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Voters will put up with a lot from Trump, but not a tanking economy

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02.05.2025

President Trump has crossed that traditional marker of 100 days in office. So, how much chaos are Americans willing to tolerate if their money is in the crosshairs?

Yes, the MAGA faithful — the ones who would jump off a cliff if the president told them to take a flying leap — are unshakable. Maybe they make up 25 percent of his base.

But the real story is with the broader coalition that put Trump in office — folks who weren’t necessarily obsessed with him, just tired of being ignored. They didn’t show up for the circus; they showed up because they liked the promise: secure the border, shrink government, stop the “woke” madness and put America first again.

Give Trump credit. He has pretty much shut down the Southern border — illegal immigration went from a flood under former President Joe Biden to a trickle now. And DEI is on the run.

But Trump has problems: Americans have lost faith in his ability to handle the economy — and maybe more important, they’ve lost faith in the man himself. A bunch of new polls put his approval numbers in the low 40s — historically low numbers for a president’s first 100 days.

If that sounds bad, a new Axios poll finds that a majority of Americans — 52 percent —........

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