Beau

That's the MO.

The problem for Trump is that he's had a year, and he promised to solve everything from wars to affordability on day one.

For whatever reason, people believed him.

Now it's a year in, and they're frankly over it.

The only thing that has substantially changed for most people is that the economy is worse.

But what about the Dow?

The Dow isn't a measure of the economy for most people.

We don't have a booming economy.

America isn't hot, to use his term, unless he means nobody wants to touch it.

Inflation is up and the GDP is down.

Most Americans know this.

It's why the recent polling has gone so poorly for Trump.

Favorability polling has had a major issue where we know that some people have been turning on Trump, not because he was going too far, but because they didn't think he was going far enough.

The problem is that it was pretty hard to gauge.

However, a new poll asks a different question.

According to the latest NPR PBS News Marist poll, when presented with, quote,

Overall, would you describe the direction in which President Trump is moving the country as?

Then it gives the options.

55% say the direction in which Trump is moving the country is for the worse.

Only 37% think it's changed for the better.