(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump convincingly won the November elections with the promise of improving the economy from his first day in the White House, but having reached the milestone of the first, stormy, 100 days of his presidency, Americans appear extremely worried about the direct consequences of the president’s choices, tariffs in mind, on their daily lives. A concern that is reflected in the polls, including those of friendly broadcasters such as Fox News, which for days have been recording the growth of the disapproval rate for the tycoon.
And one of the latest surveys, conducted by NBC News, records how 55% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s work in these first three months in office, 42% of whom “strongly”. A disapproval that is particularly focused on trade and tariff policy, with 61% of Americans rejecting it, and only 39% approving it.
Similarly, 60% disapprove of the way Trump is dealing with inflation and the cost of living. Even on immigration and security, one of the tycoon’s strongest points, a smaller majority of 51% disapprove of what the administration has done, with 49% approving it. A similar CNN poll records how Trump’s current approval rating, 41%, 4 points lower than in March and 7 points lower than in February, is the lowest ever recorded by a president at the 100-day mark, since Dwight Eisenhower, including Trump’s first term.
What worries American voters most is the fact that these weeks of frantic upheaval impressed by the Trump administration have already had direct effects on their lives, the Wall Street Journal underlines today after interviews with dozens of voters, including Republicans and independents, who express concern about the impact of tariffs, the consequences for their savings, in particular pension funds, from the chaos into which they have plunged the markets, but also for the effects of the cuts to federal programs implemented by the Doge of Elon Musk.
The conservative newspaper, which in recent days has been harshly attacked by Trump for the critical stance it has taken in its editorials on the tariff issue, nevertheless also records the opinion of other Trumpian voters who say they are satisfied with the fact that he acted so quickly in implementing promised policies, even those immediately painful, but good for the future of the country.
In short, they believe the president who, in an interview last week with Time magazine for the 100 days, assured that “we will be the richest country we have ever had, and we will have an explosion of growth in the not too distant future”. And this is the message that Trump will insist on in the speech he will deliver at a rally tomorrow evening in Michigan, one of the crucial states that handed him back the keys to the White House, to celebrate his first 100 days.
