Summary

An AP-NORC poll reveals skepticism about Donald Trump’s ability to lower costs like groceries, housing, or healthcare in his first year, with only 2 in 10 Americans expressing strong confidence. Confidence is slightly higher for job creation (3 in 10).

Even among Republicans, less than half are very confident in his ability to address healthcare or food costs.

Health care remains a weak spot, with only 16% of Americans confident he can lower costs.

  • @ninjabard
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    42 hours ago

    Many Americans doubt Trump. End of statement.

  • @[email protected]
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    214 hours ago

    Anyone who thinks he’ll do it at all is delusional; he’s gotten $200 million in bribes to increase corporate profits, not lower them.

  • @shyguyblue
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    315 hours ago

    And here I am, KNOWING he won’t lower prices, BECAUSE HE FUCKING SAID HE WASN’T GOING TO, AS SOON AS THE VOTES WERE IN!?¡

  • TomMasz
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    425 hours ago

    Spoiler alert: He won’t do anything except enrich himself and his toadies.

  • Soulifix
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    33 hours ago

    MAGA Voters: “Derp derp, he said he do thing, yup yup, we believe, yup yup, dat mean he gon do it, yup. Them eggs and them beers are gunna be incredibly affordable anyday now, yup yup”

  • Flying Squid
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    255 hours ago

    And yet millions voted for him claiming it was because he would fix the economy. 🤔

    • Nougat
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      To be fair, that reason is only what they claimed.

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        Oh I know. Plenty of them it was more about not voting for that n-- bitch. But they knew they could call her that out loud, so they did it in their head and claimed it was about the economy.

  • @[email protected]
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    4 hours ago

    He fixed healthcare in his first term remember? That was when Elon landed humans on Mars.

    • @Xanthobilly
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      My favorite was capping off a huge infrastructure week with getting Mexico to pay for the wall.

    • Flying Squid
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      34 hours ago

      He fixed concepts of healthcare. Right after infrastructure week.

  • @[email protected]
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    12 hours ago

    I’m stocking up on some of my hobby supplies specifically because I think he’ll raise prices, like he’s literally said he would multiple times.

      • @P00ptart
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        34 hours ago

        Well, at least it’ll make the land less enticing to Israel?

      • HubertManne
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        I was more making fun of the articles about trump being responsible for the cease fire talked about yesterday that is falling apart today.

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    At this point I’m just hoping he doesn’t plunge us into The Great Depression 2: Electric Breadaloo

    So great we stuck it to bLuEMaGa on that one single issue amiright single issue voters?

    • @P00ptart
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      54 hours ago

      Lol, I don’t see how this won’t be significantly worse than that. In fact, when the economy is down, that’s when it’s the easiest for the richest people to enrich themselves further, buying companies, properties, and things when people are forced to sell for bottom dollar. And all those people are little baby birds chirping at big daddy trump to destroy the economy, so they can buy up everything, thinking they can recover the economy and eat astronomical profits.

      That’s the plan anyway.

      • @cm0002
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        Ya know your comment reminded me that the great depression is what led to the New Deal which brought the most significant worker reforms and regulations in US history.

        So maybe a Great Depression 2 would suck, but after we might get New Deal 2: Electric Healthcarealo so…there’s that

        • @P00ptart
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          That’s very optimistic lol

  • @RememberTheApollo_
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    It takes a little while for mismanagement to negatively affect the economy and the recession to take hold. Patience. He’ll get there.

  • @theUwUhugger
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    He said so in an interview? Tho, not just the first year