Most Americans now disapprove of Donald Trump’s erratic, authoritarian and incompetent leadership, which has transformed the Republican Party into a cult of personality that rejects traditional Republican policies. Our country is suffering because of Trump’s failures.

The New York Times' average of dozens of polls shows Trump’s popularity in his second term peaked on Jan. 20, the day he was inaugurated, with an approval rating of 52 percent. But once people saw how awfully Trump governed, his popularity went steadily downhill. Only 44 percent of Americans approve of his performance and 52 percent disapprove, as of July 1.

In addition, a CNN poll found that only 44 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s decision to attack nuclear sites in Iran, while 56 percent disapprove.

Trump’s approval ratings undoubtedly will drop further as growing numbers of Americans feel the effect of his harmful policies and governance. As a result, Democrats with the right messaging are likely to capture majority control of the House of Representatives and increase their strength in the Senate in the 2026 elections.

Trump has radically transformed the Republican Party, which long branded itself as the party supporting small government, free enterprise, free trade, individual liberty, low taxes and nations threatened by the Soviet Union (and now Russia) and China. This is no longer the case.

The president has made big government even bigger by stretching the power of the executive branch to control our economy, interfere in our lives and limit our........

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