President Donald Trump’s multi-front trade war has not captured the hearts and minds of average Americans. The CNBC All-America Economic Survey finds either majorities or pluralities of the public say they don’t care for tariffs against China, don’t approve of Trump’s handling of the Chinese trade negotiations and don’t even […] Read more »
Americans have turned against Trump on trade
President Donald Trump’s trade wars may be something he believes in, but it doesn’t seem to be a political winner. Unlike many issues on which Trump has seesawed on over the years, Trump has been generally consistent in his protectionist stance on trade. He seemed to use that to his […] Read more »
American Consumers Expect to Bear Cost of China Tariffs
A year into President Donald Trump’s policy of imposing extra import duties to offset a U.S. trade imbalance, public opinion on the impact of tariffs remains divided, with few seeing an economic benefit. The latest Monmouth University Poll also finds that a majority expects that American consumers will bear the […] Read more »
Has Trump’s Anti-Rural Agenda Handed Democrats an Opening in Red America?
President Trump’s feckless trade war is bludgeoning the bottom line of the Republican Party’s reliable rural base. But the party’s disregard for the economic interests of its own constituents goes well beyond barriers to Chinese markets. Small towns and rural areas, along with some Rust Belt metros, are falling ever […] Read more »
Americans feel good about economy and give Trump credit
Most Americans remain confident about the U.S. economy and in their own financial situation, and more now give President Trump’s policies credit for a strong economy than did so last year. Seven in 10 Americans say the economy is in good shape, including a quarter who say it is very […] Read more »
Big disconnect: The economy is popular. Trump’s economic agenda is not.
At his rally in Pennsylvania on Monday night, President Trump took special care to talk up his trade agenda, claiming that it has boosted jobs in the state and strengthened its steel industry. Trump’s trade policies will of course be central to his reelection bid, which centers on holding the […] Read more »