Trump approval ticks up to 32 percent: Survey 

President Trump’s approval rating inched up by 1 point from a record low last week, according to a new poll.

The Reuters/Ipsos survey, released Monday, found 32 percent of U.S. adults support the president’s job performance, while 66 percent disagreed. This is a slight uptick from the pollster’s previous findings, which showed Trump with a low 31 percent disapproval rating.

Rising costs amid the Trump administration’s ongoing war against Iran and trade battles with economic allies like Canada have strained the president’s public approval ratings. 

These numbers have cast a shadow over Republicans’ prospects in the upcoming midterm elections, in which Trump has repeatedly urged Americans to vote as if he were on the ballot. 

“I’m asking you to pretend that I’m on the ballot,” the president told a crowd of supporters at the GOP’s September midterm convention in Dallas.

“Just one more time, because if we........

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