Trump's economic approval hits a new low at 36%, poll finds

[Dulcinea]

(NPR) During President Trump's first term, the economy was a relative strength of his. During the 2024 presidential campaign, his promises to lower prices in a country grappling with post-COVID inflation propelled him back into office.

But toward the end of his first year in office this term, just 36% of Americans approve of his handling of the economy, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. It's his worst mark in the six years that Marist has been asking the question.

The only time in that span that Americans had a similarly negative view of a president's handling of the economy in the poll was in February 2022, when Joe Biden was president. Now Democrats are slightly more trusted to handle the economy than Republicans — 37% to 33%. That's not a wide margin, but it's a sharp turnaround from the 16-point advantage Republicans had on the question in 2022.

There are a number of other stark findings in this wide-ranging survey that focused on the economic pressures Americans are facing. The poll found that many Americans are having difficulty making ends meet, they worry about the economic outlook for themselves and the country, and most believe the country is already in a recession — with notable divides by race, age and gender on many questions.

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/17/nx-s1-5645003/trump-poll-economy-approval

[samplegirl]

1. And to think they lost their shit

over the price of eggs!

[Native]

2. imagine wrhat those numbers are going to look like when those ACA premiums come due.

[NHvet]

3. That has been his number since 2016

The only supporters he has is his original 35% and much like the tide that rises and goes lower, but the 35% has always been his number. Hard to imagine him even having that approval. Proves that one in three of our neighbors are idiots.

[twodogsbarking]

4. But wait, there is more. Sadly.

[the_liberal_grandpa]

5. His approval will be lower tomorrow after...

His address to the nation tonight. Everytime this fool opens his mouth his approval drops.
Tonight should be no dfferent.

Keep it up asshole.

[Dr. T]

9. I can't watch as I get physically ill from the sight of the orange pus bag.

I wait for Rachel Maddow's analysis and responses here on DU.

[Justice matters.]

11. Not sure of that... unless people remember w's lies...

a.k.a. "yellow cake" "weapons of mass destruction" so regime change... his approval numbers skyrocketed to 85%

same old same old

except this time, it's drugs are wmdeez .... and maduro is a terrorist!

[peppertree]

6. Another poll had it at 31%

Of course though, Trump could fling his diaper at those same 31% - and they'd still profess their "approval."

[twodogsbarking]

8. Maybe that poll was an hour later than this one. Trump is going down faster than the military spends money.

[Bengus81]

7. So what are the approval ratings of the Republicans running next year?

Those are the numbers I want to see.

[maxsolomon]

10. First off, Americans are idiots.

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Trump NEVER "handled" the Economy well. 1st term, he coasted on the Economy that Obama built back in 8 arduous years after the '08 crash.

Then Covid crashed it, and he handed that pile of crap to Biden.

Biden immediately got blamed for a GLOBAL pandemic inflation spike, then over 4 years, the Fed drove the inflation rate down to the target 2% and unemployment hit record lows.

But America thought everything was shit because MFer and the RW Noise Machine relentlessly told American idiots that Biden was to blame, so they handed the reins back to MFer and his endless bullshit.

He immediately imposed Tariffs on every import, which has revved Inflation back up.

Now they have buyer's remorse? This is what they voted for, and there's 3 years to go of clowns and crooks wrecking everything still standing.

[Nigrum Cattus]

12. polls that say 36% are in reality 18%

[BigDemVoter]

13. I'm shocked that even 36% would support this nasty POS.

[Evolve Dammit]

14. That is still an incerdible number (almost 4 in 10) of people who support this megalomaniac.

[Aussie105]

15. People at home, people out in the streets, people out shopping . . .

They are the first to feel a recession is coming.
Something in the air, perhaps?

Takes MSM weeks if not months to start mentioning the word and acknowledging it is happening, and politicians take even longer.

Even the most diehard MAGAts must be feeling it, but denialism is part of their makeup.
They are the 36% currently thriving on hope in the face of what is really happening.

Trump may well remember as the President who caused the recession the country didn't need to have.