Americans are overwhelmingly rejecting President Donald Trump’s insistence that prices are dropping and inflation is barely a factor—a disconnect that drags down his standing on the economy, polls show.
There’s a stark gap between the White House’s glossy economic language and what respondents say they are living through, the CBS News/YouGov found.
Trump has been claiming prices are down, that there is “almost no inflation,” and that everything is more or less fine. Most Americans—60 percent—say he describes prices and inflation as better than they really are, including four in 10 Republicans.
Ratings for the overall economy slid again, hitting the lowest mark of 2025, with most respondents saying prices are still going up. Only 32 percent think the economy is good, compared to 35 per

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