Nearly half give Trump failing grade for first 100 days in office: NPR survey

Nearly half of Americans think President Trump deserves a failing grade for the first 100 days of his second term in office, according to a poll released as as the White House celebrates the benchmark this week.

An NPR/PBS News/Marist poll published Tuesday found 45 percent gave Trump an F grade, nearly double the 23 percent who gave him an A. 

Those giving Trump an F included 80 percent of Democrats and 49 percent of independents, the pollster notes.

Another 17 percent, 8 percent and 7 percent of respondents gave Trump B, C and D ratings, respectively. 

The poll Trump’s approval rating is down a few points to 42 percent, 11 points underwater, with 30 percent saying they strongly approve of Trump’s job performance and 45 percent strongly disapproving.

Slight majorities in the poll perceive Trump as putting the country on the wrong path and moving too quickly — and nearly half of Americans reported Trump's policies have had a mostly negative impact on them.

The numbers add to growing signs of trouble for Trump in the polls even as he touts his administration’s lightning pace of executive action and change in the first 100 days.

A CNN poll over the weekend found Trump’s approval, at 41 percent, was the lowest for any president at this point of the term dating back to at least Dwight Eisenhower.

ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos polling found a similar result this week, putting Trump with the lowest 100-day job approval rating of any president in the past 80 years.

Trump is embarking on a media blitz this week to tout his early accomplishments. He's set to deliver remarks Tuesday in Michigan, the battleground state he flipped red in November, to herald the 100-day mark.

Conducted April 21-23, the NPR/PBS News/Marist poll surveyed 1,439 U.S. adults and had a margin of error of 3.3 percentage points.