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Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video depicting Iran’s Kharg Island being “blown to smithereens.”
President of the United States
President of the United States (2017–)
| Born | 1946-06-14 · Queens |
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| Party | Republican |
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| Education | University of Pennsylvania (BS) |
| Occupation | Politician, Businessman, Media personality |
The latest five surveys as each pollster published them, compiled by VoteHub (CC BY 4.0) and retrieved 2026-10-29. We only display them — no calculation, weighting or editing. A single survey often reports all adults and registered voters separately, so the same pollster and dates can appear twice; where approve and disapprove add up to less than 100%, the rest were unsure or did not answer.
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Approve | Disapprove |
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| RMG Research2026-09-28 – 2026-10-06 registered voters · 2,000 | 2026-09-28 – 2026-10-06 | registered voters · 2,000 | 43% | 56% |
| Pew Research Center2026-09-30 – 2026-10-04 adults · 5,062 | 2026-09-30 – 2026-10-04 | adults · 5,062 | 30% | 68% |
| TIPP Insights2026-08-25 – 2026-08-28 adults · 1,461 | 2026-08-25 – 2026-08-28 | adults · 1,461 | 38% | 52% |
| Ipsos2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 registered voters · 951 | 2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 | registered voters · 951 | 37% | 63% |
| Ipsos2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 adults · 1,215 | 2026-08-21 – 2026-08-24 | adults · 1,215 | 33% | 65% |
What this person said on the record, as reported, newest first.

Donald Trump said he had not taken sides in Brazil’s presidential election, while calling it an embarrassment to the Brazilian people. His comments came a day after his ally Flavio Bolsonaro and his family arrived in Miami; Flavio had claimed without evidence that the vote was stolen.
AAl Jazeera

U.S. President Donald Trump said at a rally on Thursday that Canada had been “treating us extremely nicely recently.” Trump has been engaged in a tariff war with Canada.
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Reuters

US President Donald Trump called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a Republic Day dinner and wished leaders success at the Turkic states summit.
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Trump denounced Brazil’s election as a “disgrace.” Bolsonaro fled to the US a day after losing Sunday’s presidential runoff.
TTRT World

U.S. President Donald Trump said Vice President JD Vance contacted Iran to help the country obtain medical supplies. U.S. media had reported that Vance wrote to Tehran’s top security official in an effort to revive peace talks.
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Reuters

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hosts EU leaders as President Donald Trump pushes Canada toward Europe. Early in Trump's trade war, Carney called Canada “the most European of non-European countries,” while the membership label faces resistance.
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The Associated Press

US media report that Vice President JD Vance sent Iran’s security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, a letter urging a swift return to peace talks and proposing a meeting led by Vance. The letter was reportedly received well, but discussions focused on a negotiating framework rather than specific peace terms. Trump warned Gulf allies to prepare for a possible brief, high-intensity campaign after the US midterm elections.
AAl Jazeera

With less than a week before congressional elections, Donald Trump and Barack Obama continued trading insults at campaign events. Obama called Trump and Republicans “not serious people,” while Trump defended his White House renovations. A federal judge rejected the Justice Department’s request to have California separate ballots allegedly cast by non-citizens.
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This week's AI stories include Anthropic nearing an IPO and President Trump calling for a ban on the term artificial intelligence.
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Reuters

President Donald Trump announced this week that Venezuela had given the United States 1 million barrels of oil at no cost to American taxpayers.
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CNN
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Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video depicting Iran’s Kharg Island being “blown to smithereens.”
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to make his first visit to India before traveling to the United States for a meeting with President Donald Trump.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said a summit between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Volodymyr Zelensky could take place only to formalize agreements, not to work through the many details of a settlement. He also accused Kyiv of opposing efforts toward a settlement. Trump had predicted in August 2025 that the meeting would occur within two weeks, but it has not taken place.
The Trump administration can sometimes seem to draw its worldview and foreign-policy ideas from a Kremlin school taught by Vladimir Putin, but only in a simplified form that overlooks how those strategies have worked out.
US President Donald Trump has called the agreement giving the United States access to Venezuelan oil “the biggest oil deal in world history.” Beyond a social media post by Trump, the White House has offered little information about the arrangement.
U.S. President Donald Trump is proposing a 50% tariff on cars imported from Canada, targeting Ottawa, but Japan’s Toyota and Honda could ultimately bear the cost.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has long tried to balance India’s relationships with Russia and the US under a broader strategy of strategic autonomy. Keeping that equilibrium has become more difficult since Donald Trump returned to the White House.
President Donald Trump says he intends to campaign for Republican lawmakers this fall with the same intensity he brought to his 2024 presidential bid. His planned travel schedule signals an active run-up to midterm elections that could shift the balance of power in Washington.
Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., discusses what Fox News describes as President Donald Trump's historic 25-year agreement securing control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil on 'The Big Weekend Show.'

President Donald Trump speaks with Trey Gowdy on ‘Sunday Night in America’ about his presidency, the 2026 midterm elections and the war in Iran. Trump describes the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as “unbelievable.”
