A majority of voters believe senior administration aides prevent President Trump from taking executive actions they consider to be detrimental to the nation, according to the results of a poll released Monday.
Quinnipiac University conducted the survey after the New York Times last week published an anonymous opinion piece, in which an unnamed Trump appointee claimed they were part of the resistance undermining the president.
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While 55 percent of voters found the mystery author’s claims to be credible, a majority disagreed with how the allegations were shared with a news outlet for anonymous dissemination.
The poll also recorded Trump’s lowest levels for truth-telling since he was elected in November 2016. Three-in-five voters said the president wasn’t honest.
[Opinion: In defense of the anonymous anti-Trump New York Times op-ed]
Despite the op-ed, Trump’s approval ratings remain steady in this poll. Fifty-four percent of voters disapprove of the job he is doing as president, the same result as when respondents were asked that question in August. Trump’s disapproval ratings, however, dropped three percentage points in September to 38 percent.
Trump and the White House have excoriated the official behind the op-ed as a “coward” and “gutless.” They have fended off allegations laid out in the piece as they simultaneously deal with the forthcoming release of Watergate reporter Bob Woodward’s book, which presents a White House on the brink of a “nervous breakdown.”
Quinnipiac University polled 1,038 voters around the country from Sept. 6-8 via landlines and cellphones. The findings have a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.
