{"id":2412306,"date":"2025-03-11T08:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T12:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rolls-the-dice-on-the-economy-long-his-top-issue\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T08:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T12:40:26","slug":"trump-rolls-the-dice-on-the-economy-long-his-top-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rolls-the-dice-on-the-economy-long-his-top-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump rolls the dice on the economy, long his top issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-rolls-the-dice-on-the-economy-long-his-top-issue%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412306&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses President Donald Trump&#8217;s economic policies, especially his reliance on\u200c tariffs, in light\u200b of current economic uncertainty impacting the stock market. Despite acknowledging potential recession risks, Trump asserts that his administration&#8217;s approach, which emphasizes transitioning from\u200d public to private spending, will lead to \u200da &#8220;golden age of America.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He argues that private investments will surge as companies adapt to tariff-induced\u2062 conditions. Voter sentiment also plays a meaningful role; while Trump previously dominated\u200d economic perceptions, recent polling shows mixed\u2062 confidence in his handling\u2063 of economic issues,\u200d with \u2062many rating the economy\u200b poorly. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats\u2063 are leveraging economic concerns\u200d by linking high costs to Trump\u2019s \u2062policies and advocating for solutions\u200c aimed at easing financial pressures\u200d on Americans. Historical precedence\u200d is noted,\u2062 suggesting voters can exhibit patience through\u200d economic hardships, recalling examples from past presidencies that overcame similar challenges. \u200dThough,there are contrasting outcomes,as shown by George H.W. Bush\u2019s election loss due to economic stagnation. Ultimately, the article examines the precarious balance of \u2063Trump\u2019s economic strategies against public sentiment and potential \u200belectoral \u200bconsequences.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump rolls the dice on the economy, long his top issue<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2034431\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump <\/a>is betting heavily on his ability to use the blunt instrument of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tariffs<\/a> to build a &ldquo;golden age of America&rdquo; as economic uncertainty batters the stock market.<\/p>\n<p>Even Trump hesitated to rule out a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/recession\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">recession<\/a> this year as he acknowledged there would be a &ldquo;period of transition&rdquo; before the economic benefits of his policies are fully felt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3342651\/trump-white-house-abandons-stock-market-barometer-recession-fears\/\">Trump White House abandons stock market barometer amid recession fears<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3343243\/norad-warns-excessive-increase-pilots-violating-airspace-mar-a-lago\/\">NORAD warns of &#8216;excessive&#8217; increase in pilots violating airspace over Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3342930\/education-department-warns-60-colleges-stop-antisemitism-campuses\/\">Education Department warns 60 colleges and universities to &#8216;do better&#8217; to stop antisemitism on campus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;What I have to do is build a strong country,&rdquo; he told Fox News. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t really watch the stock market.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s going to be a natural adjustment as we move away from public spending to private spending,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/03\/07\/treasury-secretary-bessent-says-theres-no-trump-put-but-their-policies-should-boost-market.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said<\/a> last week on CNBC. &ldquo;The market and the economy have just become hooked and we&rsquo;ve become addicted to this government spending, and there&rsquo;s going to be a detox period.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also maintained that private investment will begin to flood into the United States as companies seek to avoid the tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">economy<\/a> was one of Trump&rsquo;s best issues in last year&rsquo;s presidential race. A period of respectable economic growth, low unemployment, and stock market gains without significant<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> inflation <\/a>appeared likely to secure him a second term in 2020 before the pandemic struck.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, 53% of voters trusted Trump more than then-Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a> on the economy, according to exit polls. He won 93% of the vote among those who trusted him to handle the economy and 81% among the nearly one-third of the electorate that listed this as their top issue.<\/p>\n<p>More than two-thirds of voters rated the economy&rsquo;s performance as not good or poor, with Trump winning 70% of their votes. Thirty-three percent said the economy was poor, and Trump received 88% of their votes.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s retroactive job approval ratings improved as voters recalled the economy of 2019, which had most of the same favorable economic conditions as prevailed under former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> but with a roughly 20% lower cost of living. Inflation stood at about 1.4% the month Biden took office before spiking to a 41-year high in June 2022. Even with the current economic anxieties, Trump remains slightly above water in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/approval\/donald-trump\/approval-rating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Real Clear Politics <\/em>polling average<\/a> of his approval ratings.<\/p>\n<p>But there are huge disparities in the polling on how voters currently feel about how Trump is handling the economy, which was once his greatest strength. A March Ipsos-<em>Reuters <\/em>poll found that just 39% approved, though most other surveys show higher numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Inflation is down considerably from its peak but remains persistent. Democrats, who have been reluctant since 2016 to credit economic rationales for Trump&rsquo;s appeal, have begun to focus on high prices and link them to specific Trump policies like tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The first victims of Trump&rsquo;s trade war? Minnesotans struggling to pay their skyrocketing electric bill,&rdquo; Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), Harris&rsquo;s 2024 running mate, wrote on social media. &ldquo;Minnesota cannot afford Trump&rsquo;s billionaire-run economy. We have to put a stop to this madness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump is jacking up prices and giving tax breaks to billionaires,&rdquo; Gov. Maura Healey (D-MA) said. &ldquo;If Democrats want to win, we need to be focused on lowering costs and delivering for everyday Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are hoping that economic uncertainty, a possible government shutdown, European resistance to the White House&rsquo;s Russia-Ukraine peace plans, and the backlash against the Department of Government Efficiency cuts will produce a series of negative headlines that will take the shine off Trump&rsquo;s second term.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3339904\/trump-recalibrate-democrats-elon-musk-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">signaled flexibility<\/a> on Elon Musk-style budget cuts, he has long been a true believer on tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>There is precedent for voters showing patience during short-term economic disruption. Ronald Reagan worked as president with then-Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, a Jimmy Carter appointee, to tame inflation. In 1982, the economy went into recession, and unemployment reached 10.8%. Republicans lost House seats in the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>But inflation was brought back under control, and the economy soon boomed. By the fourth quarter of 1984, GDP was growing 6.8%. The Reagan tax cuts were also taking effect. The president was reelected in a 49-state landslide. Reagan lost Minnesota, his Democratic challenger&rsquo;s home state, by just 0.18 points, 3,761 votes out of more than 2 million cast.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama similarly weathered lingering high unemployment as he took credit for leading the country out of the Great Recession. The unemployment rate was just under 8% when Obama was reelected in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3341383\/trump-officials-acknowledge-temporary-pain-tariffs-market-unease\/\"><strong>TRUMP OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE TEMPORARY PAIN AMID TARIFFS AND MARKET UNEASE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are counterexamples, however. Then-President George H.W. Bush lost his 1992 reelection race amid a sluggish labor market thanks to a recession that had technically ended well over a year before Election Day. The Biden administration&rsquo;s talk of &ldquo;transitory&rdquo; inflation proved illusory.<\/p>\n<p>Trump benefited from Biden&rsquo;s inability to feel the voters&rsquo; economic pain adequately. Now, Democrats are hoping that will be his own undoing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2034431\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2034431\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump bets on tariffs to boost the economy amid uncertainty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2659,"featured_media":2412307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/trump-stock-market.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2412306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/trump-stock-market.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412306"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412309,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412306\/revisions\/2412309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}