Several polls indicate that President Donald Trump’s approval rating has been tanking since the election and his inauguration and the reasons are many including his trade war with Canada and Mexico and; his decision to dismantle the Education Department. Poll guru Silver Nate observed that the decline has been a fast one. His explanation for the decline is that Donald Trump’s appeal to swing voters was his promise of a good economy because this section of voters does not care about the culture war stuff that he’s doing. But now the threat of a recession takes that away.
“The implicit bargain of Trump for swing voters is that he’ll run a good economy and then do a bunch of culture war stuff you can take or leave, but the libs will freak out about. If the economy is tanking for reasons that are largely his fault, that case is much less persuasive,” Silver wrote.
Quinnipiac University’s poll says Trump has a 42 per cent approval rating compared to a 53 per cent disapproval rating. The poll was taken from March 6-11, among 1,198 “self-identified registered voters.” It has a margin of error of 2.8 per cent. A month before, Trump’s disapproval rating was 49 per cent and approval rating was 45 per cent.
A CNN poll claimed Trump’s approval rating took a hit on the economy question — 44 per cent approve of his economic management, 56 per cent disapprove. The CNN poll was conducted from March 6-9, among 1,206 US adults. It has a margin of error of 3.3 per cent.
Fox News co-host Jessica Tarlov commented that Donald Trump’s approval ratings are underwater across the board. “Americans don’t support how he is handling the economy, the federal work force, foreign policy, or trade. Which, is basically everything a President does,” Jessica posted.
What Trump said on fears of recession
Donald Trump’s statement, in fact, triggered fears of recession after he said he hates to predict things like that (recession). “There is a period of transition because what we’re doing is very big,” he said on the recession question.