{"id":2475751,"date":"2025-08-18T08:33:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-enters-zelensky-summit-with-approval-surging-upward\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T08:35:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:35:29","slug":"trump-enters-zelensky-summit-with-approval-surging-upward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-enters-zelensky-summit-with-approval-surging-upward\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump enters Zelensky summit with approval \u2018surging upward\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-enters-zelensky-summit-with-approval-surging-upward%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2475751&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that voter approval for former President Donald Trump increased substantially following his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. According to a three-day survey by InsiderAdvantage, 54% of voters approved of Trump after the meeting, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-upenn-cash-infusion-as-biden-think-tank-opened-was-startling-ex-official\/\" title=\"Former official finds China&#039;s financial support for UPenn&#039;s Biden think tank &#039;surprising&#039;.\">significant rise compared<\/a> to before the summit. Pollster Matt Towery noted that this upward trend spans most voting groups except for the oldest voters, with improvements seen among African-American, Hispanic-Latino, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fraudulent-election-trump-won-more-blacks-latinos-gays-and-a-sizeable-shift-to-trump-by-immigrant-populations-in-2020-election-but-beijing-biden-won\/\" title=\"FRAUDULENT ELECTION: ... Won More Blacks, Latinos, Gays and a \u201cSizeable\u201d Shift to ... by Immigrant Populations in 2020 Election \u2014 But Beijing Biden Won?\">white voters<\/a> alike.<\/p>\n<p>Despite criticism from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-73976-ballots-released-by-maricopa-county-56-1-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"BREAKING: 73,976 Ballots Released By Maricopa County \u2014 56.1% FOR ...\">liberal media<\/a> regarding the summitS failure to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine, Trump&#8217;s approval ratings surged. White House officials frame the Alaska meeting as a positive diplomatic opening after relations between the U.S. and Russia worsened under President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>During the joint press conference, Putin agreed with Trump&#8217;s claim that the 2022 russian escalation in Ukraine might not have happened if Trump had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-msnbc-host-doubles-down-on-vaccine-criticism-i-wouldnt-trust-anything-coming-from-psychopath-trump\/\" title=\"WATCH: MSNBC Host Doubles Down On Vaccine Criticism: \u2018I Wouldn\u2019t Trust Anything\u2019 Coming from \u2018Psychopath\u2019 ...\">remained president<\/a>. Trump aimed to leverage this momentum going into peace talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr zelensky and other world leaders, hoping to secure a commitment for negotiations to end the conflict. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump enters Zelensky summit with approval &lsquo;surging upward&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2204886\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Voter approval of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3757782\/rubio-lauds-trump-as-only-world-leader-to-get-putin-to-discuss-serious-things\/\">President Donald Trump<\/a> surged &ldquo;upward&rdquo; following his Alaska summit with Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3757746\/trump-reveals-putin-wanted-to-meet-outside-us\/\">President Vladimir Putin<\/a>, likely giving him an advantage entering his peace meetings Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other world leaders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insideradvantage.com\/category\/article\/\">InsiderAdvantage<\/a> found in its three-day survey that 54% of voters approve of Trump while 44% don&rsquo;t, a big swing up from where he was entering the Putin meeting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Pollster Matt Towery said, &ldquo;Overall, his approval numbers are <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >surging upwards post-summit<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Towery noted that Trump&rsquo;s approval among likely voters is on the march upward with most voting groups, a finding that flies in the face of critical liberal media that shifted into overtime all weekend to rip the Putin summit as a failure for not securing a ceasefire in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Trump Job Approval <\/p>\n<p>&#128994; Approve: 54% (+10)<br \/>&#128996; Disapprove: 44%<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsiderPolling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@InsiderPolling<\/a> (B) | August 15-17<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uvmmqIsuMU\">https:\/\/t.co\/uvmmqIsuMU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAPolls2022\/status\/1957277826198978661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump now has an advantage among every age group other than the most senior of voters. He has improved his numbers among African-Americans and Hispanic-Latinos. White voters are at a near record 64%. Voters under 65 years of age now approve of his job performance by wide margins. Only the nation&rsquo;s oldest voters disapprove of his job performance, which is consistent with our prior surveys,&rdquo; Towery said.<\/p>\n<p>White House officials have argued that the Friday summit with Putin was a welcome door opening after former President Joe Biden pushed U.S.-Russia relations to a new low and did not work to prevent the war.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In their joint press conference after the three-hour meeting in Alaska, Putin agreed with Trump&rsquo;s oft-stated brag that had he been president, the 2022 escalation by Russian forces into Ukraine would not have occurred.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Trump hopes to win Zelensky&rsquo;s pledge to negotiate an end to the war.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s approval rises ahead of Zelensky summit, gaining edge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2475752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trump-Ukraine-Poll.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4886,5894,7778,3634,8630],"class_list":["post-2475751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-approval","tag-politics","tag-summit","tag-trump","tag-zelensky"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trump-Ukraine-Poll.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2475751"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2475755,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475751\/revisions\/2475755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2475752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2475751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2475751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2475751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}