About half of Americans say the economy is Trump’s responsibility: Survey
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(The Hill) — A recent survey published on Friday reveals that nearly half of Americans attribute the current state of the U.S. economy to President Trump rather than his predecessor, former President Biden.

The Gallup poll indicated that 46 percent of adults believe Trump is responsible for the present economic condition, whereas 27 percent attribute it to Biden.

Just over a fifth of respondents, 21 percent, held both leaders equally responsible, while five percent picked neither of the two men. 

These findings are consistent with a similar poll conducted in March, where 43 percent blamed Trump and 27 percent held Biden accountable for the economic situation. Additionally, 23 percent stated neither was responsible.

Friday’s poll comes after Trump has blamed his predecessor for recent economic woes, including the backtracking of country’s gross domestic product and stock market turbulence sparked by his sweeping tariff agenda.

Those who said the state of the nation’s economy is either good or excellent are about equally split between Trump, 34 percent, and Biden, 37 percent. 

Meanwhile, respondents who said the U.S. economy’s conditions are poor mainly directed their ire toward the current president, 66 percent. Only 14 percent casted blame on Biden, although 20 percent said neither or both, the poll found. 

Most Democrats, 75 percent, blamed Trump for the current outlook of the economy. Among Republicans, the blame was spread between the two leaders. Around 55 percent blamed Biden and 21 percent picked the the current president, according to the survey. 

Trump and his allies have reaffirmed the administration’s approach to trade, which included imposing tariffs on nearly all countries and raising the duty on goods coming from China to 145 percent.

Recently, the president has mentioned that tariffs could raise prices on goods, a point he has made earlier in the year. 

“Somebody said, ‘Oh, the shelves are going to be open.’ Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally,” Trump said during a Wednesday Cabinet meeting.

The survey was conducted from April 2-15 among 2,036 adults. The margin of error was four percentage points. 

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