Three out of four Americans blame Trump for rising prices, new poll finds

Trump inflation poll: 75% of Americans blame president for rising prices

Muhammad Asghar | GlobalBeat

Three-quarters of Americans hold President Donald Trump responsible for rising prices, according to a survey released Tuesday.

The poll showed Democrats and Republicans alike faulting the administration’s economic policies. Only 12% of voters defended Trump’s performance on inflation in the nationwide sampling.

The findings arrive as consumer prices climbed 3.8% in April compared to the same month last year, the fifth consecutive monthly acceleration since Trump returned to office. Gasoline futures are up 31% since January, while coffee and eggs cost roughly 18% more than 12 months ago.

White House aides dismissed the survey as “premature” and blamed lingering supply shocks from the pandemic era. But Republicans on Capitol Hill acknowledged that constituents identify Trump with the current math at checkout. “They’re putting grocery receipts on onionskin,” Senator Thom Tillis told reporters, “and my phone won’t stop ringing.”

Background

Trump campaigned in 2024 on a promise to “rip the guts out” of inflation by expanding domestic energy output and placing 10% tariffs on most imports from China and the European Union. He cast those steps as antimatter to globalist subsidies that he said were “printing money into oblivion.” When he left office in 2021, annual price gains were running at a four-decade high of 8.6%.

Since reclaiming the presidency, Trump has imposed $145 billion worth of new tariffs, ended the child-tax-credit boost that preceded his term, and signed an executive order that caps overtime for many federal contractors. His Republican allies in Congress are pushing to extend the 2017 tax cuts and to eliminate the earned-income tax credit for workers without children.

What’s Next

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will testify before the House Ways and Means Committee next week, where members plan to question him on revenue projections and the administration’s inflation strategy. Democrats hope to pressure Republicans into stripping some tariff authority from the White House, while the president has told donors he may double the proposed China tariff rate to 20%.

Food bank traffic has risen 22% across the Rust Belt since March according to Feeding America. With the survey confirming the political toxicity of price spikes, Trump faces a narrowing window to restore consumer confidence before mid-term campaigning consumes Congress.