Sunday, April 20, 2025

Trump's Approval Rating on Economy Hits All-Time Low

President Donald Trump is registering the worst economic approval numbers of his presidential career amid broad discontent over his handling of tariffs, inflation and government spending, according to the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey. ... [T]he survey showed Trump with 43% approval and 55% disapproval, the first time in any CNBC poll that he has been net negative on the economy while president.

Posted by retort at 02:40 PM | 19 COMMENTS | permalink

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How low can it go?

Trump sincerely believes that he's a genius no matter what his performance.

His flying monkeys fly into line.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-20 03:21 PM

Fixing the very good economy that Pres Biden left for him was a main campaign issue for Pres Trump.

He started the first week of his term with a +7% approval on the economy.

Now, it's looking more like -11%.

www.realclearpolling.com

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-20 03:25 PM

Trump sincerely believes that he's a genius no matter what his performance.

It's easy when you pick your metrics. He used to brag about his awesome stock market until he tanked it. Now it's not important.

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-04-20 03:25 PM

He's an idiot

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-04-20 09:08 PM

The child-raping orange -------- is doing to the economy what he did to Herman Cain.

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-04-20 09:12 PM

@#5 ... The child-raping orange -------- is doing to the economy what he did to Herman Cain. ...

Or Trump University.

Remember that fiasco?

And now Pres trump wants to dictate to Harvard how they should run their University.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-20 09:27 PM

Trump University
en.wikipedia.org

... Trump University (also known as the Trump Wealth Institute and Trump Entrepreneur Initiative LLC) was an American company that was founded in 2004 by Donald Trump and his associates Michael Sexton and Jonathan Spitalny. It offered courses in real estate, asset management, entrepreneurship, and wealth creation.[2] Its real estate training program ran from 2005 to 2010. It was owned and operated by The Trump Organization. A separate organization, Trump Institute, was licensed by Trump University but not owned by The Trump Organization. In 2011, amid multiple investigations, lawsuits and student complaints, it ceased operations.[3] ...

Texas investigation

In May 2010, the consumer protection division of the state of Texas sought permission from the office of the Attorney General of Texas to sue Trump University. An investigation by the consumer protection division had found the company was "engaging in false, misleading and deceptive practices" and had defrauded Texas taxpayers out of $2.6 million ...



#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-20 09:29 PM

... President Donald Trump is registering the worst economic approval numbers of his presidential career ...

But this was a major issue he campaigned upon.

Why do voters now seem to think he is not fulfilling his major campaign promise?

(and, I do not say "major" lightly.)



#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-21 03:17 AM

Futures are down again indicating another losing day on Wall Street.

#9 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-04-21 03:35 AM

@#9 ... Futures are down again indicating another losing day on Wall Street. ...

The stock market is not the economy.

imo the stock market is reflection of corporate profits 6 months in the future.The economy, on the other hand, is what we are experiencing as a nation, here and now.

Now, if you want to look at what the polls say about views of the economy six months or a year from now ...

For example...

New Poll Shows Nearly 25% of Republicans Oppose Trump's Tariff Plan (April 8, 2025)
www.newsweek.com

... In the Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday, 73 percent of Americans expect prices to rise under Trump's tariff plan. Four percent said prices would fall, according to the study. ...


On the current timeline, an April 8, 2025 poll is stale.

But that's all I was able to [quickly] find.

My guess would be that Pres Trump's numbers would only get worse from there.

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-21 04:20 AM

LAMP

I'm convinced that Trump's actions are a clear marker for how little he cares about low poll numbers on the economy or any other indication of his failure to uphold his Oath of Office.

He has a bigger plan in store for himself

By now it shouldn't be hard to figure out that Trump's maniacal lust for the power that has escaped him his entire life is the driving force behind his irrationality now . . and the leadup to what ends he'll take to hold onto that power, including the Insurrection Act, before the next election that would most likely kick him (or his chosen successor) to the curb.

#11 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-04-21 06:53 AM

Don't look at the stock market today.

Brutal.

#12 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-04-21 11:52 AM

One interesting measure of the economy and crony capitalism at once: As of April 21 2025 TSLA stick is down approximately $224 per share or 47.6%, 2025 year-to-date. Tomorrow Leon Skum's company gets to announce their most recent quarterly earnings, and sales volume. I'll wager that the brand damage brought on by DOGE and the Muskrats will cause the TSLA board to...um...oh, provide some platitudes about the auto business and technology and how the future is looking up, and the sky is blue, and the company is geared for growth. Not a word will be uttered about the autistic guy at the company helm, who is giggling while steering the ship toward the rocks...

#13 | Posted by catdog at 2025-04-21 12:25 PM

Last time, Trump rode high on the economy he inherited from Obama, while taking credit for it.

This time, he may be delusional enough to believe that his dabble into tariffs in his first term are what spurred by his imagined success, so he's put his economic policy on steroids.

He will destroy this once strong nation. Perhaps he thinks he's doing the right thing, or perhaps he's killing the US at the behest of someone else. It's horrifying either way.

Until Republicans in Congress grow some courage, the chaos will continue. By the time we have any chance of changing the balance of Congress, I suspect it will be too late.

#14 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-04-21 01:59 PM

As people watch their 401k and retirement accounts plummet, and see the coming inflation from Trump's stupid tariff war and self-inflicted wounds to our economy, watch his approval ratings plummet too.

We're only beginning to feel the effects of his massive tax increase on every American from his tariffs. Much pain is coming.

Not to mention China just cut the U.S. off from their 90% share of rare earth metals needed for all electronics.

#15 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-04-21 02:19 PM

And tomorrow he's meeting the heads of the biggest retailers to order them to eat the doubling plus of their wholesale prices.

#16 | Posted by northguy3 at 2025-04-21 06:21 PM

That "popularity" number has nowhere reached bottom. It still has a long long way to go down the way things are going. Hell, it may eventually force Trump out of office. 47% of the people may say they like him, but you start bankrupting regular working class Americans by the tens of thousands and nobody gives a damn if Trump says out loud what they claim they are thinking.

#17 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-04-21 09:00 PM

30 to 35 percent will never admit he'll do anything wrong, and 10 years from now, you won't hear a bleat from them.

#18 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-04-21 09:40 PM

"Trump's Approval Rating on Economy Hits All-Time Low"

Just wait. You ain't seen nothin' yet! When items from overseas begin filling shelves and people feel the full impacts of his tariff tax on all of us, they won't have anyone else to blame but Trump for the self-imposed hurt Americans will feel to their pocketbooks.

All this noise about firing Fed Chairman Powell if he refuses to lower interest rates is Trump's lashing out because we can expect inflation for the foreseeable future. And that's something that most certainly won't lead to lower interest rates.

#19 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-04-22 03:18 AM

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