Donald Trump will take the oath of office with the lowest approval ratings of any president in modern history, and Americans' confidence in his ability to serve the country will have fallen since Election Day.

Two polls released Tuesday, three days before Trump will place his hand on Abraham Lincoln's bible , showed Americans disapprove of his handling of the presidential transition by more than 10 points.

A CNN/ORC survey measured just 40 percent of American adults approve of Trump's transition, compared to 52 percent. Just after the election, Americans were about evenly divided, 46 percent to 45 percent, on whether he was handling his transition well.

A similar question posed by the ABC News/Washington Post survey released Tuesday revealed a larger net negative approval, 40 percent to 54 percent. Fully 41 percent said they "strongly disapproved" of his handling of his transition.

More than half of respondents – 53 percent – told CNN that Trump's "statements and actions since Election Day" have made them less confident in his ability to serve, a figure that rose 10 points since Nov. 20. Just 37 percent said Trump has acted in a way that has made them more confident in his incoming administration.

In these measures, Trump falls far behind his predecessors. President Barack Obama entered office in 2009 with 80 percent of Americans approving of his transition, with only 15 percent disapproving, according to the ABC/Washington Post poll. George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush got similarly high marks ahead of their first days in office.

Nor do Americans approve of the choices Trump has made to fill the top posts of his administration: 40 percent give a thumbs up to his picks for Cabinet and other high level jobs; 48 percent say they disapprove. The four previous administrations were met with net approval ratings from 25 percent to 50 percent, according to the ABC poll.

Trump responded to the pair of polls Tuesday morning on Twitter, dismissing them as "phony."

"The same people who did the phony election polls, and were so wrong, are now doing approval rating polls," he wrote. "They are rigged just like before."

The same people who did the phony election polls, and were so wrong, are now doing approval rating polls. They are rigged just like before. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2017

CNN's final national poll , conducted two weeks before the election, showed Clinton leading Trump 49 percent to 44 percent. The final head-to-head ABC News/Washington Post poll on the eve of the election show Trump trailing Hillary Clinton by three points nationally, 49 percent to 46 percent.