Donald Trump's approval rating dips to 36% - lowest of any US president in 70 years

Six months into his role as US president, Donald Trump's approval rating has dipped to 36%, making him officially the least popular US leader of the past 70 years, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Sunday.

A Gallup poll conducted at the six-month mark of all presidents since Harry S Truman has found that Trump's overall approval rating was down from 42 per cent in April with a 36 per cent approval rating, down six points on a similar poll conducted at his first 100 days.

According to the poll Trump's disapproval rating has risen five points to 58 per cent.

Overall, 48 per cent say they "disapprove strongly" of the current US president's performance in office.

The new survey indicates that nearly half of all Americans (48 per cent) see the country's leadership in the world as weaker since Trump was inaugurated in January, compared with 27 per cent who say it is stronger.

A total of 50 per cent of Americans say the 45th US president is doing a worse job than most past presidents, while just under 25 per cent say he is doing better than his predecessors.

Poll shows Trump's approval at the lowest of any president in the past 70 years in their first six months. His disapproval rating is also the highest.(abcNews)

According to a summary of results published by the Washington Post, asimilar share say he is faring about the same as previous presidents meanwhile, 55 per cent say Trump is not making significant progress toward his goals.

Trump has reacted to the survey by downplaying the result and questioning the accuracy of the poll.

The ABC/Washington Post Poll, even though almost 40% is not bad at this time, was just about the most inaccurate poll around election time! Trump wrote on Twitter.

Previously, the least popular president at the same mark was 1970s leader Gerald Ford, with 39 per cent.

By comparison, President John F Kennedy had a 75 per cent approval rating within the first six months and post-war leader Truman had 82 per cent.

Trump however smashed the previous record for disapproval within the first six months.

Of those polled, 58 per cent disapproved of him, well up on the previous disapproval record of 51 per cent held by Bill Clinton since 1993.

Faith in Trump's ability as a world leader is particularly low. (abc News)

Historically, it has usually taken American presidents months, if not years, to reach a majority disapproval rating.

But after just six months, his job approval rating is four points lower than his predecessor Barack Obama’s all time low, which came in his sixth year.

Nearly half of all respondents, 48 per cent “strongly” disapprove of Trump’s performance in the top job, slightly higher than the strongest disapproval of Obama’s eight years, which came in his fifth year.

The poll was conducted by landline and mobile phone from July 10 to 13 in both English and Spanish among a random sample of 1,001 adults with a margin of error of 3.5 points.