On Tuesday, The Economist and YouGov published their determination of President Donald Trump’s approval rating, outlining that among U.S. adults, from May 23 to May 26, 44% approved of the job he was doing.

According to Newsweek, the results from the publication reflected a two-month high for its polling. Conversely, Rasmussen had Trump at a 50% to 51% approval rating for Memorial Day weekend.

“The approval rating is inching up because the economy has stabilized and Trump has put a pause on his most draconian tariffs, which were unpopular,” Dillard University professor Robert Collins told Newsweek.

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