'Very bad shape': Karl Rove slams Trump amid dismal approval ratings

Even Karl Rove, a longtime GOP consultant who regularly contributes to Fox News, is struggling to justify President Donald Trump's latest policies.

During a segment on Fox News' weekend show "Journal Editorial Report," Rove referenced a recent Fox News survey indicating that the president was facing significant disapproval from voters on almost all issues. He particularly highlighted the president's difficulties regarding economic concerns.

He said the president is in "bad shape" due to the economic chaos caused by a sweeping set of global tariffs he imposed recently.

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"When it comes to the economy, he is in very bad shape," Rove said.

"Even if he gets his way on certain things like tariffs, that he’s not good in the long run.... There’s some very deep-seated skepticism among ordinary Americans about the effect of the economy, the president’s economic policies, both in the short run and the long run," he added.

Rove continued: "They voted for him because...they looked at the last four years under Biden-Harris and said, ‘not good.’ And they looked and remembered the four years under President Trump and said those were a lot better."

Rove also thinks the Trump administration has failed to explain their decisions. This lack of proper messaging, he thinks, "has hurt them very much."

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"All [Americans] know is there’s tariffs, and there’s talks about taxes...And it doesn’t seem to be making things better when they look at the tangible things of going to the grocery store, filling up their car and looking at the stock market returns," Rove said.

According to the most recent national CNN poll, Trump's approval rating has dropped to 41 percent. Two national surveys published in the past few days—a poll by the Associated Press and another by Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos—revealed that the president's support has fallen below 40 percent.

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