Donald Trump’s inaugural address Friday gives us an important window into his presidential thinking, and how that thinking fits with American public opinion. He labeled the situation for Americans as “carnage” and detailed a ravaged America. But Gallup’s data show that Americans are actually pretty satisfied with their personal lives in general and that more are thriving than were eight years ago. Americans’ views of the economy are also becoming more positive, in part because of Trump himself. CONT.
Frank Newport, Gallup