Fox News delivers brutal reality check for Trump on the economy

President Donald Trump has tried to paint a rosy picture of the economy during his second term, but now even the usually MAGA-friendly Fox News can no longer deny the reality of voter sentiment.

On Thursday, Fox News released a new poll conducted November 14-17, taking the temperature of how voters are feeling about the state of the economy, and the numbers are grim for Trump. When asked about their general feeling about things, 76 percent of respondents said the economy was “not so good” or “poor.” Around 60 percent said the same when asked about the state of their personal finances.

Trump administration have typically deflected blame for any sort of bad economic prospects by blaming the economy that he inherited from former President Joe Biden. Poll respondents were not having that either, with 62 percent blaming the state of the economy on Trump, as opposed to the 32 percent who blamed Biden. A similar poll from the end of Biden’s term had 70 percent of respondents calling the economy “not so good” or “poor,” six points below the newest findings against Trump.

This bad news was delivered on-air Thursday afternoon by anchor Bret Baier, who gave what a Daily Beast report characterized as a “stony-faced” reading of the “damming” top-line poll results.

“The issue of affordability — the issue of how people feel about the economy — popping up in our latest polls,” Baier said to begin the segment.

Elsewhere in the poll, Trump lost six points in his approval rating among Republicans compared to a similar poll from March, down to 86 percent. He also reached career high disapproval among white voters overall, white male voters and voters without college degrees.

Republican respondents in “large numbers” also agreed that the cost of the groceries, utilities and healthcare have gone up under Trump. Amongst all respondents, it was generally agreed that Democrats have better plans for affordability, wages, healthcare and climate issues.