Trump has lost his advantage on inflation and immigration
In three short months, the president has squandered his position on the two main issues voters elected him to address
I’m writing this short article to update a chart I posted last week with some new numbers, and to provide additional commentary on the matter at hand.
The chart in question shows Donald Trump’s job approval rating overall and split out for key issues. As you’ll see, the public is now sharply opposed to the president on most of the issues in the news. Trump has a -22 approval on inflation and the cost of living, for example (probably the biggest factor in his victory last November), and is 15 points underwater on trade (tariff policy is wreaking havoc on the economy).
And, factoring in the new polling, Trump has now lost the advantage he held on his as-of-yet strongest issue, immigration. Let’s look at the data.
I originally posted the chart in question in this Chart of the Week article last Friday:
The chart, and the piece more broadly, kicked off a healthy discussion online about which issue Democrats should focus on — immigration or the economy — which I also commented on in this short…
