Melania Trump is most popular Trump admin figure after 100 days
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During President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, First Lady Melania Trump has maintained a low profile, making infrequent public appearances by his side. Surprisingly, a recent survey conducted by Daily Mail and J.L. Partners revealed that she holds the highest approval ratings among all members of the administration.

The survey asked Americans to provide ratings for various individuals in the Trump administration, including the president, vice president, and several Cabinet members. Melania Trump emerged with a positive rating of plus-13, indicating that 30 percent of respondents viewed her very favorably, while an additional 15 percent viewed her somewhat favorably.

These findings suggest that despite her limited public presence, Melania Trump has managed to garner significant support and approval from the American public.

Those numbers are identical to her husband’s – but she tops the list because her unfavorables aren’t as bad. 

Twenty four percent of respondents rated Melania Trump very unfavorably, while 8 percent had a somewhat unfavorable view of the first lady.

At the same time, 42 percent of those polled view the president very unfavorably, with another 9 percent holding a somewhat unfavorable view of the commander-in-chief.

That gives Trump an overall rating of negative-five, which is near the bottom of the list of administration figures pollsters inquired about.

After Melania, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received the highest approval numbers – at plus-six percent overall.

The Trumps kiss at the Newark airport over the weekened. Melania is the most popular figure in the administration

100 days in and first lady Melania Trump (right), pictured at an inaugural ball, got the highest favorability ranking of any Trump official

New polling from Daily Mail/J.L. Partners shows that first lady Melania Trump, shown kissing President Donald Trump over the weekend (left) and at an inaugural ball in January (right) is the most popular Trump administration figure 100 days in 

First lady Melania Trump (left) and President Donald Trump (right) have identical favorable ratings, but the president is viewed much more negatively than his wife. The Trumps were photographed earlier this month at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll

First lady Melania Trump (left) and President Donald Trump (right) have identical favorable ratings, but the president is viewed much more negatively than his wife. The Trumps were photographed earlier this month at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll 

President Donald Trump (left) and first lady Melania Trump (right) are captured at Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday. The first lady is much more popular the figures like Elon Musk and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

President Donald Trump (left) and first lady Melania Trump (right) are captured at Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday. The first lady is much more popular the figures like Elon Musk and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth 

Twenty three percent rated Kennedy very favorably, with another 22 percent viewing him somewhat favorably.

Kennedy, a prominent vaccine skeptic who ran an independent campaign for president before having his Make America Healthy Again movement join MAGA, is viewed negatively by 39 percent of those polled.

The poll found that 29 percent viewed him very unfavorably and 10 percent viewed him somewhat unfavorably.

Also in positive territory were Secretary of State Marco Rubio, with a plus-three rating, press secretary Karoline Leavitt, with a plus-three rating and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with a plus-one rating.

A large chunk of respondents answered that they had never heard of Leavitt nor Bessent, as both have recently become more prominent political figures.

Rubio, on the other hand, was elected to the U.S. Senate in Florida in 2010 and ran for president in 2016. He gave up his Senate seat to lead Trump’s State Department.

Overall, 34 percent of respondents had never heard of Leavitt, who at 27 is the nation’s youngest press secretary, and 40 percent had never heard of Bessent, a Charleston-based hedge fudge manager who’s the country’s highest-ranking openly gay official. 

Moving into negative territory, Vice President J.D. Vance’s overall rating is negative-one.

After first lady Melania Trump, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (pictured) received the highest approval numbers - at plus-six percent overall

After first lady Melania Trump, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (pictured) received the highest approval numbers – at plus-six percent overall

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and press secretary Karoline Leavitt (right) were also in positive territory, according to the fresh polling, though a sizable chunk of respondents said they'd never heard of them

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and press secretary Karoline Leavitt (right) were also in positive territory, according to the fresh polling, though a sizable chunk of respondents said they’d never heard of them 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was rated second from the lowest new polling showed

DOGE leader Elon Musk got the lowest numbers in the new polling

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (left) and then DOGE leader Elon Musk (right) were rated the most unfavorably by Americans, the new survey found, with 40 percent viewing the billionaire Musk very unfavoraly 

He is both liked and disliked less than Trump – with 28 percent viewing him very favorably, 16 percent viewing him somewhat favorably, 36 percent viewing him very unfavorably and 9 percent viewing him somewhat unfavorably.

The least two popular officials pollsters asked about were Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, garnering a negative-9 rating and DOGE leader Elon Musk, with a negative-15 rating.

For comparison, Trump’s net rating stands at negative-5.

Musk’s number is so bad because 40 percent of Americans have a very unfavorable view of the billionaire, who has been bulldozing parts of the federal government. 

Another 13 percent view Musk somewhat unfavorably.

At the same time, 22 percent viewed Musk very favorably – which is higher than Hegseth’s 15 percent in the same category.  

Hegseth, who’s had to weather two Signal scandals, also is relatively new to the political scene, having previously been a Fox News anchor, so 20 percent of respondents said they didn’t know who he is. 

Polling took place between April 23 and 28 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percent. 

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