A new poll suggests President Trump is losing support on a key issue

President Trump’s focus on imposing tariffs for a wide swath of imports is proving to be unpopular with a majority of America — who say he should be focused instead on lowering everyday prices, according to a new poll.Despite voter unease about the tariff push, Trump’s overall approval rating is sitting at 50%, with high support for his immigration crackdown, according to a CBS/YouGov poll.It also appears he has some wiggle room, because voters are still putting most of the blame for inflation on former President Joe Biden.However, 55% percent of Americans felt that Trump was focusing too much on tariffs, compared to 38% who agree with his attention of taxing imports, the poll suggested.By contrast, 64% of poll respondents said he’s not focusing enough on lowering prices — compared to 31% who thought he was doing enough on the issue.Additionally, a majority of Americans (52%) no longer approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, according to the poll — an issue where he has previously dominated.Earlier this month, an NBC News poll similarly found that most Americans disapprove of Trump’s economic policies — the first time that’s happened in that survey.

While inflation has cooled down significantly since 2022, overall prices are up more than 23% over their pre-pandemic levels.Core inflation last month was hotter than analysts expected, clocking in at 2.8% year-over-year for February.Prices were up 0.4% from a month earlier.Those findings come on the heels of a higher-than-expected inflation report in January, as well.Still, Trump has bragged about how he’s overseen a decrease in the price of eggs, which had soared in January due to the bird flu.

Prices on dipped to $3 a dozen last week, according to US Department of Agriculture data.Trump had pledged to tackle soaring prices on eggs during his address to the joint session of Congress earlier this month.At the same time, Trump has been tapping into emergency presidential powers to slap broad ...