more, 55 percent, including 30 percent of Democrats and a plurality of 46 percent of Independents, agree that it is 'completely' or 'somewhat acceptable' to use 'the U.S. military and National Guard to assist local police," Nolte added. Notably, Trump enjoys a 53% approval rating on his handling of crime, with only 45% disapproving.
This demonstrates that Trump's tough-on-crime stance is effective for garnering widespread support. "There’s really no question that Trump’s decision to step in and finally do something about the godawful crime in Washington D.C. is what boosted this approval rating," Nolte contends.
"The contrast of Trump’s proactive approach with Democrats and their corporate media allies screaming fascism while arguing there was no serious crime problem was really something. This is such an easy win for Trump," the author went on.
"First off, fighting crime is easy. All you have to do is enforce the law and put criminals in prison. Secondly, fighting crime has been a popular move for politicians going back to the first politicians ever," Nolte wrote. "It’s a no-brainer. Always has been."
Rather than get on board with Trump's plan to clean up America's cities, Democrats have doubled down on their opposition to the president's agenda. "So, the fact that Democrats oppose both fighting crime and jailing violent criminals tells you just how far to the extreme left the party has been pushed by the lunatics in their base, the same lunatics about to elect a full-blown communist as mayor of New York City," Nolte wrote, referring to the appeal of Zohran Mamdani.
Even mainstream Democrats have lost their minds, as demonstrated in a clip Nolte shared of Democrat Rep Jamie Raskin (D-MD) downplaying the impact of violent crime. "In D.C., he was talking about cleaning up the graffiti and dealing with the blight of homelessness, which are obviously local, not federal issues," Raskin said of Trump.
"And he's trying to militarize our society, intimidate his political opponents. The whole idea of picking cities based on their partisan leadership is absurd," Raskin went on. Trump has considered sending the National Guard to other cities plagued by violence, vandalism, and criminal activity, but Raskin believes it's just part of the landscape people must accept if they live there.
"I mean, there are lots of Republican cities and towns struggling with crime. Everybody is across the country, always. Crime has always been part of our history," Raskin said.
Trump is winning over the American people because he's doing so many things Democrats have been unwilling to do, like get serious about crime. In their haste to oppose Trump, Democrats have taken some of the most idiotic positions that seem to suggest that they just don't mind murder and mayhem. This will surely be their undoing.
