选民对特朗普经济状况的反对早已确立——尽管他竭力试图转移注意力。当今时代的政治两极分化已经削弱（并使之混淆）了经济状况对美国选举的影响。
Voters’ opposition to the state of Trump’s economy is well established – despite his desperate attempts to deflect It’s indisputable that the political polarization of our time has reduced (and confused) the influence of economic conditions on US elections.
2024年9月，在乔·拜登总统任期的最后几周，65%的共和党人认为美国经济正在恶化。大约六个月后，当唐纳德·特朗普通过“解放日”关税对全球发动贸易战时，共和党持悲观态度的比例下降至33%。
In September of 2024, in the waning weeks of the Joe Biden presidency, 65% of Republicans believed the US economy was getting worse. About six months later, as Donald Trump launched a trade war on the rest of the world with his “liberation day” tariffs, the share of Republican pessimists had dropped to 33%.