President Donald Trump wants to add Siena College to its lawsuit against the New York Times, stating in a social media post that the Times/Siena poll “is always extremely negative to me.”
Trump, who has been filing almost constant lawsuits against media organizations since the beginning of his second term, also called the results “false” and said Siena would be “held fully accountable for all lies and wrongdoings of the radical left.”
Questionnaire, conducted by the Siena Research Institute (SRI) for the New York Times.examined 1,625 registered votes and was in the field from January 12 to 17.
Only 40 percent of respondents approved of the job Trump is doing in office, and 56 percent disapproved of the minus-16 favorability rating. More than half (55 percent) said 2025 was a failure rather than a success, and nearly 50 percent (49 percent) said the country was worse off today than it was a year ago.
“Most say the country is in a worse situation than a year ago and that the country’s economy has gotten worse rather than better,” said SRI executive director Don Levy.
“50-46% of voters approve of the job Trump is doing at the U.S.-Mexico border, and 50-47% support his administration’s deportations of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. However, a majority currently disapprove of the way Trump is handling immigration, and nearly two-thirds, 63%, disapprove of the way ICE is handling its job,” Levy said. “Sixty-one percent of Americans, including 19% of Republicans, think ICE’s tactics have gone too far.”
After posting the above, Trump posted two more posts.
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Various survey results
- If the 2026 general election for Congress were held today, which party candidate would you most likely vote for in your district? | Democrat 48%, Republican 43%
- The most significant problem facing the country today | Economy 19%, Immigration/Law Enforcement 12%, Trump/Republicans 12%
- Do you think that Donald Trump’s policies so far have ensured the lives of most Americans? | More affordable 24%, less affordable 51%
- Do you support or disapprove of Donald Trump’s handling of immigration? | Approve 41%, disapprove 57%
- Do you agree or disagree with the way Donald Trump has handled the war between Russia and Ukraine? | Approve 34%, disapprove 58%
- Do you support or disapprove of the way Donald Trump has behaved? relations with other countries | Approve 39%, disapprove 58%
- Do you agree or disagree with Donald Trump’s handling of the Epstein files? | Approve 22%, disapprove 66%
- Would you say that Donald Trump is on the right track? | One of the best presidents in US history 19%, Above average president 15%, Average president 11%, Below average president 12%, One of the worst presidents in US history 42%
- Do you support or oppose the Big Beautiful Bill tax cuts? | I support it 34%, I oppose it 44%, I haven’t heard about it 18%
- Do you support or oppose the cuts to Medicaid in the Big Beautiful Bill? | Support 29%, opposition 56%
- Do you support the US ruling Venezuela? | Support 33%, opposition 65%
Interestingly, 19 percent of the 1,625 respondents – or approximately 320-325 respondents – indicated that they did not vote in the 2024 presidential election, and four percent (64) said they did not know or declined to answer.
The lawsuit was just day one for the president, who also announced he was suing JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon IN $5 billion lawsuit filed an accusation on Thursday accusing the financial institution of removing him from the bank for political reasons.
