A new poll showed that there is today a majority feeling of disapproval. Towards the management of the President of the United States, Donald Trump. Regarding the economy and inflation due to fears about his tariff policy.
According to the CBS News poll, a large majority expects. At least in the short term, that prices will increase in the context of the current trade war.
Fifty-six percent of those interviewed disapprove of Trump’s work on the economy. While 60 percent have a similar opinion regarding his handling of inflation. Its scores on both indicators have dropped four points since the end of March.
Regarding the state of the economy, just over half (53 percent) consider that it is worsening. The majority believe that its current state is deficient (59 percent).
In terms of the impact on Americans, it is noted that approximately half of respondents (49 percent).
Said that Trump’s policies have been harming from an economic point of view. The poll gives the Republican president an overall approval rating of 47 percent. Down three points from last month.
The economy was the issue that decided Trump’s victory in the November 5 elections. When he faced Democrat Kamala Harris, then vice president of the United States. During her participation in the Leading Women Defined fórum. An event with African-American leaders in politics and business held in early April.
Harris avoided directly mentioning her former rival and the recent tariffs she applied worldwide. Although she did question the direction of the country and the “fear that has dominated the last few months.
” Then, with irony, he alluded to her warnings in the election campaign about the immigration and economic policies that would come and that are now a reality: “I swore that I was not going to say ‘I told you so’,” he joked.
The former vice president sentenced: “what has changed since 2016 (when Trump won for the first time the White House) is that we are seeing progress being reversed.”
With information from Prensa Latina
Translated by Aliani Rojas Fernández
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