Poll: Two-thirds of Americans give Trump credit for economy

The Hill ^ | 05/20/18 | Brett Samuels

[yesthatjallen]

Most Americans believe President Trump is at least somewhat responsible for the good state of the economy, a CBS News poll revealed Sunday.

According to the poll, 35 percent of Americans believe Trump’s policies are “a great deal” responsible for the economy’s performance. Another 33 percent said the president is somewhat responsible.

Overall, two in three Americans believe the economy is in at least somewhat good shape, the poll found. In addition, 42 percent of respondents said they feel optimistic about the economy for the next couple of years.

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[yesthatjallen]

I love the repeated hedge-phases.

'at least somewhat' responsible for a good economy.

[NohSpinZone]

Even with a media blackout, Americans know what’s real and what’s not. We’re not as dumb as they would believe us to be and they’re not as clever as they think they are.

[OttawaFreeper]

Let me guess, if the economy had gone just a fraction in a good direction under the Media Party’s preferred candidate, you can imagine the wording of this article would be that markedly different, as opposed to “Trump at least somewhat responsible”.

[Steely Tom]

This is surprising. The establishment MSM didn't breathe a word about the improving economy until Reagan was in his second term.

You only heard about it indirectly, as in stories about how "an overheated economy could cause a resurgence of inflation" (which was as big an economic boogieman as was unemployment as we came out of the Carter malaise). Or you might see a story about how there was a shortage of engineers or a shortage of computer programmers (of course, we know how those problems were handled).

[Steely Tom]

Let me guess, if the economy had gone just a fraction in a good direction under the Media Party’s preferred candidate, you can imagine the wording of this article would be that markedly different, as opposed to “Trump at least somewhat responsible”.

If the economy had gone just a fraction in a good direction under Hillary, it would have been hailed as the greatest economic miracle since WWII.

[Psalm 144]

You’re right. I remember that. Time has erased the acidic vilification and animosities that the press dumped on Reagan at the time. Some of us remember.

[Eddie01]

Remember Obama blaming Bush for everything as an excuse for his attempts to destroy America from the inside out.

I'm so glad the Kenyan twink coke head muslim is off my TV screen.

(he's never really gone though)

[Texas Eagle]

The other third are living off those two-thirds.

[InterceptPoint]

But, but, but Nancy told us just the opposite. I’m so confused.😎

[MichaelCorleone]

Right from Inauguration Day, President Trump inspired two things responsible for a growing economy:

Confidence and unleashing the ‘animal spirits’ in the rand-and-file American.

it’s those intangibles that will make us great more than anything else.

If the Commander-in-chief can do that, 90% of his job has been accomplished.

For the record, the previous occupant of the WH did the exact opposite.

[publius911]

Poll: Two-thirds of Americans give Trump credit for economy

What a coincidink!
Assuming the author had a brain fa*t using the word Americans, I must assume that he/she/it meant to say, the American population, which includes mental deficients, jailed felons, criminal aliens, foreign agents, the GOPe, most of the bicameral Congress, and other enemies domestic.

My opinion?

One third is a gross underestimate.
It is well over 45%

[Paperpusher]

I knew Reagan was getting inflation under control when Dan Rather stopped reporting the “Reagan Inflation Index”.

[Dilbert San Diego]

But....but....

We’ve been told that Obama planted the seeds of economic recovery during his presidency. And that those seeds are sprouting now.

And we’ve been told that the tax bill delivered crumbs.

Overall, we’ve been told that the good economic news has nothing to do with the policies of trump.

In spite of that, 2/3 of Americans do not believe the liberal/media narrative on the economy??? They don’t believe what the media is telling them?????

[Dilbert San Diego]

Reagan inflation index delivered bad news per media viewpoints.

Remember Jimmy Carter’s misery index? He added the rate of inflation and unemployment together. He talked of that in 1976.

When he ran for reelection in 1980, the misery index was off the charts, and neither Carter or the media even mentioned it in 1980. It went down the memory hole.

[Truthoverpower]

No shiite
The media is SO biased it’s obviuos to anyone
Those in the middle will swing toward trump not away by the liars
The far left is hopeless anyway

[FLT-bird]

Translation: 1 in 3 are idiots completely unwilling to acknowledge the truth that’s slapping them right in the face.

After screeching hysterically that Trump’s deregulation and tax cutting were going to ruin everything, the Left is tying itself in knots trying to claim the economic recovery - the first real one since 2007 - is all Obama’s doing more than a year after leaving office after 8 miserable years in office.

[Jeff Chandler]

[Wuli]

So when the Fed’s rising interest rates start moving billions from stocks to bonds, leading to stock market crash, leading to a major economic slump, will the sheeple then also blame Trump? Yes they will.

The economy has actually been a recovery mode from the financial crisis of 2008, and while Obama did not boost that recovery it was already happening before he left office. Yes Trump’s changes will prove healthy, but the affect of tax changes is really long term, while the Fed’s actions of building bubbles and then crashing them causes major short term disruptions, which the ignorant people usually give credit or blame to elected politicians.