Domenico Montanaro
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Trump has repeatedly downplayed the importance of cost of living as a factor in people's lives.
He's called affordability a con job cooked up by Democrats.
But people know what they're paying, and most people think that Trump is making things worse.
Polling averages have found majorities disapproving of Trump's handling of the economy.
a big turnaround from his first term.
And presidents often get more credit and blame than they deserve on the economy.
But people are saying that Trump's policies, particularly his tariffs, have made prices and the cost of doing business higher.
So this public-facing effort by the White House to try and have the president talk about the economy is coming at a critical time in his presidency.
Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.
The Pew Research Center polled more than 5,000 Latinos in the past two months, which is more than 10 times the average of a national poll.
And what they found was significant.
70% disapprove of the job that Trump is doing.
On the economy, four in five view it negatively, and 61% say Trump's policies have made things worse.
On immigration, two-thirds disapprove of how Trump's handling it.
More than that say that he's doing too much when it comes to deportations.
Overall, a majority say they have serious concerns about their place in America and
And one in three say they've contemplated leaving the country.