{"id":41003,"date":"2025-05-08T20:30:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T20:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/will-trump-trade-deal-with-uk-ease-economic-jitters-and-boost-presidents-poll-numbers\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T20:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T20:30:03","slug":"will-trump-trade-deal-with-uk-ease-economic-jitters-and-boost-presidents-poll-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/will-trump-trade-deal-with-uk-ease-economic-jitters-and-boost-presidents-poll-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Trump trade deal with UK ease economic jitters and boost president’s poll numbers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump<\/a> is touting that Thursday’s announcement of a trade deal with the United Kingdom \u2013 which is the first since the president a month ago announced massive tariffs on nations across the globe \u2013 will be “the first of many.”<\/p>\n

Pushing back against descriptions that the agreement <\/a>hammered out between the two historic allies was just an initial deal with much more to be negotiated, Trump argued “this is a very big deal\u2026this is a maxed-out deal that we’re going to make bigger.”<\/p>\n

The financial sector appeared to embrace the deal, with the stock markets rising on news of the agreement. However, for a president aiming to pass a sweeping agenda through Congress, it is the political reaction that may be of upmost importance.<\/p>\n

Trump’s approval ratings have been sliding since he returned to power in the White House three and a half months ago and are now underwater in most national polling.<\/p>\n

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Fueling the drop in Trump’s poll numbers are increased concerns by Americans over the economy and inflation, which were pressing issues that kept former President Joe Biden<\/u><\/a>‘s approval ratings well below water for most of his presidency. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Front and center is Trump’s blockbuster tariff announcement a month ago, which sparked a trade war with some of the nation’s top trading partners and triggered a massive sell-off in the financial markets and increased concerns about a recession.<\/p>\n

Most, but not all, of the most recent national public opinion surveys indicate Trump’s approval ratings in negative territory, which is a slide from the president’s poll position<\/u><\/a> when he started his second tour of duty in the White House. An average of the latest national surveys puts the president’s approval rating underwater by around six points.<\/p>\n

WHERE TRUMP STANDS IN THE LATEST FOX NEWS NATIONAL POLL<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Trump stood at 44% approval and 55% disapproval in the most recent Fox News national poll<\/u><\/a>, which was conducted April 18-21.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the president’s approval registered at 38% on the economy and just 33% on inflation and tariffs.<\/p>\n

However, veteran Republican strategist and communicator Ryan Williams, when asked about the political impact of Thursday’s trade deal, described it as a “positive first step.”<\/p>\n

Williams also noted that Trump\u2019s approval ratings are “tied directly to the performance of the economy.”<\/p>\n

POLL POSITION: WHERE TRUMP STANDS 15 WEEKS INTO HIS SECOND PRESIDENCY<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In discussing his tariffs soon after he announced them on what he called “Liberation Day,” the president touted that “these countries are calling us up, kissing my a–.”<\/p>\n

“They are dying to make a deal. \u2018Please, please, sir, make a deal. I\u2019ll do anything. I\u2019ll do anything, sir!\u2019” Trump highlighted.<\/p>\n

A month later, Trump finally got a chance to showcase a trade agreement.<\/p>\n

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“President Trump has argued that his agenda requires time for an adjustment and deal making. He\u2019ll be given a period of time to execute deals to prove that his plans are working and the first major trade deal with a nation like the UK is at least a sign that some of the work has been going on behind the scenes thus and is starting to bear fruit,” Williams said.<\/p>\n

He added that the president will “have to back it up with more, but it is a positive first step for him in securing other deals.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump is touting that Thursday’s announcement of a trade deal with the United Kingdom \u2013 which is the first since the president a month ago announced massive tariffs on nations across the globe \u2013 will be “the first of many.” Pushing back against descriptions that the agreement hammered out between the two historic … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}