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.

  • @[email protected]
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    2219 hours ago

    It’s difficult to comprehend how anyone can think that Trump can lower the price of anything for anyone in any period of time.

    • @[email protected]
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      716 hours ago

      And he explained to them how he was going to raise prices and taxes for the vast majority.

      • @Big_Boss_77
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        215 hours ago

        If they could read, I’m sure that would’ve offended them mightily…

  • Tiefling IRL
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    24 hours ago

    So why did they vote for him…

    Oh right, they hate women, trans people, and immigrants…

    • @[email protected]
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      822 hours ago

      About forget the ones who were ignorant, stupid, or trying to prove a point only to have it backfire like we all told them it would.

      • Phoenixz
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        Only that it probably won’t backfire much on them, not as much as on everyone else

        Some of you might die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make!

  • TomMasz
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    751 day ago

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

  • @[email protected]
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    661 day 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!?¡

  • @[email protected]
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    471 day 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.

  • Flying Squid
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    391 day ago

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

    • Nougat
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      281 day ago

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

      • Flying Squid
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        1 day ago

        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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          11 day ago

          Please denote when you’re quoting someone else with quotes. Unless you want to have said “n-- bitch”

          • Flying Squid
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            71 day ago

            If someone really wants to think that was what I was saying and couldn’t figure it out from the context, I honestly do not care.

  • @[email protected]
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    1 day ago

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

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    Too bad they didn’t think about it before voting.

    Edit: I’d like to add that I will bet groceries for a month that they don’t go down at any point in his term.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 day ago

      Literally had someone try to tell me this the other day when the ceasefire news came out… That didn’t last.

      • HubertManne
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        31 day ago

        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?

    • @[email protected]
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      101 day 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.

      • @[email protected]
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        61 day ago

        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