Poll finds many Americans think Trump favored personal business interests

A nationwide poll found many Americans think Trump favored personal business interests since returning to office in 2025.

Fifty-six percent said he prioritized his own business interests “a lot,” and 54% said the same about the interests of friends and family.

By comparison, 23% said he prioritized the country as a whole “a lot,” and 11% said he did so for people like them.

Forty-one percent said Trump had done something illegal, while 18% said his conduct was unethical but not illegal.

Opinions differed sharply by party: about eight in 10 Democrats said he had done something illegal, compared with about three in 10 independents and one in 10 Republicans.

The findings show a divided public view of Trump’s conduct, with 18% saying he had done nothing wrong and 21% unsure.

The poll interviewed 2,140 U.S. adults from September 24 to 28, 2026, and its overall margin of sampling error was 2.9 percentage points.