Trump approval falls to lowest of his term over prices and Epstein files

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s approval rating fell to 38 percent, the lowest since his return to power, with Americans unhappy about his handling of the cost of living and the investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The four-day poll, which concluded on Monday, comes as Trump’s grip on his Republican Party shows signs of weakening. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Tuesday is voting on a measure to force the release of Justice Department files on Epstein — a move that Trump opposed for months and which has seen one of his onetime closest supporters in Congress, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, turn critic. Trump reversed his position on Sunday as lawmakers prepared to move forward without him. The survey showed Trump’s overall approval sliding two percentage points since a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in early November. Trump started his second term in office with 47 percent of Americans giving him a thumbs up. The nine-point decline since January leaves his overall popularity near the lows see

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