President Biden’s strategy of blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin for high gas prices and soaring inflation has not alleviated his dilapidated polling numbers.

Only 37 percent of voters approved of Biden after he blamed Putin for inflation, a Monday Civiqs poll revealed. Fifty-four percent disapproved.

Just 27 percent of independent voters approved of Biden. Sixty-two percent disapproved.

The sagging poll numbers must be a continuing disappointment for the president, who may have hoped to regain favorability during the Ukrainian war. The president has used the Ukrainian war to justify high gas prices and inflation that largely occurred in 2021 but have continued to soar since the war commenced.