Six out of 10 Americans fault president for financial struggles and eight out of 10 worry about tariffs’ impact

Americans are struggling financially, grappling with debt and the rising cost of living, and are blaming the Trump administration and corporate interests for worsening economic outlooks for working families, according to a new poll.

Six out of 10 Americans place blame on the Trump administration for driving up their cost of living, according to a poll conducted by Morning Consult for the Century Foundation, which asked 2,007 Americans how they are managing the high cost of living in the US economy, who they think is to blame and what are the solutions.

Sixty three per cent said Trump had had a negative impact on grocery prices, and 61% said he had had a negative impact on the cost of living. Nearly half, 49%, said the Trump administration had had a negative impact on their finances. Nearly eight out of 10 Americans, including 70% of Republicans, fear that Trump’s tariffs will increase the price of everyday goods.

  • crusa187@lemmy.ml
    49·
    1 day ago

    Reagan did such an incredible amount of damage, his presidency was definitely the catalyst for the modern era of suffering and techno feudalism. And with the abolition of the fairness doctrine, he paved the way for many Americans to be brainwashed into accelerating it.

    • 4grams@awful.systemsEnglish
      31·
      22 hours ago

      What’s hilarious to me is how my dad and I used to talk about how reagan was a supervillain that kicked off all the shit we are dealing with today. This was maybe 10 years ago.

      Now he no longer speaks to me since I refuse to “take the red pill”.

      So, apparently enough propaganda works.

      • crusa187@lemmy.ml
        5·
        21 hours ago

        Damn that is unfortunate, you say 10 years…so was it more of Trump propaganda and less of Fox News? Any idea what got him to believing Repugs were helping him in some way?

        • 4grams@awful.systemsEnglish
          11·
          20 hours ago

          I honestly don’t know. This is a man who wrote in Ralph Nader for every presidential election of my life, until he voted for Obama. Ever since, he’s hard maga and all I get from him anymore is him calling me too woke, saying that I need to take the red pill, that this isn’t politics, it’s civil war. He’s gone completely and totally insane.

          Was always a shitty father anyway, not much lost.