After being sworn in as the least popular president in modern times, Donald Trump’s approval ratings have continued to slide downward amid a constant stream of self-created scandals, Russian intrigues, and West Wing intra-office dramas bleeding into the press. And his plunging popularity could not come at a worse time. This week is likely to present the most challenges Trump has yet faced in office, as he faces testimony from F.B.I. director James Comey on Russian influence on the 2016 election, a hair-raising and possible calamitous vote on the House Republican bill to replace Obamacare, and the beginning of the confirmation hearing for his Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch.

Gallup reported on Sunday that Trump’s approval rating just hit a record low of 37 percent, only 60 days into his presidency. His disapproval rating is now at a record high of 58 percent. And while other presidents have dipped below the 40-point mark, Gallup notes that no modern president has seen their approval rating plummet so far so quickly. Barack Obama’s approval rating hit 38 percent after over 4 years in office, as did George W. Bush’s. Bill Clinton’s record low was 37 percent, achieved in June 1993—six months after he entered office, as opposed to two.

Those dire numbers could worsen in the coming days, as Comey’s testimony generates fresh headlines about the Trump campaign’s possible connections to Russia. The F.B.I. director is also expected to comment on the president’s baseless claim that President Barack Obama colluded with the British government to illegally wiretap Trump Tower after the election—an accusation that even the Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee has acknowledged is completely unfounded. Trump’s falling popularity could, in turn, endanger his high-stakes push to pass Paul Ryan’s controversial health-care bill. If the bill dies in the Senate, as expected, the president could manage the rare feat of infuriating moderates, conservatives, and his own base simultaneously. It could also prove a major misuse of his already dwindling political capital, if the rebellion brewing within the Republican rank-and-file comes to the fore, further diminishing the power of his bully pulpit.

The most glaring sign of Trump’s unpopularity is his treatment of Neil Gorsuch, whose Supreme Court confirmation hearings begin on Monday. Though Trump was, at first, endlessly self-congratulatory in promoting his nomination of Gorsuch, Politico reports that the Trump administration has since shown an unusual reticence to publicly support him, largely ceding control of the prep work in recent weeks to Vice President Mike Pence and White House Counsel Don McGahn. Trump himself has said virtually nothing about Gorsuch in the last month, which, as Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz told Politico, was strategic. “He picked somebody he knew conservatives would like, he wants to win, but we haven’t seen a lot of tweeting about it. He’s kept out of it. This is the best proof that to the extent Trump stays out of issues, they can work smoothly.”

A less diplomatic explanation might be that Trump’s smarter advisers are aware the president is only becoming more politically toxic, and that their best chance of ensuring a mostly drama-free hearing would be for Trump to keep his mouth closed.