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LOADINGERROR LOADING Fox Business host Larry Kudlow appeared oddly confused Tuesday about the public’s dissatisfaction with Donald Trump, citing a RealClearPolitics average of several polls showing 61% of Americans disapprove of how the president is handling inflation. The “Kudlow” host discussed the matter with Fox News contributor and ex-Trump White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, praising the president’s foreign policy and crediting the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” for what he called “pretty remarkable” economic growth. Advertisement “But, but, but, but. Interestingly, and I want to get your take on this, polling-wise, he’s doing very poorly on the economy,” Kudlow said. “Now, there may be reasons for this, but I will just say the averages from RealClearPolitics on the economy, Mr. Trump is underwater.” “And on inflation, again, the average of RealClearPolitics, and there are a lot of good polls inside that average, he’s underwater by 25 points: 61% disapprove, 36% approve,” he added. “I’m not sure why this is, but those are not good numbers going into the midterms.” Kudlow, a former economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and director of the National Economic Council during Trump’s first term, notably issued an apology last year on the air after wrongly predicting economic disaster under then-President Joe Biden. Advertisement He appeared perplexed Tuesday by polls showing burgeoning dissatisfaction with Trump. “They’re just not good numbers in general,” Kudlow told Conway. “Even though, you know, as I said, the economy is starting to boom and the inflation rate is not that bad. It’s 3%. It’s not getting any worse. So what do you make of that?” Conway, who helped elect Trump in 2016 as his campaign manager, defended the president. She argued that the public has an “automatically negative” reaction to the word “inflation” — and that they hear the term more often than they do “Trump.” Advertisement “And inflation is that one sticky issue that’s been so stubborn since COVID,” Conway told Kudlow. “People don’t like what they’re paying for things. But I would remind everybody, a year ago tomorrow, Donald Trump won in part because he said, ‘They broke it; I’ll fix it.’” She continued, “It takes a long time to fix something that broken.” Biden took office in 2021 after the COVID-19 pandemic devastated the economy and resulted in the deaths of about 400,000 Americans. He went on to sign the CHIPS and Science Act, passing $280 billion in funding to boost domestic manufacturing of semiconductors. ReportingWhat'sReal Your SupportFuelsOur Mission Your SupportFuelsOur Mission Join HuffPost Today Voters sent a message — loud, clear, and impossible to ignore. Change is coming. We’ll help you make sense of it. Join HuffPost as a member and be part of what happens next. We remain committed to providing you with the unflinching, fact-based journalism everyone deserves. Thank you again for your support along the way. We’re truly grateful for readers like you! Your initial support helped get us here and bolstered our newsroom, which kept us strong during uncertain times. Now as we continue, we need your help more than ever. We hope you will join us once again. We remain committed to providing you with the unflinching, fact-based journalism everyone deserves. Thank you again for your support along the way. We’re truly grateful for readers like you! Your initial support helped get us here and bolstered our newsroom, which kept us strong during uncertain times. Now as we continue, we need your help more than ever. We hope you will join us once again. Support HuffPost Already a member? Log in to hide these messages. Trump took office in January and has since launched mass deportations that frequently involve masked immigration agents snatching civilians off the street. He also announced steep international tariffs in April — which sent global markets into upheaval. Advertisement Trump’s handling of the economy isn’t the only area of concern, however. A recent Washington Post survey showed 56% of U.S. adults disapprove of how he’s handling immigration, suggesting the cruel raids under his administration aren’t as popular as he thinks, while 63% said the same about his management of the federal government itself.
