Americans connect the poor economy "directly" to Trump's tariffs on U.S. trade partners. He noted that despite Trump campaigning to undo economic conditions under former President Joe Biden "on day one," most Americans' conditions "have gotten a little worse" since Trump's second term began. He added that Trump's lack of focus on kitchen-table issues has only built up more resentment among the public.

"People can see that they've gotten worse because of things he has done. He has done including these tariff policies. And they also see that he's not focused on their issues,"

"Americans know that jobs are harder to get now than they were a year ago. The labor market has cooled down considerably. There hasn't been much job creation lately," he said. "You can't talk people out of that, just like you can't talk them into thinking that their grocery costs have gone down."

"We're not in a what economists call a recession because the GDP is still growing," he continued. "But for all practical purposes, a jobs recession is what ordinary Americans think of as a recession, right? ... It's going in the wrong direction and it's going in the wrong direction as they head into an election year. Republicans know it. This is one of the reasons why Democrats are headed for a strong midterm election unless things change."

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