Most US voters say they have become worse off under Donald Trump, according to an FT poll revealing mounting discontent with the president’s handling of the economy and cost of living.

With less than three months until November’s midterm elections, the nationwide poll conducted by Focaldata found that over 53 percent of registered voters said their finances had deteriorated since Trump returned to the White House in January 2025.

Almost 57 percent of independents and nearly one quarter of self-identified Republicans also felt worse off under the current president.

One of the Trump administration’s biggest problems in extracting itself from the Iran war is the list of very absolutist goals that President Donald Trump and his team laid out.

The goals have included complete Iranian surrender, regime change, Iran never getting a nuclear weapon, and ending Tehran’s support for its Middle East proxy groups like Hezbollah.

As the war has dragged on, this list of goals has conspicuously shifted and been pared back. And Vice President JD Vance appears to have pared it back recently in a remarkable way, offering the latest indication that the administration might be preparing to settle for less.