7 hours Ago By Alana Loftus
More Americans are worried about their money, and fear Donald Trump is “gambling with the economy,” according to new data reacting to his Liberation Day tariffs. A poll conducted by the Democracy Institute shows that the 1,300 likely voters asked are divided on whether Trump's announcement carries a risk to the U.S.
economy. Last week, the President imposed a 10% rate of import tax on imports to the United States from every country, as well as additional tariffs on a number of countries, including China and Mexico . The move has been heavily criticized, with even some of Trump’s own allies signing a bill to curb his tariff powers, though Trump himself has urged America to "hang tough.
" Major US travel warning to visa holders - 'everyone is at risk - even citizens' Stop eating this barbecue favorite to reduce dementia risk and cognitive decline Statistics were gathered from a randomly selected national telephone sample of 1,300 likely American voters. According to the study, 44% of participants believed that Trump’s tariffs were an “economic gamble.” Interestingly, 44% of participants also believed that Trump’s tariffs were not an “economic gamble.
” 12% of participants answered that they were unsure. The study was conducted by the DI polling unit on April 5th and April 6th 2025, via interactive voice response, in which recorded questions were played for randomly-dialled respondents and answers were given via their telephone keypads. To ensure a representative sample, the results were weighted for key demographic and political variables including, but not limited to, party identification, gender, age, education, income, region, voting history, and cell phone-only households.
The participants also answered whether they felt worried about their personal finances because of Trump’s tariffs. Thirty percent of participants said they were more worried, 27% said they were not more worried, but 43% said they experienced no difference in their concern for their personal finances. Of the 1,300 asked, 44% said they are not worried about a recession, compared to 41 percent who said they were and 15% who said they were unsure.
DON'T MISS: Fox News pundit says Trump’s tariffs are key to solving US ‘Masculinity Crisis' Europe sends Donald Trump 12-word warning over tariff war Stock market carnage as $128.2B wiped off sparking 'Black Monday' fears Today, in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump made it clear that he has no plans to pause or postpone the tariffs that he has proposed for all imports to the United States. “We’re not looking at that,” he said in response to a question about backing down on his trade policy.
He did say, however, that foreign leaders were looking to negotiate new trade deals with the US, saying, “We have many, many countries that are coming to negotiate with us." Writing on Truth Social, Trump said: "We are bringing back jobs and businesses like never before. Already, more than FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT, and rising fast! THIS IS AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION, AND WE WILL WIN.
HANG TOUGH, it won’t be easy, but the end result will be historic. We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!".
