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Donald Trump’s popularity rating has reached an all-time high just weeks before he officially enters the Oval Office – as only 59 per cent of Americans now think he is unfit for to be president.
Despite being regarded as the most unpopular presidential candidate in US history, the former reality star won the Electoral College following the election on 8 November.
In a recent YouGov/Economist poll, more Americans had an unfavourable view of Mr Trump than a favourable one – 50 per cent to 44 per cent – especially black Americans and the under-30s.
Before the election, Mr Trump’s unfavourables “frequently exceeded 60 per cent”.
Even among conservative voters, where the Republican vote is typically strongest, one in five still dislike the billionaire with many feeling he is not “one of them”.
Nearly the same number of conservative voters describe Mr Trump as a liberal as liberal voters who describe him as a conservative.
He said: "If we're given the White House and both houses of Congress and we don't deliver, I think there will be pitchforks and torches in the streets.
"And I think quite rightly. I think people are so fed up with Washington, this election was a mandate with change and the most catastrophic thing Republicans could do is go back to business as usual."
Following his defeat in the primaries, Mr Cruz refused to endorse his former opponent for president, calling him a “pathological liar” and “utterly amoral”.
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