00:00Trump's toughest opponent right now? His economy. Ever since the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill,
00:07Trump and Republicans were banking on higher tax returns for Americans.
00:13They predicted a $1,000 increase in tax returns over last year, but that hasn't happened.
00:22Tax returns did go up, but only by about $350.
00:27And it's going to be pretty hard to spend that, given the prices that Americans are now paying at the
00:33pump.
00:33In fact, households will spend an additional $740 at the pump this year.
00:39Despite this, Trump claims that the economy is booming, and he says that Americans should expect a big surge for
00:47the rest of the year.
00:49Unfortunately, Americans aren't buying that.
00:51Consumer sentiment is at a 70-year low, and more than half of Americans actually see the economy as getting
00:59worse.
01:00Even after Trump's tax cuts, 70% of Americans still think that taxes are too high,
01:07and only 27% think that the One Big Beautiful Bill actually helped them.
01:14And nearly two-thirds of Americans blame Trump for the increase in prices that they're seeing at the pump.
01:21Messaging and spin will only do so much for Republicans and Trump as they face off with reality as the
01:28midterms near.
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