President Donald Trump wants to add Siena College to his lawsuit against the New York Times, saying in a social media post that the Times/Siena poll “is always tremendously negative to me.”

Trump, who has been bringing lawsuits against media organizations almost nonstop since his second term began, also called the results “fake” and said Siena will be “held fully responsible for all their Radical Left lies and wrongdoing.”

The poll, conducted by the Siena Research Institute (SRI) for the New York Times, surveyed 1,625 registered votes and was in the field from Jan. 12-17.

Only 40 percent of respondents approved of the job that Trump is doing in office, while 56% disapproved for a minus-16 favorability rating. More than half (55%) said that 2025 was unsuccessful rather than successful, while nearly 50 percent (49%) said the country is worse off today than it was a year ago.

“Pluralities say that the country is worse off than it was a year ago and that the nation’s economy has worsened rather than improved,” said SRI executive director Don Levy.

“By 50-46%, voters approve of the job Trump is doing on the border between the U.S. and Mexico, and by 50-47%, they support his administration’s deportations of immigrants illegally living in the U.S. But, a majority now disapprove of how he is addressing immigration and nearly two-thirds, 63%, disapprove of how ICE is handling its job,” said Levy. “Sixty-one percent of Americans including 19% of Republicans, believe that ICE’s tactics have gone too far.”

Trump posted twice more after sending out the above.

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Miscellaneous Survey Results

• If the 2026 general election for Congress were held today, which party’s candidate would you be more likely to vote for in your district? | Democrat 48%, Republican 43%
• The most important problem facing the country today | Economy 19%, Immigration/enforcement 12%, Trump/Republicans 12%
• Do you think Donald Trump’s policies so far have made life for most Americans | More affordable 24%, Less Affordable 51%
• Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump has handled immigration | Approve 41%, Disapprove 57%
• Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump has handled the war between Russia and Ukraine | Approve 34%, Disapprove 58%
• Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump has handled relationships with other countries | Approve 39%, Disapprove 58%
• Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump has handled the Epstein files | Approve 22%, Disapprove 66%
• Would you say that Donald Trump is on track to be | One of the best presidents in U.S. history 19%, An above-average president 15%, An average president 11%, a below-average president 12%, One of the worst presidents in U.S. history 42%
• Do you support or oppose the tax cuts extended in the Big Beautiful Bill | Support 34%, Oppose 44%, Have not heard of this 18%
• Do you support or oppose the cuts to Medicaid in the Big Beautiful Bill | Support 29%, Oppose 56%
• Do you support the U.S. running Venezuela | Support 33%, Oppose 65%

Interestingly, 19 percent of the 1,625 respondents – or approximately 320-325 of those surveyed – indicated that they did not vote in the 2024 presidential election, while four percent (64) said they did not know or refused to answer.

The suit was just the first of the day for the president, who also announced he is suing JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon in a $5 billion lawsuit filed Thursday, accusing the financial institution of debanking him for political reasons.