Is It Trump or Biden's Economy? Americans Weigh In

 

Poll Shows Americans Blame Trump for Economic Mess—And He’s Still Dodging Responsibility

Americans aren’t buying Donald Trump’s tired excuses anymore. A new Gallup poll shows that nearly half of the country (46%) holds Trump responsible for the current state of the U.S. economy. That’s almost double the number who blame Joe Biden (27%). Even more damning? Among those who say the economy is in bad shape, a whopping 66% pin it on Trump’s disastrous policies. Only 14% blame Biden.

Trump, ever the master of gaslighting, is still trying to convince people he inherited some kind of flaming wreckage instead of the strong recovery Biden handed him. When GDP shrank for the first time in three years this April, Trump scrambled to blame the so-called “Biden overhang” instead of taking any accountability—because when things go south, the “very stable genius” turns into a very slippery coward.

Even his own base is starting to crack: 40% of Republicans admit Trump holds at least partial responsibility. The rest? Still drinking the Kool-Aid and pretending the emperor isn’t streaking through Wall Street in a red tie and no pants.

Trump’s whining on Truth Social reached new levels of delusion: “This is Biden’s Stock Market, not Trump’s,” he wrote, as if he hadn’t spent the last year preening and tweeting every time the market hiccuped in the right direction. Now that it's faltering? Suddenly it's "not his problem." Classic Trump—wants the credit when things go well, runs for cover when they don’t.

And about those tariffs he bragged would lead to an economic boom? According to Thomas Sampson of the London School of Economics, those same trade policies are already wrecking the economy. Turns out, slapping tariffs on everything that moves while screaming about greatness isn't actually a coherent economic strategy—who knew?

The Trump team is now trying to spin bad news as a "transition period" and a sign that “the economy is starting to roar.” Yeah, it’s roaring—like a dumpster fire in a hurricane.

When pressed in an interview about his responsibility, Trump offered his usual word salad: “The good parts are the Trump economy and the bad parts are the Biden economy.” Translation? He wants all the glory and none of the blame. The man’s allergic to accountability. At this rate, he’ll try to pin the next recession on the Easter Bunny.

No matter how many slogans he shouts or how many fingers he points, the data is clear: Americans aren’t fooled. Trump’s economic legacy isn’t prosperity—it’s instability, inflated egos, and busted promises. And now, he’s trying to pass the check to the next guy like a deadbeat diner skipping out on the bill.