It is a political truism that it’s bad to be the president in charge when the economy turns sour.

It may be especially bad for President Donald Trump — because, through endless controversies during his decade in politics, voters’ belief in his economic savvy has been his most consistent polling bright spot,

Now that bright spot may be gone.

CNN has had the polling company SSRS ask voters whether they approve of Trump’s handling of the economy since the beginning of his first term. They did so again last week — and Trump got positively grim results. Forty-four percent of respondents said they approved, and 56 percent disapproved.

That makes for a net disapproval of 12 percent, which is easily his worst ever in this particular poll, as the chart below shows:

Trump’s (former?) reputation on the economy is an underrated reason for his........

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