Gallup found that 36% approve of Trump’s job performance, with 60% disapproving.

While Trump earns higher approval numbers for his policies on immigration and crime, fewer Americans are listing those issues as top priorities.

WASHINGTON — Weeks after suffering bruising election losses across the country, and facing an unusually tight special congressional race in ruby red Tennessee, President Trump told reporters Tuesday that a “fake” national narrative has taken hold of an economy in trouble.

Americans are employed and consuming more than ever, he said. Foreign tariffs and investments are bringing in trillions of dollars. “The word ‘affordability,’” Trump added, “is a Democrat scam.”

It was a message in defiance of stark public opinion polling that shows a clear majority of American

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