It’s been six days since “Liberation Day,” when Donald Trump announced tariffs on most of the world’s countries and a few territories that aren’t countries at all.
In the days since then, the markets have collapsed, some of Trump’s supporters, especially in the business world, have objected to the policy, and there are worries about an oncoming recession.
And the polling news for Trump isn’t good.
According to a YouGov poll cited by Newsweek, of 1,139 adult U.S. citizens, 51 percent agree with the statement that the tariffs are “the largest peacetime tax hike in U.S. history.” Of those, 30 percent say they “strongly agree,” with 21 percent stating they “somewhat agree.”
More Americans want tariffs on foreign goods to decrease than increase according to a new YouGov poll. https://t.co/cfv1b8FWew
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) April 8, 2025
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Additionally, per Newsweek, 51 percent of those surveyed agreed that “Republicans are crashing the American economy in real time and driving us into recession. This is not liberation day; it’s recession day.” That appears to be a direct quote from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY.)
That’s not the only bad polling news for Trump.
The RealClearPolling average now has Trump’s approval rating at 47.5 percent and 49.9 percent disapproval.
The spread is rather wide. A Daily Mail poll showed Trump’s approval rating at 53 percent, but a Reuters/Ipsos poll the day before placed his approval rating at just 43 percent, with disapproval at 53 percent.
On Monday, CNN’s polling analyst Harry Enten said on TV that Trump’s disapproval rating is not only up, but Google searches for the word “protest” are surging to a higher place than in January of 2017. This follows the “Hands Off” protests in various cities over the weekend.
“If the resistance was a little bit lacking at the start of Trump’s second term, it’s very much alive now,” Enten said. HE also showed that the 43 percent disapproval rating for Trump is close to what it was in November of 2018, when the Republican Party had a terrible midterm election in which Democrats picked up 40 seats in the House.
“It’s alive! It’s alive!” to quote Frankenstein… The Dem resistance to Trump is looking a lot like what we saw in 2017-2018.
-The % who strongly disapprove of Trump is way up.
-Searches online for “protest” is way up.
-The swing to Dems in special elections is huge. pic.twitter.com/zPrVCxovgS— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) April 7, 2025
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