Overview

• An NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll finds Trump’s approval at 43% with 57% disapproving, with just 39% approving his handling of inflation and 41% approving his approach to trade and tariffs.
• The Economist/YouGov data reported by Newsweek shows Trump’s net approval among households earning over $100,000 has fallen to minus 16 points, deepening a slide that accelerated after April’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcement and only briefly eased during a May pause.
• August jobs data show payrolls up by 22,000 with unemployment at 4.3%, June revised to a 13,000 loss, and manufacturing down 12,000 in August and roughly 78,000 since January.
• The White House removed BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer after earlier jobs-report disputes, a move that has drawn scrutiny of the administration’s handling of official economic statistics.
• Despite moves by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to limit certain vaccines, 78% of Americans express support for vaccines in the NBC/SurveyMonkey survey, underscoring a political vulnerability separate from economic concerns.