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.

  • Azal@pawb.socialEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    Nearly eight out of 10 Americans, including 70% of Republicans, fear that Trump’s tariffs will increase the price of everyday goods.

    I fear how the the prices are going to go. It’s why I’ve been trying to garden this year and will continue next year to try to cut down on food costs. Also doing everything I can.

    But what I find hi-larious about the 70% of republicans is right now at my job I’m mostly surrounded by republicans and I’m doing way better than most of them. But part of that is I drive a shitbox car, eat cheap as possible, live in a house where my payments are cheap as fuck (that one I got lucky on timing on, but when asked if I’m going to move somewhere bigger I laugh my ass off.) I’ve lived within my means especially with it took me nearly 20 years to break $15 an hour, and that was a pandemic doing it, and when I broke out I’ve been working at keeping myself okay, not just going out and putting down money on a truck that payments cost more than my mortgage.

    There’s going to be a lot of people hurting on all sides, but I’ll at least help the people that tried to stop it. Those temporarily embarrassed millionaires that voted for this shit won’t get a handout from me for how much they whined about handouts.