Barack Obama has a brutal message to anyone that is ‘disappointed’ by Donald Trump’s actions as the US president.

One survey taken by the Emerson College Polling recently revealed that 45% of voters approve of Trump, 46% disapprove and 9% of Americans are unsure what to think.

Daily Boulder reported that in January 2025, Trump had a 49% overall approval rating.

53% of those asked think the US is ‘on the wrong track’ and 48% think the US is going in the right direction.

Former president Obama has hit back at Democrats who aren’t currently happy with how things are going by urging them to ‘do something’ about it.

While speaking during a private fundraiser on July 11, Obama said: “I think it’s going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions. And it’s going to require Democrats to just toughen up.”

“You know, don’t tell me you’re a Democrat, but you’re kind of disappointed right now, so you’re not doing anything. No, now is exactly the time that you get in there and do something.

“Don’t say that you care deeply about free speech and then you’re quiet. No, you stand up for free speech when it’s hard. When somebody says something that you don’t like, but you still say, ‘You know what, that person has the right to speak’.”

“What’s needed now is courage.” he added.

He previously shared concern last month of the US government becoming on autocracy – where Trump would hold all power.

The 63-year-old said: “If you follow regularly what is said by those who are in charge of the federal government right now, there is a weak commitment to what we understood — and not just my generation, at least since World War II — our understanding of how a liberal democracy is supposed to work,”,

“What we’re seeing right now … is not consistent with American democracy. It is consistent with autocracies. It is consistent with Hungary under Orbán. It’s consistent with places that hold elections but do not otherwise observe what we think of [as] a fair system in which everybody’s voice matters, and people have a seat at the table, and there are checks and balances, and nobody’s above the law.”