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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

Poll shows vast majority of Americans say life is getting more expensive under Trump

WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0

So there's a new poll out and people, what are you telling me? People believe life is getting more

0:05.3

expensive. Vast majority of Americans say life is getting pricier under Trump. You know why they think

0:10.7

that, Casey? Why is that? Because it is. Because it is. Yeah, so let's talk about some of the

0:16.6

key findings. Forty-five percent say the economy has worsened since January of 25. Who did the poll?

0:22.7

Does it say? It is Scripts News talker research poll. Okay, very good. Yeah. 38% believe it has improved, and there's a 46% disproval of Trump's performance. Okay, can you say those stats again, so I'm processing all of them?

0:37.0

45% say the economy has worsened since January of 25. Does it say who think, what percentage

0:43.0

think it's improved? 38%. Okay, so he's underwater on that. They think things are getting more

0:48.3

expensive. Is that correct? Do we have a number on that? 39% cite inflation prices as the most pressing issue. Yeah, okay. Followed by immigration, health care, crime, and threats to democracy. Yeah, okay, very good. And then there was one other stat. I feel like he gave there. Disproval rating, 46%. Does it say what approve? What the approval number is? The approval rating is at 43.

1:11.4

Okay, so 46 disapprove?

1:13.6

Okay, very good.

1:14.7

So he's, and we have seen that approval number be as low as 40.

1:19.3

We've seen it as high as 45.

1:20.4

43 seems like right in the middle of, as we talk about polling as a snapshot of a moment in time.

1:25.6

43 seems in the middle.

1:26.8

That seems somewhat legitimate.

1:29.0

So if we work off that, let's just for the sake of us, two cackling hens here,

1:33.1

operate that the poll, the rest of the information is sort of in the sweet spot as that

1:38.1

approval number seems to be.

1:39.9

This is the egregious mistake Trump made because now he can't undo it, which is that this big bull crap bill focused on, and I saw an article over the weekend talking about all the freebies and giveaways and special interest stuff that are in this bill.

1:55.4

They always act like, like, it's for you.

1:57.3

It's all for you.

1:58.2

No, most of it is not for you.

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