Our forthcoming book is The Comeback: The 2024 Elections and American Politics. The second Trump administration is off to an ominous start. His irrational trade policies are crashing the stock market.
A new CNN poll released Wednesday is the latest survey to suggest that Trump’s chaotic presidency — most notably his government cuts and his unpredictable tariffs gambit — has squandered whatever goodwill and mandate he walked into office with.
The top line is that Trump’s approval on the economy is worse than it’s ever been. Americans disapprove of his handling of it by 56 percent to 44 percent. CNN’s polling through Trump’s two terms had never before found a majority disapproving of Trump on the economy.
The network’s new survey is the second poll this month, along with one from Reuters-Ipsos, to show Trump hitting a new low on the economy, which was his most consistently positive major issue during his first term.
The CNN poll also suggests there’s one main culprit: his tariffs. Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of them by an even wider margin, 61-39.
