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Among Trump disapprovers, in addition to immigration, a third of mentions say the economy is the worst thing Trump has done, with the bulk of those mentions devoted to tariffs.

More than 2 in 10 mentions from Trump disapprovers were either about corruption, violating the constitution, people’s rights and politicizing the Department of Justice. Just under 2 in 10 mentions were about poor international relations and another 13% were focused on the release of the files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Below are some quotes from poll respondents who approve of Trump when listing the three best things the president has done this term:

\"Kicking out the illegals\"

\"Closed the border\"

\"He is putting tariffs on things coming from other countries.\"

\"Mass Deportation\"

\"Making tax cuts permanent\"

And here are some quotes from poll respondents who disapprove of Trump when listing the three worst things he has done this term:

\"Sending federal troops to Minnesota and causing murders\"

\"ICE\"

\"Tariffs\"

\"Allowing DHS and ICE to operate with complete disregard for Due Process\"

\"Politicizing the justice department\"

\"Damaged our system of checks and balances\"

Methodology -- This ABC News-Washington Post-Ipsos poll was conducted via the probability-based Ipsos KnowledgePanel, Feb. 12-17, 2026, among 2,589 U.S. adults and has an overall margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points, plus or minus 3.4 points among the sample of 887 adults who approve of Trump and plus or minus 2.7 points among the sample of 1,422 adults who disapprove of Trump. The error margins are larger among partisan group subsamples.

This analysis was aided by the use of BTInsights, an AI open-end coding software that sorts responses into similar categories. Each response was reviewed by a human coder to ensure it was accurately categorized and then, if necessary, recategorized. Category names were also edited after a review of codes within each group.

See PDF for full results and detailed methodology.

Email ABCNEWS.Polls@abc.com to be added to ABC News’ polling distribution list.

More ABC News polls can be found at abcnews.com. Media contacts: Jeannie Kedas and Amanda Long.

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