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riversedge

(79,267 posts)
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 02:43 AM 22 hrs ago

Melania Trump Declared Least Popular First Lady Again: What's Behind Her Dwindling Approval?




Melania Trump Declared Least Popular First Lady Again: What's Behind Her Dwindling Approval?

https://okmagazine.com/p/melania-trump-least-popular-first-lady-low-approval-rating/


Melania Trump’s approval rating fell to 36 percent as critics cited her limited public role.



Dec. 31 2025, Published 7:33 p.m. ET


By multiple measures, Melania Trump’s public standing continues to plummet. According to YouGov polling, her popularity stands at just 36 percent, with more Americans voicing their dislike for her than showing support — 43 percent disapproved while only 18 percent described their views as neutral.

Melania Trump’s approval rating fell to 36 percent, according to polling data.


This figure reflects a significant decline compared to recent first ladies and even from Trump’s own standing when she departed the White House in 2021.

At that time, her approval already hovered around 42 percent, marking one of the lowest recorded for a first lady, as reported by The Print. By the end of 2025, that positive impression had further diminished.

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Melania Trump Declared Least Popular First Lady Again:

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Melania Trump’s approval rating fell to 36 percent as critics cited her limited public role.

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Melania Trump Declared Least Popular First Lady Again: What's Behind Her Dwindling Approval? (Original Post) riversedge 22 hrs ago OP
Her "limited public role" is her best feature. nt eppur_se_muova 21 hrs ago #1
My thoughts exactly. cyndensco 15 hrs ago #18
I don't know... regnaD kciN 10 hrs ago #40
She's a robot. RandySF 21 hrs ago #2
Sure is. muriel_volestrangler 10 hrs ago #25
She has been abused since she was 5...now the abuser. NotHardly 2 hrs ago #58
I dunno, gold digging POS? Skittles 21 hrs ago #3
Has any paid Traildogbob 10 hrs ago #34
these two people very much deserve each other Skittles 9 hrs ago #42
her "let them eat cake (actually, brioche)" atitude and frequently mean expression don't help. msongs 21 hrs ago #4
Ummm, gee I wonder why. sheshe2 21 hrs ago #5
Destruction of Jackie's rose garden & I don't care jacket SheltieLover 18 hrs ago #12
Oh, yeah... sheshe2 10 hrs ago #39
And then there was that nudie shot of her that surfaced... CTyankee 6 hrs ago #48
The stunt with the jacket was it for me MustLoveBeagles 3 hrs ago #56
I never had any sympathy for her SheltieLover 2 hrs ago #59
Barrons under mattress Traildogbob 10 hrs ago #32
One of the stupidest questions ever - nt GReedDiamond 21 hrs ago #6
A gold digger nude model Americanme 20 hrs ago #7
Nude model is the polite term for what she is. Irish_Dem 10 hrs ago #27
First Lady of Redaction not fooled 19 hrs ago #8
This! SheltieLover 18 hrs ago #13
She is not acting like she in a marriage nor has she taken the first lady role seriously. Aussie105 19 hrs ago #9
Maybe what's closer to the truth is that she never wanted to be First Lady - either time FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #21
Malaria paved over the beautiful Jackie Kennedy inspired Rose Garden. AZ8theist 19 hrs ago #10
She's a cardboard cutout of a human being. democrank 19 hrs ago #11
How obvious it is she is only in it for the grift. NT Daigan 16 hrs ago #14
She's a skank (n/t) PJMcK 16 hrs ago #15
I believe she has been infected with syphilis displacedvermoter 15 hrs ago #17
Many people evolves 7 hrs ago #43
You are speaking the truth, I believe displacedvermoter 6 hrs ago #47
Opposing forces? The Madcap 3 hrs ago #54
Didn't Epstein sell her to Trump? GreenWave 15 hrs ago #16
What's behind it? Her just being her natural self. marble falls 14 hrs ago #19
To quote her jacket: " I really don't care. Do you?" Ritabert 14 hrs ago #20
Her lack of a personality probably has something to do with it. Borogove 12 hrs ago #22
She's not a good communicator, she doesn't seem to have any louis-t 11 hrs ago #23
Can't even fake it. Sneederbunk 11 hrs ago #24
She doesn't care about our country or the American people. Irish_Dem 10 hrs ago #26
I would say Traildogbob 10 hrs ago #28
"I really don't care do U" maspaha 10 hrs ago #29
She hates her job. Laffy Kat 10 hrs ago #30
But she's Putin's favorite First Lady, that should count for something. dem4decades 10 hrs ago #31
The reason her approval rating is so low -- and should be ZERO -- is simple: AverageOldGuy 10 hrs ago #33
She hit the trash jackpot The Blue Flower 6 hrs ago #49
I really don't care do you? WmChris 10 hrs ago #35
She's an immigrant marshall 10 hrs ago #36
Nah... regnaD kciN 10 hrs ago #38
Bad taste.... walkingman 10 hrs ago #37
All the trumps are unlikable - it's a fact. No redeeming qualities whatsoever. NoMoreRepugs 9 hrs ago #41
Mary is great! Niece Evolve Dammit 7 hrs ago #45
Appears emotionless and plastic. Sold soul a long time ago... "I don't Care DU?" Evolve Dammit 7 hrs ago #44
I used to feel sorry for her, but that ship has sailed. FadedMullet 7 hrs ago #46
maybe she should do azureblue 4 hrs ago #50
Melania has ZERO redeemable qualities. aeromanKC 4 hrs ago #51
Her 'Hamburglar' and 'Buick Hubcap' hats Submariner 4 hrs ago #52
Maybe the fact that she married one of the most loathsome men in the world Ocelot II 3 hrs ago #53
DAMN ! Forgot to mention -- technically, she's the THIRD Lady. eppur_se_muova 3 hrs ago #55
Not surprised MustLoveBeagles 3 hrs ago #57

cyndensco

(1,759 posts)
18. My thoughts exactly.
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 09:14 AM
15 hrs ago

Out of sight, out of mind. In sight, her dourness is on full display. I see nothing likeable about the woman. Nothing.

Traildogbob

(12,517 posts)
34. Has any paid
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 02:27 PM
10 hrs ago

Ho, ever made so much money and never allowed the payer to touch her. Just show up for photo op bonus checks. One of the few working class people he ever paid. He has no choice. She is an Epstein encyclopedia. She can fry him and all his friends he warned MTG could get hurt.

msongs

(73,047 posts)
4. her "let them eat cake (actually, brioche)" atitude and frequently mean expression don't help.
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 03:08 AM
21 hrs ago

sheshe2

(95,739 posts)
5. Ummm, gee I wonder why.
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 03:11 AM
21 hrs ago


First Nude. Displays dead red trees for Christmas. Plagiarism, Absent 1st lady.....I could go on, yet you get my drift.

SheltieLover

(76,473 posts)
12. Destruction of Jackie's rose garden & I don't care jacket
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 06:36 AM
18 hrs ago

added to your list.

Vile creature.

sheshe2

(95,739 posts)
39. Oh, yeah...
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 02:40 PM
10 hrs ago

that's another biggie.

She paved paradise and put up a parking lot. I am surprised she didn't add a McDonalds franchise out there too.

Americanme

(365 posts)
7. A gold digger nude model
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 04:33 AM
20 hrs ago

who doesn't give a f@ck about chreestmuss decorations, I don't care, do you?

not fooled

(6,600 posts)
8. First Lady of Redaction
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 04:45 AM
19 hrs ago

Right up there with her disgusting spouse in the Epstein files. Gotta hide that extensive history including that she met krasnov through Epstein.

Disgusting lot of pedo-adjacent or worse fellow travelers.


Aussie105

(7,599 posts)
9. She is not acting like she in a marriage nor has she taken the first lady role seriously.
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 05:15 AM
19 hrs ago

Compared to the wives of Presidents Biden and Obama, she rates a -5 out of 10.

Michelle Obama is still around, as bubbly and positive as ever.

Malaria can't compete.

FakeNoose

(40,099 posts)
21. Maybe what's closer to the truth is that she never wanted to be First Lady - either time
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 11:02 AM
13 hrs ago

It's not in her nature or her background to be a bubbly out-reaching First Lady like Michelle Obama. So perhaps we're being a little unfair to judge her against the recent First Ladies of Democratic Presidents.

It seems obvious that neither Chump nor his wife want to be married, but they don't want a divorce either. She only shows up at the White House when she is contractually obligated to be there. She knows she's stuck married to the biggest a-hole in the world but she also knows she'll outlive him. All she has to do is wait ...

AZ8theist

(7,079 posts)
10. Malaria paved over the beautiful Jackie Kennedy inspired Rose Garden.
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 05:22 AM
19 hrs ago

She is, without a doubt, the SECOND least popular asshole in the White House.

PLUS:

NEVER FORGET she's an ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT.

C'mon, Steven Miller. DO YOUR JOB!!

democrank

(12,098 posts)
11. She's a cardboard cutout of a human being.
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 05:23 AM
19 hrs ago

Fake “First Lady”,fake smile, fake marriage, fake patriotism…..just overall plastic fake.

displacedvermoter

(4,110 posts)
17. I believe she has been infected with syphilis
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 09:05 AM
15 hrs ago

by her syphilis ridden husband, which I have read in several places online.

It is a very sad thing...

The Madcap

(1,738 posts)
54. Opposing forces?
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 09:09 PM
3 hrs ago

Do syphilis (him) and gonorrhea (her?) battle it out when combined, or do they mutate into some sort of super VD? With their mutual Epstein experiences, it's very hard to imagine either of them being clean...

louis-t

(24,572 posts)
23. She's not a good communicator, she doesn't seem to have any
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 12:50 PM
11 hrs ago

passion for what she is doing as 'first lady'. Every so-called program she starts just seems to be a way to get people off her back because she's not doing anything. When they call her "the classiest first lady in history" I want to vomit. Any time someone has said that in my presence, I have responded "Only first lady in history you can find naked pictures of on the internet."

Irish_Dem

(79,535 posts)
26. She doesn't care about our country or the American people.
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 02:00 PM
10 hrs ago

She is lazy and self serving.
Part of the Trump Crime Syndicate.

Traildogbob

(12,517 posts)
28. I would say
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 02:11 PM
10 hrs ago

Everything trump touches, but…………..he ain’t grabbing that one. Not the contract.

AverageOldGuy

(3,304 posts)
33. The reason her approval rating is so low -- and should be ZERO -- is simple:
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 02:21 PM
10 hrs ago
She's a 'ho.

She entered the US illegally on a "genius visa" then she overstayed the visa. She worked as an "escort" in NY. Trump found her while married to his second wife. He flaunted his affair with Melania by flying her around in his airplane and his helicopter and showing her around NYC.

Her naked photos are all over the 'net. She came to the US to marry a rich man and for no other reason.

She's trash. But, then, the rest of the Trump family is trash, so, what should we expect.

regnaD kciN

(27,438 posts)
38. Nah...
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 02:40 PM
10 hrs ago

She’s white, and from a European country. So all is well.

What? You thought they opposed all immigrants?

Submariner

(13,242 posts)
52. Her 'Hamburglar' and 'Buick Hubcap' hats
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 08:38 PM
4 hrs ago

made her mark in the fashion world. Her legendary style will forever be remembered, well into 2029, maybe Spring 2030.

Ocelot II

(128,948 posts)
53. Maybe the fact that she married one of the most loathsome men in the world
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 08:44 PM
3 hrs ago

for his money and didn't at least divorce him when she found out he'd rawdogged a porn actress? Maybe because she resembles the cursed offspring of a plastic sex doll and a stick insect? Or because she exhibits all the personal warmth and compassion of a Soviet Union prison matron? Because she obviously resents having to take time from her busy schedule of manicures, kidney enhancements and entertaining Mierda-Lardo pool boys to appear at public events with her decaying husband? Other than that, she's the very epitome of a classy First Lady. Eat your heart out, Jackie O!

eppur_se_muova

(40,920 posts)
55. DAMN ! Forgot to mention -- technically, she's the THIRD Lady.
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 09:28 PM
3 hrs ago

And "Lady" is poetic license, fully exercised.

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