Despite A Good Economy, Trump's Approval Ratings Remain Low

By Steve Goldstein
Published: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - 12:16pm

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President Donald Trump arrives in El Centro, California, on April 5, 2019, to visit the border in Calexico, California.

The surest bet for a president to be reelected — at least over the past several decades — was for the economy to be strong. That describes the environment the U.S. has been in for close to a decade now with low unemployment, a healthy stock market and solid GDP.

But is President Trump bucking that positive economy trend with approval ratings barely reaching 40 percent?

To talk about that, The Show reached out to Victoria Guida, financial services reporter for Politico.

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