Mike Johnson Says Trump’s Bad Polls Reflect ‘Emotional Reaction’ To Rapid Change
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WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) suggested Tuesday that the American people are having an irrational yet understandable “emotional reaction” to President Donald Trump’s early moves in his second term.
“In any new administration, it’s a roller coaster. When you come in and you make dramatic change — which is what he did, he’s delivering on the promises made — there’s some bumps along the road,” Johnson said Tuesday in response to a question about Trump’s bad poll numbers.
A Fox News poll last week put Trump’s approval rating at just 44% — 5 percentage points lower than in March, lower than at the 100-day mark for former presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and slightly worse even than for Trump himself in his first term.
Trump’s plan to tax imports has hurt the stock market and could lead to higher prices and possible shortages on a range of products, with economists of all political persuasions warning the tariffs could slow the entire economy and potentially even cause a recession. Consumer confidence has already cratered.
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