President Trump pointed to his latest poll numbers on Sunday, and claimed that he's much more popular than his predecessor, President Obama.

'Just hit 50% in the Rasmussen Poll, much higher than President Obama at same point,' Trump tweeted Sunday. 'With all of the phony stories and Fake News, it's hard to believe! Thank you America, we are doing Great Things.'

On April 12, Trump hit the 50 per cent approval mark in the Rasmussen Daily Presidential Tracking Poll, which is two points higher than the 48 per cent approval President Obama had on April 12, 2010.

President Trump suggested Sunday that he's much more popular than his predecessor, President Obama

The president pointed to the Rasmussen Daily Presidential Tracking Poll in which he received a 50 per cent presidential approval rating, compared to Obama's 48 per cent approval rating at a comparable time in the Democrat's presidency

In comparing the Republican and the Democrat's approval ratings, Obama had been consistently ahead of Trump in the Rasmussen survey until this February.

On February 5, for example, Trump's job approval in the right-leaning poll stood at 49 per cent to Obama receiving 46 per cent support on February 5, 2010, a comparable point in his presidency.

Trump eclipsed Obama several times in March as well, and again in April.

Currently 49 per cent of Americans disapprove of the job Trump has done, and 40 per cent strongly approve of the job Trump has done.

Another 34 per cent feel strongly that he's done a good job as president.

A number of other recent surveys show the president with a lower approval rating.

His Real Clear Politics polling average is currently at 42.5 per cent approval.

The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll that dropped on Sunday shows Trump with an approval rating of 39 per cent, with 22 per cent of respondents strongly approving of the job he's done and another 17 per cent saying they somewhat approve.

In the same survey of the 57 per cent who disapprove of the president, 44 per cent say they disapprove strongly.

In another survey out Sunday, this one from ABC News and the Washington Post, Trump hit his highest approval number in a year – 40 per cent – but pollsters also noted that Trump continues to be a poorly rated president.

They point to the fact that 56 per cent of Americans disapprove of the job he's done, with strong disapprovers outnumbering those approving of Trump by nearly 2-to-1.

On average, Trump's approval rating after 15 months is the lowest on record dating back to when polling began during the Truman administration.