Analysis finds most campaign promises have not been met, which helps explain the president's growing unpopularity.

The New York Times used data to look at eight sectors.

Among the findings:

- Grocery prices, on balance, have increased. Trump said they’d drop if he was elected.

- Gas prices have dropped, but not as steeply as Trump promised on the campaign trail.

- The cost of electricity has increased. Trump said he’d cut prices in half during his first year in office.

- Manufacturing jobs have declined and wage growth in that sector has slowed. The auto industry has been especially hard hit.

But wait, there’s more.

The value of the U.S. dollar has dropped, no small consideration for those of us living in a border town. And the U.S. trade deficit surged in November.

There’s one economic indicator that is way up, however. The personal wealth of the Trump family. Over the past year it has jumped by $1.4 billion. Here’s the story and, better yet, a video short that lays everything out.

A final word on Trump, courtesy of a round table discussion in The Times in which columnist David French made this observation:

"The Trump administration breaks the law, and also ruthlessly exploits all the immunities it’s granted by law. The situation is unsustainable for a constitutional republic."

It’s little wonder Trump’s standing with the public continues to worsen. The latest polling by the Pew Research Center found 61 percent disapprove of the job he’s doing vs. 37 percent who approve.

https://www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/02/the-not-so-hot-trump-economy/