ICYMI – NEW POLL: 66% of Americans Disapprove of How Trump is Handling Gas Prices

Gas prices have risen to nearly $4 per gallon since Trump’s war in Iran, the fastest four-week increase since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. 

Washington, DC – Donald Trump’s approval ratings are plummeting to all-time lows as his war in Iran continues to send gas and diesel prices through the roof. A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that 66% of Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling gas prices. Among Americans who say that gas prices are increasing, 60% blame Trump. 

Higher gas and diesel prices are now costing Americans half a billion dollars more every day compared to before Trump started his war of choice in Iran, but Trump is insisting that skyrocketing gas prices are a “very small price to pay” and that anyone who is concerned is a “fool.” Just yesterday, JD Vance called this a “blip” during his remarks in Michigan. Republicans were already scrambling to do damage control as their reckless energy policies spiked utility bills by as much as 13%. Now, with just 8 months until the midterm elections, Republicans are going to have to explain why Trump’s war is making life even more expensive for their constituents.   

Yahoo News: Poll: 66% of Americans disapprove of Trump on gas prices as they feel effects of Iran war

A new Yahoo/YouGov poll suggests that President Trump may be starting to pay a political price for the rising cost of gas in the United States as a result of the Iran war.

The survey of 1,699 U.S. adults, which was conducted from March 12 to 16, found that two thirds of them (66%) disapprove of how the president is handling gas prices versus 27% who approve. Nearly identical numbers now disapprove (67%) and approve (26%) of Trump’s approach to the cost of living.

That 26% is Trump’s lowest approval number on the cost of living to date.

Overall, approval of how Trump is handling the economy has fallen by five percentage points since last month (from 37% to 32%) while disapproval has risen by nearly as much (from 57% to 61%).

Yahoo and YouGov have never measured a lower economic approval rating for Trump — not even at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic during his first term…

The Yahoo/YouGov poll finds that  80% of Americans — including 71% of Republicans — already say gas prices are too high, and more than two thirds (67%) expect those prices to go up over the next few months. Forty-five percent of Americans think gas prices will go up “a lot.” Even Republicans are more likely to think that gas prices will go up (about 45%) than down (40%) in the months ahead.

And among Americans who think gas prices are going up, 60% say Trump “deserves the most blame” — far more than the number who say the same about Iran (13%) or oil companies (12%)…