Barack Obama: Most Americans want him back as President, poll shows

Donald Trump has been President for 13 days and yet more than half of Americans are missing former President Barack Obama, according to a new poll.

A total of 52 percent of Americans are yearning for Mr. Obama, found a survey from Public Policy Polling, while just 43 percent are glad that Mr. Trump is in the White House.

Furthermore, 40 percent want the new President to be impeached, up from 35 percent one week ago.

More than 500,000 people have also signed up to a petition by campaign group Impeach Trump Now on the basis that he has not taken a far enough step away from his real estate empire whilst in government.

Mr. Trump, despite winning the electoral college, lost the popular vote by close to three million votes and is already suffering the lowest popularity ratings in contemporary American history.

The low numbers come down to opposition to his policies. 

Only a quarter of Americans (26 percent) were in favour of the Muslim ban, the executive order which barred nearly all travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries for at least 90