Topics: US News, Donald Trump, Politics
The public's view of Donald Trump's second term in office as President of the US has been summed up in a poll in three words - and two aren't pretty.
Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States earlier this year on January 20, the 78-year-old announcing the 'Golden Age of America'.
Since then, he's signed off on executive orders like there's no tomorrow, deported innocent men and children and started a raging tariff war with countries across the globe.
It's certainly been a strong start to his four years in office and a poll by the New York Times and Siena College has revealed what the US really thinks of the president's second term so far.
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Conducted from April 21 to 4, the college poll consisted of 913 voters.
Voters were asked to respond to the question: "How well do each of the following words describe Donald Trump's second term in office so far?"
Voters were given a selection of words and asked to say whether they described Trump's second term 'well' or 'very well'.
And three words - 'chaotic,' 'scary' and 'exciting' - came up with some noticeable results.
The most popular answer? Well, 'chaotic' came in strong with a total of 66 percent of votes.
'Scary' followed quickly after with 59 percent of votes.
And well, 'exciting' had a mere 42 percent.
The poll isn't the only one to expose rising anxiety over Trump's second term in office either.
A Reuters/ Ipsos poll included 4,306 respondents and ran for six days, closing on April 21.
It revealed Trump's public approval rating has dropped to the lowest point since he returned to the White House.
Hours after he was inaugurated, the poll stood at a 47 percent approval rating.
Earlier this month, that number had lowered to 43 percent.
And as of last week, this had decreased even further to 42 percent.
The poll also asked voters for their response to specific statements to do with certain executive orders which have been pushed through by Trump.
Last month, Trump signed off on an executive order to change monuments and 'restore truth to American history' - including making changes to the Smithsonian.
The Reuters/ Ipsos poll posed a statement to voters about whether the president should be allowed to be in control of institutions such as national museums and theaters - to which 66 percent said no.
Voters were also posed the statement: "It's okay for a US president to withhold funding from universities if the president doesn’t agree with how the university is run."
The statement saw 57 percent of voters disagree with it - Reuters noting this included one-third of Republicans.
A total of 59 percent of those polled - 'including a third of Republicans' - said the US is 'losing credibility on the global stage'.
And well, after Trump was slammed for 'embarrassing' the country 'on the world stage' over his attire at Pope Francis' funeral, it's not hard to see why the vote fell this way.
