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Poll: 44 percent of Americans approve of the job President Trump is doing

By Karen Butler
U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by business leaders, shows an executive order establishing regulatory reform officers and task forces in US agencies in the Oval Office of the White House on February 24 in Washington, DC. Poll results released Sunday showed 44 percent of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing. Pool photo by Olivier Douliery/UPI
U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by business leaders, shows an executive order establishing regulatory reform officers and task forces in US agencies in the Oval Office of the White House on February 24 in Washington, DC. Poll results released Sunday showed 44 percent of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing. Pool photo by Olivier Douliery/UPI | License Photo

Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Forty-four percent of Americans approve of the job U.S. President Donald Trump is doing in office, an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll indicated.

Forty-eight percent said they disapproved of his performance as commander-in-chief. The business mogul and television personality, who ran as a Republican, won the electoral college, but lost the popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton. He took office on Jan. 20.

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"The president's personal favorability rating [43 percent positive and 47 percent negative] is stable compared to previous polls, and he holds net positive scores on decisiveness, his ability to 'get things done,' and his fitness to deal with the economy," a press release explained. "Americans are split on the president's executive order on immigration: 44 percent say the policy is necessary, and 45 percent disagree."

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