{"id":1055131,"date":"2025-07-18T16:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T20:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055131"},"modified":"2025-07-18T16:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T20:29:12","slug":"trump-at-the-six-month-mark-americans-are-worse-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-at-the-six-month-mark-americans-are-worse-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump at the Six-Month Mark: Americans Are Worse Off\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>MEMORANDUM<\/strong><br>TO: Interested Parties<br>FROM: DNC War Room<br>DATE: July 18, 2025<br>RE: Trump at the Six-Month Mark: Americans Are Worse Off\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ronald Reagan once famously asked Americans, <strong><em>\u201cAre you better off today than you were four years ago?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we\u2019re asking the same question of Donald Trump: <strong><em>\u201cAre you better off today than you were six months ago?\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unless you\u2019re a billionaire licking your lips over a tax windfall or a CEO receiving fat government contracts from the Trump administration, the answer is a definitive no. And Americans are now waking up to the harsh reality that life under Trump won\u2019t be getting better, only worse.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To say that Trump has failed to deliver a \u201ctrue golden age\u201d for America in his first six months in office would be an understatement. Trump has dragged our economy through the mud in the name of \u201cdealmaking,\u201d which has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/economy\/inflation-hit-2-7-in-june-in-line-with-expectations-8f92a8cd?st=vd1SR2\">skyrocketed<\/a> prices for household goods, forced businesses to plan for <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/byHeatherLong\/status\/1937532314222821427\">recession<\/a>, created <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/06\/18\/trump-tariffs-ceo-economic-outlook\">enormous volatility<\/a> in the stock market, and thrown small businesses and family farms into a tailspin. Trump\u2019s erratic trade agenda has received appalling reviews from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/feds-williams-sees-slower-growth-higher-inflation-this-year-tariffs-uncertainty-2025-06-24\/\">economists<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/finance\/wall-street-ceos-see-some-tariff-impact-filtering-into-customer-behavior-2025-07-16\/\">business experts<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-07-17\/tariff-risk-edged-more-companies-closer-to-default-moody-s-says\">analysts<\/a>. Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7300389\/trump-trade-deals-tariff-letters-deadline\/\">failed<\/a> to fully implement a trade deal and moved his self-imposed deadline once again. Inflation increased in June by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/cpi.pdf\">fastest rate<\/a> since Trump took office, as energy, gas, and grocery prices continue to rise and economists warn of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/live-blog\/2025-07-15\/us-cpi-report-for-june\">\u201ceconomic weakness.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s chaotic trade policies are just the beginning. This month, Trump signed his billionaire-first budget that pays for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy on the backs of working Americans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s billionaire-first budget will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rip away health care from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbpp.org\/research\/health\/by-the-numbers-senate-republican-reconciliation-bill-takes-health-coverage-away\">17 million<\/a> Americans by making the largest cut to Medicaid in American history.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Put over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbpp.org\/research\/health\/by-the-numbers-senate-republican-reconciliation-bill-takes-health-coverage-away\">300 rural hospitals<\/a> at risk of shutting down, making Americans who live in rural areas drive farther and farther to seek lifesaving care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Force at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbpp.org\/research\/health\/by-the-numbers-senate-republican-reconciliation-bill-takes-health-coverage-away\">1 in 4 nursing homes<\/a> to close their doors.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Threaten more than 22 million working families\u2019food assistance.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The American public is increasingly angry and opposed to Trump\u2019s agenda:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/poll-trump-approval-policies-economy-health-immigration-45681b8cd07782ba7a143d323efe9dd7\">Only one-quarter<\/a> of U.S. adults say that Trump\u2019s policies have helped them since he took office.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Just <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/poll-trump-approval-policies-economy-health-immigration-45681b8cd07782ba7a143d323efe9dd7\">4 in 10<\/a> American adults approve of Trump\u2019s job performance \u2014 a historically weak showing at this point in a presidential term.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/poll-trump-approval-policies-economy-health-immigration-45681b8cd07782ba7a143d323efe9dd7\">56%<\/a> of Americans admit that Trump doesn\u2019t understand the problems facing people like them.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2025\/07\/16\/politics\/trump-megabill-one-big-beautiful-bill\">majority<\/a> (63%) of Americans think Trump hasn\u2019t paid enough attention to the country\u2019s most important issues.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2025\/07\/16\/politics\/trump-megabill-one-big-beautiful-bill\">60%<\/a> of Americans disapprove of his handling of the economy.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2025\/07\/16\/politics\/trump-megabill-one-big-beautiful-bill\">6 in 10<\/a> Americans oppose Trump\u2019s billionaire-first budget \u2014 his so-called signature accomplishment.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it\u2019s his broken promise to bring down costs or to release the Epstein files, more and more Americans are realizing that Trump will never keep his word. In his first six months, Trump has dramatically slowed the economy, tanked financial markets more than once, and undermined consumer confidence \u2014 bringing our country closer and closer to an economic crisis. Trump\u2019s actions are causing profound harm, and that\u2019s why Democrats are showing on <a href=\"http:\/\/trumptax.com\">TrumpTax.com<\/a> exactly how Americans have been impacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last six months, Democrats have completed 138 People\u2019s Town Halls in all 50 states, won or overperformed in 34 out of 35 key races in 2025 \u2014 generating significant momentum in the off-year. The DNC is launching \u201corganizing summer\u201d to engage volunteers early and meet voters where they are. With an eye toward the midterms, the DNC is making investments early, sending more money to local and state parties than ever before. Democrats are putting in the work to capture voters\u2019 energy, drive our message, and mobilize an army of empowered voters ready to reject Trump\u2019s record of broken promises and chaos and elect Democrats up and down the ballot now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEMORANDUMTO: Interested PartiesFROM: DNC War RoomDATE: July 18, 2025RE: Trump at the Six-Month Mark: Americans Are Worse Off\u00a0 President Ronald Reagan once famously asked Americans, \u201cAre you better off today than you were four years ago?\u201d Now we\u2019re asking the same question of Donald Trump: \u201cAre you better off today than you were six months [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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