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Sixty-one percent of voters told a CNN poll released Friday that they disapprove of the way Trump is handling the economy.
President Donald Trump has struggled to stay on message, and even Republicans say he hasn’t necessarily delivered on the economy. | Alex Brandon/AP
Americans are increasingly holding Donald Trump responsible for an economy they give low marks. And with the midterms now just under 10 months away, they have less faith than ever in the president’s ability to make things better.
Sixty-one percent of Americans in a CNN poll released Friday said they disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy, tied for the worst mark of the president’s career in the White House as he approaches the one-year mark of his second term. And just 42 percent of respondents think the economy will be very good or somewhat good in a year’s time, down from 56 percent of adults expressing that optimism when Trump returned to office in January 2025.
