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Ruddy: Trump's Economic Numbers Are Strong — So What's the Problem?
By Christopher Ruddy
Thursday, 21 May 2026 06:27 PM EDT
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For months now, much of the mainstream media has tried to sell Americans on the idea that President Donald Trump is politically weakened, economically vulnerable and somehow disconnected from the public mood.
Yet once again, the elites are making the same mistake they've made for nearly a decade: underestimating both Trump and the American people.
Mark Twain famously said, "Statistics don't lie. People do."
The modern version may be even more relevant: "The polls don't lie — pollsters do." Recently, ABC/Washington Post released a poll showing President Trump at just 37% approval.
The number surprised me. So I called veteran pollster John McLaughlin (who polls for the president).
John reviewed the backup data for the poll and found something extraordinary: Only 35% of those surveyed in the ABC poll were Trump voters.
Wait a minute, didn't President Trump receive nearly 50% of the vote in the 2024 election?
The poll's survey sample was not neutral or fair. Clearly, the pollsters engineered an outcome.
This is how modern political narratives are often manufactured.
Americans are not fools. The Trump economic numbers are strong and good.
And we have to remember he's only a few months into his second year and the stock market is at record highs.
The equity markets are a "leading indicator" — a signal of future economic conditions.
Clearly, the markets are signaling great times are ahead.
They should. Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" started hitting only this year.
With it will come $4.5 trillion in tax cuts — the largest amount in history.
The average family will see taxes cut by almost $2,500 this year alone.
Inflation exploded under Joe Biden, but Trump has dramatically reduced and contained this dragon.
President Trump, in his first term, brought unemployment to a record 50-year low. He's moving in that direction again.
Gross domestic product growth has also remained resilient.
It was moving at warp speed until the Democrats started closing down the government late last year, effectively putting a brake on economic growth.
Still, GDP growth under Trump so far has been more than double the rates for Japan, Germany and Britain.
Trump's economic agenda is delivering real results.
The issue is not performance. The issue is messaging.
The big media has been almost monolithic in its opposition to him.
Trump himself is a brilliant messenger, outstripping the Great Communicator, Ronald Reagan, years ago.
But sometimes I think Trump battles alone.
Oddly, the administration has policies restricting most of its senior members from going on radio, TV shows, podcasts or other media.
You have a great story to tell — and many senior officials in agencies across the government are either forbidden or highly restricted in speaking to the media about their success.
Does that make sense? It's interesting because many of them were selected for their jobs because of their media savviness.
With midterms fast-approaching, messaging will be critical.
The administration can do a better job connecting the president's policy victories to everyday American life.
The economic gains are real. The tax relief is real. The stronger labor market is real.
But in an age of nonstop media hostility, accomplishments cannot simply speak for themselves.
The establishment keeps betting against Trump because it still does not understand the movement behind him.
Trump's supporters are not simply responding to rhetoric. They are responding to his results.
And he has many good ones to share.
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READ MORE: https://www.newsmax.com/ruddy/donald-trump-economy-polls/2026/05/21/id/1257131/
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The number surprised me. So I called veteran pollster John McLaughlin (who polls for the president).
John reviewed the backup data for the poll and found something extraordinary: Only 35% of those surveyed in the ABC poll were Trump voters.
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