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For the first time since October, President Donald Trump’s approval rating reached 41 percent new polling datalargely due to the wave of support managing the economy And cost of living.
So far in December, about 41 percent of Americans say they approve of Trump’s job performance, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll — about three percentage points higher than what survey respondents felt in late November.
It appears that most of them are associated with feelings about the economyFor the first time since early September, 36 percent of respondents said they approve of the way Trump is handling the economy, and 31 percent approve of his performance on the cost of living,
But among Republicans, these numbers are much higher, and are likely a contributing factor to his increased approval ratings, with 69 percent of Republican voters supporting Trump on cost of living.
The new poll numbers come as Trump is trying to capture Democrats’ message on affordability And turn it on its side,
Democratic candidates swept local and state elections in November, winning over voters by promising to lower the cost of living and blaming Trump’s economic policies for high costs.
This message has angered Trump.
chairman Ability has been called a “fraudulent act” And continually claimed that his administration was reducing inflation and the cost of groceries. In press conferences and media interviews, the President repeatedly points out how food and gas are more affordable for Americans and blames his predecessor for inflation.
“They just say words,” Trump said of Democrats during a Cabinet meeting.
Trump claimed, “It doesn’t mean anything to anybody. They just call it – affordability. I inherited the worst inflation in history. There was no affordability. Nobody could afford anything.”
The president also plans to heighten his message on the economy by giving a speech Tuesday about the cost of living and other economic issues in Pennsylvania, considered a battleground in the 2026 midterm elections.
Despite Trump’s comments, Data from Consumer Price Index Suggest that food costs have not declined and are likely to increase by at least 3 percent in 2025 and 2.7 percent in 2026.
Some economists have attributed the rising costs to Trump’s tariffs, which have made imports more expensive, Trump’s deportation policy, which has exacerbated food labor shortages, and other factors, such as long-term supply chain disruptions and higher production costs.
While gas prices are falling, there are other affordability issues at play – e.g. rising health care costs Insurance for millions of people using the marketplace.