Public disapproval for Trump increases as Americans hold him responsible for the govt shutdown: Poll

Public disapproval for US President Donald Trump has increased five points to 58% in the last three months as a majority of Americans continue to hold him and congressional Republicans most responsible for the partial federal government shutdown that has ended, according to a poll.

In addition, more than one in five Americans have said that they were personally inconvenienced by the ­record-long shutdown, which ended after lawmakers and the White House on Friday night reached an agreement on a three-week continuing resolution to reopen government agencies that had been shuttered for 35 days, the Washington Post-ABC News Poll said on Friday.

The poll found that Trump's overall popularity has weakened, with 37% of the public approving of his job performance and 58% disapproving.

In the previous Post-ABC poll before the November midterm elections in which Democrats won control of the House of Representatives, the approval-disapproval margin was narrower, at 40% to 53%.

Though Friday's survey finds that a 54% majority of Americans disapproved of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's performance during the shutdown, negative ratings for Trump on this question were higher, at 60%.

When asked who was most responsible, 53% blamed Trump and congressional Republicans, while 34% blamed Pelosi and Democrats.

Earlier polls have also consistently shown that a majority of Americans do not support the US-Mexico border wall.

The Washington Post-ABC News poll found that 54% opposed the project, with 42% supporting it, matching the results of a poll two weeks ago.

The Post-ABC poll was conducted by telephone from January 21 to 24 among a random national sample of 1,001 adults.