Overview

• Reuters/Ipsos puts approval of Trump’s handling of the economy at 36% in a poll conducted Sept. 5–9, which also removed a prior “not sure” option.
• Morning Consult reports 42% approval and 50% disapproval on the economy, a net −8 that it calls a record low in its tracking.
• A Fox News national survey finds 52% say the administration has made the economy worse versus 30% better, with economy approval at 39% and 57% approving of Trump on border security.
• Weak labor readings underpin the slide, including just 22,000 jobs added in August, a 4.3% unemployment rate, and a BLS revision cutting April 2024–March 2025 job totals by 911,000.
• The White House pushed back, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt blaming prior leadership, labeling the BLS “broken,” and urging Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to cut rates.