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Fifty-four percent feel the presidency has too much power in how the government operates these days. About 3 in 10 say the same about Congress and the courts.

Sixty-five percent think Musk has too much influence on the federal government and 53% say Trump’s efforts to reduce the size of the federal workforce have gone too far.

Most partisans agree they are getting what they expected from Trump’s second term, but 84% of Democrats think Trump is doing a poor or terrible job as president so far and 68% of Republicans think he’s doing a good or great job.

About half the public say he has gone too far with the policy of deporting immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, but 18% feel he hasn’t gone far enough.