According to polls conducted by the broadcaster, the proportion of women who approve of the job Trump is doing as president has declined from net -16 in June to net -21 in July. June's -16 approval rating was a slight increase from April, when Trump's approval rating was net -18 so July's figures show his approval rating has reversed course.

His approval rating among independents has sunk to 29%, on par with his lowest-ever rating among these voters and a decline of 17 points since January. The poll, conducted in the days after Trump signed his massive tax cuts-and-spending bill into law,