New Poll Reflects Trump’s Greatest Economy Fears — And It Clearly Hit A Nerve

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President Donald Trump’s approval numbers on his overall job performance and handling of the economy are slumping, and it’s clearly hitting a nerve with the thin-skinned Commander-in-Chief.  

According to the poll, Trump’s approval sits at 38 percent with 56 percent disapproving. That’s a whopping 9-point slide since July.

Approval of his handling of the economy stands at 46 percent approval to 47 percent disapproval, a net 10 point drop since July.

In a telling question from the poll, 6 in 10 people rated a recession as “somewhat likely” or “very likely” to hit next year.

Approval of Trump’s handling of the economy has long been a positive point amid a slew of negative opinions of his handling of other issues. Reports have revealed the President to be worried about the economy staggering, fearing that it’ll be a body blow to his reelection chances.

The ABC/Washington Post poll was conducted from September 2 to 5 among a random sample of just over 1,000 adults. The margin of error is 3.5 points.

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  1. But the minions who support him don’t care. He can gripe and complain about it and the minions will stand behind him and just scream ‘fake news’ all the day long.

    However…

    If there are folks who’ve been sitting on the fence that start noticing the kitchen table issues of jobs disappearing, farms closing, food prices increasing and projects in their locales ending because the funding was removed, maybe, just maybe, there will be a light at the end of the tunnel.

    And it won’t be an oncoming freight train.

  2. Trump is a disaster. Next year will be crazy buckle up…

  3. Avatar for bodie1 bodie1 says:

    Oh boy. A cornered animal is dangerous. Take cover.

  4. Avatar for denisj denisj says:

    Yet look at his base, they are unchangeable. Fortunately the base is small enough to allow Trump to be defeated. D,s don’t make choices for candidates that will reduce the D votes allowing Trump a door back into the White House.

  5. It is a very sobering thought to think that we haven’t even come close to seeing the kind of damage a rejected narcissist can inflict.

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