14 Jun, 2025
5 mins read

About 3 in 10 are highly confident in Trump on Cabinet, spending or military oversight: AP-NORC poll

By LINLEY SANDERS and MEG KINNARD, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans may have recently elected Donald Trump to a second term, but that doesn’t mean they have high confidence in his ability to choose well-qualified people for his Cabinet — or effectively manage government spending, the military and the White House, according to a new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. As Trump names his appointees for key posts in his administration — some of whom could face difficult confirmation fights in the Senate even with Republicans in control — about half of U.S. adults are