Nate Silver looks at how President Donald Trump’s trade war could impact his 2020 re-election chances. ABC News Read more »
Americans’ economic outlook: Optimism, but Trump tweets and trade raise concerns
Slightly more Americans say they’re optimistic about the economy rather than pessimistic going forward, though many are unsure. Looking at their own pocketbooks, Americans are more optimistic about their own financial situation than pessimistic. As is the case with many views these days — even those that might seem otherwise […] Read more »
Dems fear another rural wipeout will reelect Trump
As Democratic presidential candidates descended on the Iowa State Fair, a plane buzzed overhead, an ominous warning fluttering behind it on a banner: “Focus on Rural America.” Democrats hoping to win the White House in 2020 recognize how critical that advice is after 2016, when Hillary Clinton turned in strong […] Read more »
The good, the bad and the ugly for Trump in the new NBC/WSJ poll
The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll contains good, bad and ugly numbers for President Trump. The good: Despite his overall job-approval rating at 43 percent, Trump’s approval rating in handling the economy is much higher — at 49 percent approve, 46 percent disapprove. (The poll was conducted mostly before […] Read more »
Support for free trade reaches new high in NBC/WSJ poll
Amid President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, nearly two-thirds of Americans say they support free trade with foreign countries, according to the latest national poll from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal. That represents a new high in the NBC/WSJ survey on this question, and it’s a 7-point […] Read more »
Trump’s Trade War Puts His Best Asset — The Economy — At Risk
While President Trump has remained nationally unpopular with a negative net approval rating, his approval rating on the economy has been consistently better. But as concerns over Trump’s trade war with China drive the stock market’s volatility, the president appears to be risking one of his greatest assets. In this […] Read more »