While Donald Trump held a car sale for his billionaire shadow president, Americans’ 401(k)s are plummeting, unemployment is rising, and consumer confidence is tumbling – so it’s no wonder the American people are turning on Trump’s reckless handling of the economy. Today, new polling shows Americans giving Trump disapproval ratings on the economy “worse than at any point during his first term.” After making empty promises to “bring prices down” on Day One, Americans (and Trump himself) are now bracing for the possibility of a “serious Trump recession.” 

Here’s a look at Americans’ overwhelming disapproval of Trump’s out-of-touch economic agenda:

• New polling shows that a majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy, putting him “underwater on the nation’s top issue”:
  • Trump’s overall net approval rating is 9 points underwater (45%-54%)
  • On inflation and prices, Trump’s net approval is negative (38%-52%)
  • 56% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy — “worse than at any point during his first term in office”
  • 42% of Americans said the economy is their top issue, “more than doubling” any other listed issue

• A majority of Americans blame Trump for rising costs and are fed up with his broken promises to get the economy back on track: 
  • Trump’s job and economic approval ratings are both “underwater” 
  • Twice as many Americans say the economy is getting worse than getting better 
  • Two out of three Americans do not expect to see positive economic growth in the coming year
  • 62% of Americans said prices have gone up in the past few weeks
• Economists – and Republicans – are warning that Trump’s expensive agenda will cost Americans’ pocketbooks: 
  • Nearly 60% of Americans expect Trump’s $100 billion national tax to lead to higher prices
  • Economic policy uncertainty hit the “highest level since the pandemic” 
  • Economists are warning that a “serious Trump recession” has become a “real possibility”
  • U.S. employers cut more jobs last month “than any February since 2009”
  • GOP Sen. Thom Tillis warned that Trump’s agenda could be “inflationary”
  • GOP Rep. Adrian Smith also suggested that Trump’s agenda could raise consumer costs