If Donald Trump is making America great again, then someone really should inform America, because according to a slew of unflattering polling this week, most Americans don’t appear convinced.
A record 53% of Americans now say their economic situation is getting worse, according to a Gallup poll conducted in early April, the first time a majority of Americans have felt that way since 2001. Meanwhile, just 37% of US adults approve of Trump’s handling of the economy—the worst Trump has ever performed on that front, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. And, perhaps most bruising for Trump himself: His favorite news network, Fox, is out with a new poll showing that, as he approaches his 100-day mark, Trump’s approval rating is now just 44%—lower than Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and George W. Bush were at this point in their own presidencies.
Trump responded to this feedback from the American people with characteristic restraint and contrition. Just kidding. He lashed out on Truth Social, lobbying for media magnate Rupert Murdoch to fire his “Hating, Fake Pollster” at Fox. “While he’s at it, he should start making changes at the China Loving Wall Street Journal. It sucks!!!” Trump wrote.
The Fox poll, conducted April 18-21, reveals that the only issue on which the majority of registered voters (55%) approve of Trump’s performance is on border security. On every other issue, he’s underwater. Voters’ outlook on Trump is particularly bleak when it comes to economic issues, where his approval ratings for his handling of inflation, tariffs, taxes, and the economy writ large hover between 33% and 38%. Only 28% of registered voters feel like the economy is getting better, slightly lower than around this time last year.
Overall, more than half (51%) of registered voters in the Fox poll say Trump’s policies are hurting the country, while just 40% say they’re helping it. Even on immigration, which is one of the administration’s most favorable issues, just 47% approve of Trump’s performance, compared to 48% who disapprove.
In January, according to Gallup, 68% of respondents thought the stock market would go up over the next six months. Now, 58% think it will decline.
Trump promised to usher in a “golden age” of prosperity. It’s landing more like lead.
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