Trump Is a Weak and Failing President, and It’s Time to Say So

By the way, many other polls support those findings. Pew, Fox, Gallup, and Quinnipiac have all found approval of Trump’s tariffs and/or handling of foreign trade mired in the 30s. A pollster aligned with Republicans recently warned that huge majorities believe tariffs are making inflation worse.

What’s notable about this Democratic polling, however, is that it suggests many voters expressly do not see the tariffs as an act of strength, as an act of protecting. Instead, they view him as being “reckless”—he’s floundering around wildly, aimlessly, and destructively.

This Democratic polling shows the party now sees Trump’s failing tariff regime as a big liability. “The polling does show that instead of creating strength or a sense of economic security, it is doing the opposite,” Lauren French, a spokesperson for Senate Majority PAC, told me. “When you are reckless on the economy, you don’t actually project strength.”