The messaging strategy does not appear to be working for a president whom voters returned to the White House largely to address economic concerns.

Following its latest round of focus groups, Navigator Research is urging Democrats to proactively push their own economic policies.

The U.S. economy shrank over the initial months of President Donald Trump’s second term as a flurry of tariff proposals stoked uncertainty among businesses and consumers. U.S. gross domestic product,

President Donald Trump narrowly avoided a rebuke from the U.S. Senate on his tariffs due to one Democratic senator's absence. The resolution, defeated with a 49-49 tie on April 30, reflects discontent with Trump's 10% across-the-board tariffs and now-paused "retaliatory" tariffs that rattled Wall Street and contributed to a shrinking GDP as four Republicans joined with all present Democrats in supporting it.

The New York Times' Lauren Hirsch discusses how markets are reacting to Trump's tariffs and Trump's defense of the tariffs.

Voters returned Donald Trump to the White House in November believing he would be better for the economy than his opponent, Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.