Trump’s approval rating on the economy drops to lowest of his presidential career, CNBC Survey finds Steve Liesman, CNBC 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. The survey found that the boost in economic optimism that accompanied Trump’s reelection has disappeared, with more Americans now believing the economy will get worse than at any time since 2023 and with a sharp turn toward pessimism about the stock market.
America’s global reputation takes a hit Clifford Young and Bernard Mendez, Ipsos Amid President Donald Trump’s battle to reshape America’s presence on the global stage, new Ipsos polling across 29 countries shows that respondents in these countries have grown increasingly negative about America’s impact on global affairs.
How 13 Independent Voters Who Backed Trump Think He Is Doing So Far Katherine Miller, Margie Omero and Adrian J. Rivera, New York Times [unlocked] “There’s a lot of social media saying: Hey, are you Republicans or MAGA people regretting your vote? And no, I’m not,” one participant told us in Opinion’s latest conversation with voters in our America in Focus series. Across the 90-minute discussion, that was the consensus: President Trump was, whether each participant liked all of it or not, doing what he had promised. For the first time in quite a while, real change was taking place in America. That excited a lot of these 13 independent voters who supported Mr. Trump last November. Even if they could, none would go back and change their vote. But there were also real worries.
