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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

Economy is getting worse under Trump’s leadership, Americans say in new poll on eve of his tariff D-Day

A new poll shows Donald Trump underwater on the issue of his tariff agenda just as the president announced a new wave of levies affecting dozens of countries.

On Thursday night, Trump signed an executive order that sets new tariffs on U.S. trading partners that are due to go into effect on August 7. Canada is one of the countries hardest hit, facing an increased rate of 35 percent.

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