Twice as many Americans believe their financial security is getting worse than better, according to an exclusive new poll conducted for the Guardian, and they are increasingly blaming the White House.57% of Americans said the US economy is undergoing a recession, up 11% from a similar poll that was conducted in February.The stark divisions between Democrats and Republicans continue to persist. Democrats are almost twice as likely as Republicans to say their financial security is getting worse – 52% versus 27%. But more concerningly for Republicans, who will have to fight next year to keep their majority in Congress, Trump hasn’t been able to sway independents. A majority (54%) of independents said their financials are worsening, +9% compared with February’s polling. Most independents (58%) also believe the country is experiencing a recession.And more of the blame is being placed on the White House than ever before. When asked to choose between the government or corporations for the question “who is most responsible for any increasing prices”:- 76% of Democrats said it was government management of the economy, +17% from February’s poll.- 72% of independents also pointed to the government, +14% from February.- Republicans were less likely to point to the government, with 55% saying it was government (-6% compared to February) and 45% blaming corporate practices.In another worrying sign for Republicans, over the course of his first year, these voters have soured on the economy.While Americans overall have grown more pessimistic this year, women are far less confident about the economy than men. Nearly two-thirds of women (62%) believe the US is experiencing a recession, +12% from February, compared with 52% of men who believe the same. And half of women (50%) believe their financial security is getting worse while 39% of men believe the same.https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/29/americans-financial-security-economy-poll
>>1469811>Republicans were less likely to point to the government, with 55% saying it was government (-6% compared to February) and 45% blaming corporate practicesFunny how Republicans rightly blame corporations and democrats shield them from blame
>>1469812Funny how republicans blame the government for retarded shit like egg prices when democrats are in charge but once republicans are in charge the poor ol' government is no longer responsible for anything bad.Good news is Independent voters are rightfully blaming Trump and his Congressional retards (Johnson and Thune.)
>>1469813>Funny how republicans blame the government for retarded shit like egg pricesSo... When democrats blame the government for high prices it's ok because orange man bad, but when Republicans do it because of federal policies it's stupid?Lmao@you
>>1469811Who asks Republicans anything?! They’re clowns!
>>1469814Trump and Congress are responsible for tons of policy thats nuked the economy
>>1469814There was another thread recently where someone pointed out that egg prices were high because of an outbreak of bird flu and the only defense of their position the conservative could offer was that the bird flu was actually fake and it was actually Dems faking it to make Trump look bad at the start of his termThat's the level of retardation you're defending.
>>1469811The entire US economy is on the verge of collapse, because the value of the US dollar on the world market is directly tied to the price of oil and as the world moves away from oil and countries like Saudi Arabia start selling more to other places like China, and more importantly in Chinese currency, the value of the dollar could totally tank and globally be worth something closer to peso. That is why the US has been so aggressively going after Venezuela ever since the Saudis made their announcement. It has the largest oil reserve on earth and the US needs to be the one controlling it or they're in deep shit.
>>1469811No frigging duh. Local taxes go up, state taxes go up, and the federal government increases inflation. Only rich people can keep up, as planned.
>>1469818More like Clinton, Obama and congress.Blaming the long term effects of NAFTA, and importing everything from China on Trump is ridiculous.
>>1469822being an actual shill is ridiculous, get a real job already
>>1469822Yeah it just coincidentally started happening this year.
>trump shills continue the tired and true psychological manipulation tactic known as DARVO (deny, attack, reverse victim and offender)
>>1469826>Just startedOh, OK
>>1469826>it just coincidentally started happening this yearBro. The only thing that happened this year is inflation reduced from the 9% Biden had to like 2.5% nowHow can you ignore this
>>1469834Also, the trade deficit cut in half. That also happened this year
it's hilarious that there are shills here literally 24/7. couldn't be me
>>1469834>How can you ignore thisI want to win an election and inflict more pain on the US.
>>1469811>Is the US in a recession?Yes. This isn't the first, nor the last>Is trump responsible for it?No. Recessions are a property of our economic system, and no man can control the timing and presence of recessions in our system. Certain conditions, like the explosion of new markets we've seen over the last century, can allow us to delay recessions, but the forces of production will always catch up and lead to a crisis in commodity circulation.What we're seeing now is the end of the information boom. People are trying to make the AI boom happen, but it remains to be seen if AI ends up being useful enough to truly create a new market. Furthermore, the AI boom will eventually end, be it in years or decades, and a crisis will be waiting at the end if we don't figure out a new market.This is all economics. Trump is a silly face we can point at.
>>1469844I will not deny your point about the AI bubble, but I will point out Trump's absolutely retarded tariffs definitely aren't helping the situation and are almost certainly making it worse.
My bank account is doing great, quit whining bitches
>>1469848I don't think most people have a clue just how bad those tarrifs are for the country. Internally they're already not good because of how it's affected the price of things on the shelf. The bigger thing is that it's made other countries turn even more away from the US as a trading partner. People make fun of Canada, but they were a major trading and security partner and have now heavily turned against the US.
>>1469811You're only experiencing a recession if you don't own stocks. Own stocks, own SPY, avoid the pitfall of the other economic sectors. As long as money gets printed for tech, green line must go up.
>>1469859>as long as the value of the dollar keeps falling it takes more dollars to buy things like stockyep
>>1469858And silver is now a mess because China has a trade embargo on it. USA, and many other countries get their silver from China. Why did China do that? Because Trump is an orange bafoon and put tariffs on everything. Silver Head the highest electrical conductance of any metal and it's used in all kinds of products. The USA is the #1 consumer for it.
>>1469859How will people already living paycheck to paycheck be able to tie that money up in stocks? It's the a Ronald McDonald 401k?
>>1469858>People make fun of Canada, but they were a major trading and security partner and have now heavily turned against the US.They sell us dairy for a 240% tariff.We produce so much dairy that we dispose of it every year. We only endure the trade deficit because Canada as a landmass is a strategic convenience and is controlled by dairy cartels. But now they're simping for China and India.Not only that, but they're helping China put fentanyl in our borders. They may be our ally but they aren't our friend.
>>1469865They also import Indian garbage and are a major source of illegal indians in the USA. Its suspected that around 1,000,000 illegals from India are in the USA right now.
>>1469865>They sell us dairy for a 240% tariff.Another retard who doesn't know the actual terms of the USCMA. We've literally never had to pay those tariffs, nor have we even come close to it.>Not only that, but they're helping China put fentanyl in our bordersOh neat a double, it's also a retard who doesn't understand more fent goes into Canada from the US than vice versa.
>>1469867BS. Semi drivers from India are constantly getting caught driving into the USA from Canada with drugs. Happens daily.
>>1469869You did not provide aby evidence of your claim and I am not taking your word for it
>>1469871As expected from a TDS/IDS (Trucks (Indian Drug Smugglers) Derrangement Syndrome) sufferer.
>>1469872Haven't you heard anon? The new Current Thing is yelling about Somalis.
>>1469869Why are you lying? What is your purpose in making ridiculous claims that anyone can look up in 30 seconds and see what you're saying is factually false? Do you hope others won't fact check you and you're just running your mouth for fun, or is there a more nefarious reason you are doing this?
>>1469867>We've literally never had to pay those tariffsThen why do the tariffs exist?>doesn't understand more fent goes into Canada from the USYou are preeminently canadian.
>>1469878>Then why do the tariffs exist?To ensure neither country's dairy industries get replaced by the other.
>>1469814At this point it's both Republicans and corporations who are to blame for the recession were in.This can only be solved by voting the republicans out and both regulating, nationalizing and breaking up the monopolies corporations have.
>>1469811I will just say that I have taken the effort to have scaling comfort. I have land, a rental I live in to work now, and I have a van that I could sleep in if need be.20 years ago if I could afford to go big on things I would, no questions. Now I think twice before getting overly extravagant things, because quality sucks and having to downsize several times over the past few years led me to be very minimalist, beyond an aesthetic sense
>>1469811As long as everyone has their fast food slop and high speed internet there will be no revolution.
>>1469813nice whataboutism, so were they right for blaming biden for the egg prices if so then you're just admitting to being an outright liar.If they were wrong then trump isn't responsible now.make up your mind you fucking hypocritegod leftists are so fucking stupid they can't even stay consistant
>>1469892esl
>>1469892He looks like you broke the shillbot again, he's stuck in another loop
>>1469896you should stop responding to your own posts and start learning how to spell
>>1469811Holy shit. This graph shows that Democrats are literal stupid fucking retards.
>So much samefagging in this threadRepublican shills that desperate to cover up the trump recession and him starting another war
>>1469915>Republican shills that desperate to cover up the trump recession and him starting another warYeah its hard to ignore Trumps Recession™
>>1469826>Yeah it just coincidentally started happening this year.Whoa what a "coincidence" considering Trump has a ton of pro-Israel Jews in his cabinet?
>>1469811Holy shit. This graph shows that Republicans are literal stupid fucking retards.
>>1470013And that independents are waking up to Trumps lies. They're turning on the GOP now that the economy is falling apart.
>consistantYou should continue pointing out how consistent the ESL shill is at being a projecting hypocrite by telling others how they should learn how to spell, yet doesn't like being called out on his own educational inferiority by those who are superior to that subhuman.
>>1469892>Eggs are a dollar more expensive. Bidens fault.Year later>Beef is twice as expensive. This definitely isn't Trump or his coalition of Jews fault. Nope. Greatest allies ever. Lets give Israel $100 billion more of our tax dollars.
>>1470023>Biden ruins domestic egg production by allowing diseased foreign workers run the farms>foreign beef producers are being paid to hate the orange man so they're not shipping over cheap beef anymoreI think I see the common thread, its democraps loving foreigners and irrationally hating the Savior of America
>>1470026god you're esl
>>1470030>when the libfart gets so triggered by facts and logic they revert back to hating foreignersgotta love to see it
>>1470034lol, you don't even know what you fucked up in your last post, do you esl shill
>>1470026>trump ruins the domestic beef market with his economic policies >Along with the entire domestic farming industry due to his losing trade warsBeef is still expensive as fuck because of trump.
>>1470036It was probably responding to a braindead leftist shill that believes that you have to be an American to be worthwhileWhy do you want an entrenched slave class?
>leftistRussian shill spotted
>>1470038Yup. And he'll bail them out with tax dollars even though most ranchers are doing fine now (fewer heads of cattle at much higher prices.)
>>1470073>even though most ranchers are doing fine nowNo they aren't lmao. Even his bailout isn't enough.
>>1470039>Why do you want an entrenched slave class?Because he's the kind of hillbilly retard who's been drinking so much oligarch kool-aid he thinks he'll be part of the ruling class if he wears a red hat and yells tranny nigger often enough.
>>1470075Kek. Yup. They are delusional about their place in this whole thing.
The idea that democrats have to do anything to make republicans look bad is ridiculous. They don't have to do anything. The truth is coming out on its own. Those you consider 'elite' are pedophiles, republican and democrat. You defending the pedophile Trump justifies my position that you deserve Hell as much as he does. If you want to defend Trump, prepare to die and go to Hell.
>>1470080>uh, have you considered orange man is badlol
>>1469811I don't care who is responsible. FIX IT!
>>1470083Trump promised he'd fix it. Day one. He's made things worse, unless you're a billionaire.
>>1469815Clown world brought to you buy Trump
>>1470152>brought to you buy TrumpGood Lord, your thinktank needs to hire better foreign shills who actually understand English
The US has been a recession, if not outright depression, since 2008. What the stock market is doing is mostly irrelevant, the country has been completely deindustrialized, the government penalizes you for making anything, and the only way to make money is healthcare, fraud, or both.
>>1470158>The US has been a recessionGood morning saar
>>1470157Kek. Talk to real Americans. They don't think the economy is great. Thats why Trumps delusional rantings about the economy being the greatest ever aren't working.
>>1469866They arent illegal. That elon faggot gave them visas to take jobs.
