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To the Editor:
Re “Trump Is Going Too Far in Amassing His Power, Most Voters in Poll Say” (front page, April 26):
The New York Times/Siena College poll on President Trump’s job performance is a powerful testament to his growing unpopularity — a statement of Americans’ overall disapproval of the president’s agenda and his conduct in virtually every category in the survey, notably his high-profile campaign issues regarding the economy, immigration and the structure of the federal government.
In general, voters seem to debunk the administration’s argument that this is what the country voted for.
Crucially, the survey shows the public’s high level of concern with Mr. Trump’s overreach in achieving his goals and, by inference, the threat his presidency poses to democracy.
The Times/Siena poll, which gives Mr. Trump a current low approval of 42 percent at a time in his term when his predecessors uniformly did better, is revealing for what voters now say about the key issues he ran on in the last election — all of which are polling badly for him and constitute a clear warning.
Mr. Trump may well be undaunted by such an across-the-board rebuke of his performance thus far. But his low approval on all high-profile policy issues and voters’ rejection of the extreme and unprecedented lengths he is determined to go to in order to execute them offer a reassuring glimmer of hope for a country craving to get its democracy back.
Roger Hirschberg
South Burlington, Vt.
To the Editor:
A major theme of the first 100 days of President Trump’s second term has been the elimination of waste, fraud, abuse and inefficiency in the federal government.
