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Axios
13 hours ago
- Politics
- Axios
Most Americans view Supreme Court as partisan: Poll
While Americans have conflicting opinions on the Supreme Court, a majority agree that the Trump administration must comply with federal court orders, two recent polls found. The big picture: The high court is slated to make a slew of rulings in coming weeks on issues Americans remained deeply divided on, including on judicial power, birthright citizenship and gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Zoom in: Americans are divided on their views of the Supreme Court: 55% have a strongly or somewhat favorable view of the high court, while 45% have a somewhat or strongly unfavorable view, an NBC News Decision Desk Poll poll found. There's a partisan divide in how Americans view the judicial body, per a separate Reuters-Ipsos poll: 67% of Republicans viewing the high court favorably, compared to only 26% of Democrats. Something that both sides agree on: Neither Republicans nor Democrats see the court as politically neutral, according to the Reuters poll. Between the lines: The Supreme Court in recent months has been clearing away many of the hurdles lower courts have put in President Trump's path. The court, with its 6-3 conservative majority, has three justices appointed by Trump during his first term. Still, legal battles over many aspects of his second-term agenda remain. Zoom out: The Trump administration has defied a number of court orders, particularly related to immigration policies. Americans are not on board, a NBC News Decision Desk Poll found. 81% of respondents believe the administration must follow federal court rulings and stop actions deemed illegal. Meanwhile, 19% believe the administration can ignore court rulings. Details: The Reuters-Ipsos poll, conducted June 11-12, was based on responses from 1,136 U.S. adults. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The NBC News Decision Desk Poll was conducted from May 30-June 10 among a national sample of 19,410 adults aged 18 and over. The error estimate is plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump Isn't Even Popular on Immigration Anymore, Brutal Poll Shows
Immigration was one of Donald Trump's winning priorities with American voters, but not anymore. Three recent polls have practically spelled disaster for Trump on the issue, with Americans increasingly disapproving of the president's immigration policies amid a flurry of rushed deportations. A YouGov/Economist poll released Wednesday indicates that Americans have soured on Trump's immigration stances, with 50 percent of respondents disapproving compared to 45 percent approving. The poll comes on the heels of a Reuters-Ipsos poll published Monday that indicated that 46 percent of the country disapproved of Trump's immigration policies. And earlier this month, a Quinnipiac survey found that 50 percent of polled respondents didn't agree with Trump on immigration. During his second inaugural address in January, Trump promised to 'eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime to U.S. soil.' But in the months since Trump has returned to the White House, he has defied court orders, ignored the Supreme Court, and challenged the Constitution in order to advance his nativist immigration agenda. In March, the Trump administration deported more than 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to El Salvador by invoking a Japanese internment–era wartime policy. That gave the administration the cover to deport the men without due process, a critical error that has only continued to mire the administration in more controversy, as it has become increasingly apparent that some members of the charged group—such as Kilmar Abrego Garcia—had never been convicted of a crime. The administration has since had to admit that it mistakenly deported Garcia, though it has simultaneously appeared unable to retrieve him from the crowded foreign prison where the government is paying El Salvador $6 million to house the alleged gang members. The YouGov/Economist poll found that 50 percent of Americans wanted Trump to bring Garcia back, while 28 percent agreed with the president's actions. The White House has said that Garcia 'will never live' in the U.S. again. 'When President Trump declared MS-13 to be a foreign terrorist organization, that meant that (Abrego Garcia) was no longer eligible, under federal law … for any form of immigration relief in the United States,' said White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller last week. Despite the White House's insistence, just 27 percent of Americans are convinced Abrego Garcia's a member of MS-13, according to the YouGov survey. In a meeting with Trump, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele referred to a question regarding Garcia's potential release as 'preposterous.' 'How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?' Bukele said, claiming that he did not have the authority to return Garcia to his family in the U.S. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has pitched immigration alternatives such as the 'gold card' that seem to be little more than opportunities to sell American democracy to the 'highest bidder,' allowing America's longtime adversaries—including Russian oligarchs—to effectively buy their way into the country.
Int'l Business Times
22-04-2025
- Business
- Int'l Business Times
Trump Approval Rating Plunges From Post-Inauguration High Amid Power Tripping Concerns
Trump's approval rating is down to 42% from a 47% high after his inauguration Only 45% approve of his handling of the economy 83% of the respondents believe Trump should abide by court rulings even if he disagrees with them 59% of the surveyed said the US is beginning to lose credibility in the global stage More than half believe Trump shouldn't attempt to run for presidency a third time President Donald Trump's approval rating has plunged and his disapproval rating hasn't moved from earlier figures, a new Reuters-Ipsos poll revealed, highlighting the changing tone of American voters over the president's recent actions. Trump has been waging a global trade war in recent weeks even with multiple warnings from economic experts that it will only hurt financial markets and American consumers. Trump's Approval Rating Sees Multi-Point Dip From an approval rating of 47% in the aftermath of his inauguration in January, Trump's approval rating has dropped to 42%, which is also 1 percentage point lower than his approval rating from last month's poll. His disapproval rating remained at 53%, the same as the previous month, but is notably higher than an earlier poll at 51%. In terms of his handling of the economy, more than half of the respondents (51%) disapproved, which is at least a percentage point lower than the previous poll. On immigration, Trump's approval rating continues to slide and this time, there is a multi-point plunge from the previous poll's 48% to 45%. Americans Becoming Uncomfortable With Trump's Actions It appears more Americans are becoming uncomfortable with Trump's defiant stance over some federal court rulings. The poll revealed that some 83% of over 4,000 respondents said the U.S. president should "obey court orders he disagrees with." Trump has had run-ins with court orders in recent weeks, including over the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) federal downsizing and the president's takeover of the Kennedy Center. Notably, 73% of the respondents who believed in the notion were Republicans. One of the biggest takeaways from the poll is the finding that some 59% of the respondents – a third of Republicans included – believe that the United States has started to lose credibility on the global stage. Finally, some 53% of the respondents, a majority of them Republican supporters, said the aged president should refrain from seeking a third term. The latest poll's results mirror similar sentiments in a mid-March NBC News poll that found American voters were starting to feel that the U.S. is no longer headed in the right direction under Trump. In the said poll, 53% of the respondents disapproved of Trump's foreign policies and 54% of those surveyed also disapproved of his economic decisions. Another poll last week found that more Americans trust Democrats in Congress over their GOP counterparts when it comes to handling the economy (46% to 43%).
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump Gets Brutal News From Republicans in Devastating Polls
Even though they won't come right out and say it, Republicans are proving increasingly unhappy with Donald Trump's trade war. A new Reuters-Ipsos poll out Thursday indicates that three in 10 Republicans believe the president has been 'too erratic' in carrying out his economic agenda. Meanwhile, only Trump's most ardent supporters opposed the language, with three in 10 Republicans telling the pollster that they 'strongly disagreed' that Trump was too erratic. And a CNN poll published Wednesday showed that one in five people who voted for Trump in 2024 disapproved of how the 78-year-old has implemented his tariff plan, as did 24 percent of Republican-leaning voters. Another study by Center Forward, a nonpartisan nonprofit, found that some Trump voters felt the president was ignoring key issues such as the economy. 'What's striking is that voters from across the political spectrum—Republicans, Democrats and independents alike—are all demanding that the administration tackle inflation and rising living costs. Many feel these kitchen-table issues aren't getting the attention they deserve,' Bob Torongo, executive vice president of the Democratic research firm Breakthrough Campaigns, told The Washington Post Thursday. Trump has admitted that his tariffs will destabilize the economy. During an interview with Fox Business's Maria Bartiromo that aired Sunday, Trump dodged a question on whether the country would dive headlong into a recession, sending stock indexes reeling. He also floated that the 'little disruption' caused by his aggressive trade policies could go on for quite a bit longer, suggesting that Americans should model their economic projections on a 100-year-model—like China—rather than assess his performance on a quarterly basis. The market, in turn, has tumbled as Trump's trade war sparks fears of a forthcoming recession. Last week, the Dow dropped 670 points. This week, the slump continued, reacting to Trump's 25 percent levy on all steel and aluminum imports, and the retaliatory tariffs slapped on American goods by countries around the globe in protest. Trump further failed to assuage economic fears during a press conference at the White House on Thursday, offering no clear path forward for small businesses amid his whiplash tariff proposals.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump's business acumen has long been his armor. It's being put to the test.
President Donald Trump spent months on the campaign trail promising to shepherd the country to an economic Eden. This week is shaping up to be his first major test. The normally bullish Trump over the weekend declined to rule out the possibility of a full-blown recession as his tariff policies threaten to spark a massive global trade war that could drive up prices and further pinch Americans' already tight pocketbooks. His remarks sent already tetchy markets into a nosedive Monday morning — with the Dow dropping over 400 points and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq tumbling to their lowest levels since September — just days after they spooked and then calmed over his tariffs on Canada and Mexico. Further complicating matters, congressional Republicans are playing a game of chicken with Democrats that could end in a government shutdown by Friday. Together, these forces could create the biggest economic storm since the Covid-19 pandemic that rocked the economy and helped put former President Joe Biden into office. Trump is indicating 'at least the possibility that he's not going to be deterred by market volatility, he's not going to be deterred by falling stock prices, and that he might not even be deterred by an economic downturn,' said Michael Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. 'That is new for him.' And while economic unsteadiness in the U.S. predates Trump's second term — indeed, it played a significant role in his return to office — these latest economic pressures are largely of the president's own making and will test his appetite for weathering short-term economic uncertainty and political backlash in the hope of long-term economic gain. 'His antics have been very painful. At least he's acknowledging that there's pain,' said a person close to the administration, granted anonymity to speak candidly about its decisions. 'I don't quite get it because in the first administration he judged himself every day by the stock market. He has now chosen to judge himself by something else — I don't know what it is.' Polling shows that Americans are unhappy with the economic situation and are increasingly blaming Trump for it. A Reuters-Ipsos poll taken last week found that 51 percent of people believe the economy is on the wrong track, compared to 31 percent who think it's on the right track. Forty-nine percent of people disapprove of Trump's handling of the issue, compared to 39 percent who approve, the poll found. 'He has to acknowledge there's going to be some pain. He can't say everything's perfect. If he said everything's perfect, people would think he lost his mind,' the person added. 'You can't be totally that out of the picture, and say, 'Everything's great, everything's fine, everything I'm doing is working,' and have the market down 2 to 3 percent every day.' A spokesperson for the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In recent days, Trump has wavered between his usual impulse to telegraph economic optimism and a more pragmatic, sober assessment of the country's short-term outlook that appears to implicitly acknowledge that no immediate economic relief is on the horizon. We're starting to see "nerves in markets, nerves among employers and — outside the economics — nerves from Republicans on the Hill," said Daniel Hornung, a former deputy director of the National Economic Council for Biden. Part of the difficulty for the administration in messaging around tariffs, even as they pledge to bring down the cost of living, is prices going up on foreign goods is the point. Without that effect, there is little motivation to shift production to the U.S. "The way to tell whether it works is if the prices are going up for the goods that you're putting tariffs on,' said Neil Dutta, head of U.S. economic research at Renaissance Macro Research. 'They're all about, 'Well you know inflation doesn't really go up with tariffs. The dollar absorbs it.' What they're really saying is, they don't work. That's another way of saying it doesn't work. If it's not raising consumer prices ... you're basically telling me it's not as effective as you say it is.' Trump spent little time addressing the economy during his joint address to Congress last week, other than a brief divergence to complain about the 'total mess' he said he inherited from Biden and the 'out-of-control' price of eggs. The economic strategy he telegraphed during that address — bringing down energy prices, attracting business investments in the U.S. and cutting government spending — is a long-term one that appears to offer no immediate relief to Americans who believe prices are still too high. Indeed, during that address he acknowledged that his tariffs are likely to make things worse in the short term, warning that there would be 'a little disturbance' though he promised it 'won't be much.' It was a message the White House reiterated throughout the week, with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt saying the president 'was realistic' and 'level set with the American people.' He appeared to course correct on Friday when he called an impromptu press conference to tout the February jobs report — which saw the U.S. economy add 151,000 jobs — and what the president described as a 'manufacturing turnaround' in the U.S. with 10,000 manufacturing jobs created. Trump promised more jobs are to come as a result of the more than $1.7 trillion in investments companies have announced since he took office. Then on Sunday, Trump appeared to have lost that optimism and said in an interview with Fox Business's Maria Bartiromo that there would be a 'period of transition' after the tariffs are implemented, declining to rule out a recession. 'We're bringing wealth back to America. That's a big thing… it takes a little time, but I think it should be great for us,' Trump said. This economic uncertainty comes as Trump's tax cut agenda has been put on the backburner amid the looming government shutdown. Trump allies have warned that failure to extend the president's 2017 tax cuts is, in effect, a massive tax increase that threatens to roil the U.S. economy. Trump advisers have taken to the airwaves to try to calm the markets and soothe investors' fears, including Kevin Hassett, a top economic adviser, who insisted that the administration was using tariffs to win "a drug war, not a trade war," with Canada and Mexico. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick similarly tried to steady the waters, saying on Meet the Press on Sunday that tariffs would help 'grow our economy in a way we've never grown before' and that Americans should not be preparing for a recession. But that message belies another view within the administration — held by White House trade adviser Peter Navarro and others — that tariffs are not just a means to an end to exact policy promises from other countries but are an important tool for protecting domestic industry. That position is best reflected in Trump's promise to enact reciprocal tariffs on all countries starting April 2, which has remained unchanged despite the economic upheaval. By Sunday night, Trump was back to telegraphing optimism about the tariffs. 'I think the tariffs are going to be the greatest thing we've ever done as a country,' Trump told reporters on Air Force One. 'It's going to make our country rich again.' At the same time, the Federal Reserve isn't rushing to cut interest rates as it waits to see how Trump's tariff promises play out. Fed chair Jay Powell said at a conference in New York on Friday that the U.S. central bank is also waiting to see how the administration's immigration, fiscal and regulatory policies play out. 'The economy is fine. It doesn't need us to do anything, really,' Powell said. Economists at Bank of America say that the odds of stagflation — which refers to the politically toxic combination of elevated inflation and more limited economic growth — have jumped. While that isn't their most likely scenario, the "soft landing" many had hoped for "seems unlikely in the near term." "Weak survey data, soft consumer spending, large tariff increases, and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts have weighed on the growth outlook in recent weeks," Candace Browning, the head of BofA Global Research, wrote in a research note on Sunday. The person close to the administration said all the hope that businesses had upon Trump taking office — evidenced by the markets rallying post-election — is now gone. And unlike the first administration, the person said, there is no one making sure that Trump has daily time with CEOs who can underscore how dire the economic situation is. 'I get calls from CEOs every day saying, 'How do we get in to talk to him?'' the person said.
