Donald Trump began his presidency with the shortest of honeymoons.
To give you an idea of just how set people’s opinion of Trump really is, a “honeymoon” for him is an evenly divided country. He inched into positive territory on some polls, and given pollsters’ history of getting Trump’s support wrong, it’s not unfair to assume that his support really did exceed 50% by a small margin.
In that first month, Trump was definitely on a roll–love DOGE or hate it, Trump benefited from his whirlwind of activity and the complete collapse of the Democratic Party.
Then came his announcement of “liberation day,” which gave Democrats an issue with some legs to focus on, and the American people really did not know what to think. Would tariffs spur investment, or raise prices? Wild gyrations in the stock market created anxiety, as did Trump’s inconsistent messaging…
