{"id":1051799,"date":"2025-03-04T15:21:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T20:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1051799"},"modified":"2025-03-04T15:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T20:21:07","slug":"trump-faces-economic-disaster-and-growing-disapproval-ahead-of-joint-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-faces-economic-disaster-and-growing-disapproval-ahead-of-joint-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Faces Economic Disaster And Growing Disapproval Ahead of Joint Address"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As Donald Trump heads into his Joint Address, the economy is showing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2025\/02\/25\/investors-bet-on-us-downturn-as-trump-triggers-red-flags\/\">\u201cred flags\u201d<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2025\/02\/25\/economists-starting-worry-serious-trump-recession\/\">\u201ca serious Trump recession\u201d<\/a> across the board: prices are up, manufacturing is down, and markets are tumbling. And the American people have had enough: Trump is now the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/656891\/trump-job-approval-rating-congress-jumps.aspx\">least popular president<\/a> in modern American history at this point in his term as majorities believe the country is headed in the wrong direction on his watch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As Donald Trump prepares to deliver his Joint Address, the economy is showing <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2025\/02\/25\/investors-bet-on-us-downturn-as-trump-triggers-red-flags\/\"><strong>\u201cred flags\u201d<\/strong><\/a><strong> across the board, with prices high, manufacturing down, and markets tanking under his watch.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>GDP estimates for the first quarter of 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-gdp-economy-atlanta-fed-2038990\">dropped to -2.8%<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-gdp-economy-atlanta-fed-2038990\">\u201cworrying\u201d<\/a> sign for the economy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Financial markets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/stocks-down-why-is-the-stock-market-down-today-trump-tariffs-gdp\/\">\u201cslump[ed]\u201d<\/a> and the Dow tumbled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/03\/03\/investing\/us-stocks-tariffs-loom\/index.html\">650 points<\/a> as Trump\u2019s tariffs went into effect\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>US manufacturing has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/stock-market-today-dow-sp500-nasdaq-live-03-03-2025\/card\/pmi-survey-shows-factories-hit-by-first-operational-shock-of-new-tariff-policy-lhQ8BjtnMkLTRkMrVRSx\">slowed down<\/a> since Trump was sworn in, as prices rise and companies feel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/stock-market-today-dow-sp500-nasdaq-live-03-03-2025\/card\/pmi-survey-shows-factories-hit-by-first-operational-shock-of-new-tariff-policy-lhQ8BjtnMkLTRkMrVRSx\">\u201cthe first operational shock[s]\u201d<\/a> of Trump\u2019s national tax.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lumber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-stock-market-today-03-04-2025\/card\/tariffs-send-lumber-prices-to-30-month-high-wrwLDZehy3yy1vsxhQWD\">prices<\/a> have hit a high<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ford saw sales dropped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/ford\/2025\/03\/03\/ford-february-2025-sales-tariffs-canada-mexico-donald-trump\/81146242007\/?taid=67c5ee49ab7a8600014f9646&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\">8.9%<\/a> and lower rental demand compared to a year ago\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The American people believe the state of the union is \u201cnot very strong\u201d on Trump\u2019s watch, with a negative view of how he\u2019s handling the economy \u2014 and rising disapproval.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maristpoll.marist.edu\/polls\/the-state-of-the-union-march-2025\/\">53%<\/a> of Americans say the state of the union is \u201cnot very strong or not strong at all\u201d\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maristpoll.marist.edu\/polls\/the-state-of-the-union-march-2025\/\">54%<\/a> of adults believe the country is moving in the wrong direction\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/02\/21\/economy\/us-economy-trump\/index.html\">62%<\/a> feel that Trump hasn\u2019t done enough to lower inflation\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maristpoll.marist.edu\/polls\/the-state-of-the-union-march-2025\/\">57%<\/a> of Americans think grocery prices will rise\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maristpoll.marist.edu\/polls\/the-state-of-the-union-march-2025\/\">46%<\/a> of Americans believe the economy is changing \u201cfor the worse\u201d\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Donald Trump heads into his Joint Address, the economy is showing \u201cred flags\u201d of \u201ca serious Trump recession\u201d across the board: prices are up, manufacturing is down, and markets are tumbling. 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