The LuLac Edition #5, 318, May 7th, 2025

 

WRITE ON WEDNESDAY

  

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This week we are featuring a letter that is most likely being replicated by the thousands across the country. This thought by a resident of The Lac is just not an isolated opinion on the tragedy that is the second Trump administration.

 

AMERICANS HAVE

BUYER’S REMORSE

Editor: The Trump circus has now reached the 100-day mark. The report card is out and the ringmaster’s grades are not good. Remember during the presidential campaign when polls showed that over 50% of Americans trusted Trump to handle the economy? Now many of these people are having buyer’s remorse. Let’s look at the numbers.

The April consumer confidence report hit a 13-year low, according to the Consumer Confidence Board.  According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, just two in five Americans approve of the job Trump is doing. Sixty-one percent believe we are headed for a recession. The poll also found that 82% of Americans complained about the price of groceries.

In a CNN poll, Trump’s approval rating was at 37%, the lowest for any president at the 100-day mark. Also in the CNN poll, only 39% approved of Trump’s handling of the economy. Only 35% approved of Trump’s handling of inflation and only 46% approved of Trump’s handling of immigration. Only 23% of Americans call the economy excellent or good; 45% of Americans say they expect the economy to be in worse shape a year from now.

It’s obvious that instead of believing Trump’s lies that he told on the campaign trail, Trump supporters should have listened to the warning that Democrats were giving.

Ben Eglesia, Dickson City