Recent polling suggests Trumps approval ratings are declining as people lose trust in him.

A new poll suggests people hold an increasingly negative view of Donald Trump's presidency.

According to SSRS, an independent research company that conducted a poll on behalf of CNN, 38% of respondents said they approved of Trump's handling of the presidency, while 56% disapproved — a modest drop from April's survey where 44% approved and 54% disapproved.

Other figures in the study's questionnaire painted a bleak picture of Trump's tenure as president so far (emphasis ours):

• 45% of respondents approved of Trump's handling of the economy, while 47% disapproved.
• 48% of respondents approved of the way Trump addresses national security, while 47 disapproved.
• 31% of respondents approved of Trump's grasp on health care policy, while 62% disapproved
• 40% of respondents approved of Trump's handling of immigration, while 55 disapproved.
• 36% of respondents said that Trump is honest and trustworthy, while 60% answered that the description "does not apply."
• 39% of respondents said that Trump could manage the government effectively, while 59% said that he couldn't.

According to CNN, only one other first-term president received approval numbers below 50% during this stage of his presidency: President Bill Clinton with a 44% approval rating in 1993.

CNN's data is nearly identical to other polls conducted around the same period of time. In a recent Rasmussen Reports poll — a poll often found to be the most favorable to Trump — 41% of respondents said they approved of Trump's performance, while 57% disapproved.