Frustrated voters refute Trump claim the economy is 'the best we've ever had'

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures, while he boards Air Force One, as he departs for New York at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo

President Donald Trump and his MAGA allies continue to insist that he inherited a badly broken economy from former President Joe Biden but quickly turned the economy around.

In fact, the U.S. enjoyed record-low unemployment during Biden's years in the White House, but widespread frustration over inflation, according to polls, helped Trump pull off a narrow victory in the 2024 election. And almost eight months into Trump's second administration, the economy remains a source of frustration among many voters.

In an article published on September 13, Politico's Megan Messerly stresses that Trump is having a hard time convincing voters that the economy is performing well under his watch.

"President Donald Trump, this week, insisted Americans are experiencing the 'best economy we've ever had," Messerly explains. "Privately, White House officials acknowledge people just aren't feeling it…. Polls show Americans remain anxious about high prices, and there are signs the economy's resilience is starting to fray, making it harder for the (Trump) Administration to close the delta between how the economy looks on paper and how people feel."

Messerly adds, "The Congressional Budget Office also said Friday, (September 12) that (Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill) will have little effect on economic growth before the 2028 election, its gains blunted by the president’s tariffs and immigration crackdown."

A recent CBS News poll, Messerly notes, found that only 36 percent of Americans believe the U.S. economy is "good." And during a September 9 appearance on CNBC, a major figure on Wall Street — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon — said, "I think the economy is weakening. Whether it's on the way to recession or just weakening, I don’t know."

"(White House) Aides acknowledge it's less about reality than voters' perceptions," Messerly reports. "They're paying less attention to economic indicators and more to voter sentiment, whether that's shaped by the stock market, consumer prices or inflation headlines."

Read Megan Messerly's full article at this link.

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