Published On 17/12/2025
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US President Donald Trump intends to address the nation on Wednesday evening to “praise” his record at the end of his first presidential year, despite the decline in his popularity due to economic conditions.
Trump announced that he will address the nation on television this evening, considering that the year has been “very good” for the United States since his return to power last January.
Yesterday, Tuesday, Trump wrote on his “Truth Social” platform, directing his speech to his citizens, “Oh Americans: I will address the nation tomorrow evening, directly from the White House, at nine o’clock Eastern Coast time. I look forward to meeting you then.” Adding, “It has been a wonderful year for our country, and the best is yet to come!”
White House spokeswoman Carolyn Levitt explained to Fox News that Trump “will deliver a speech to the nation about his historic achievements this year, and will provide an overview of some of the decisions that will be made next year,” noting that the speech will focus on immigration and the economy.
Contradiction
The positive outlook that the US President and the White House are trying to project contradicts the concerns expressed by Americans about the high cost of living, according to opinion polls.
Americans’ dissatisfaction with Donald Trump’s economic policies, mostly based on tariffs, is worrying Republicans less than a year before the midterm congressional elections.
A new poll conducted by Reuters and Ipsos showed that the US President’s popularity has declined in the past few days to almost its lowest levels in his current term, with voters belonging to the Republican Party dissatisfied with his handling of the economy.
The poll, which lasted for three days and concluded last Sunday, showed that 39% of American adults approved of Trump’s performance in office, down from 41% earlier this December, and one point away from 38% in mid-November, which is the lowest approval rating for Trump this year.
The Republican president returned to power last January, and his popularity was 47% at the time, but it has declined since then, especially with regard to his management of the economy.
The most recent government shutdown disrupted the collection of data on the American economy, but a number of economists believe that employers have retreated from hiring due to what some described as shock at the tariffs imposed by Trump on imports.
Only 33% of US adults said they approve of how Trump is handling the economy, the president’s lowest rating on the matter this year.
Discomfort
Trump recently expressed his annoyance at the opinion polls, and wrote on his social network, Truth Social: “When will the opinion polls reflect the greatness of America today? When will it finally be said that I created, without inflation, perhaps the best economy in the history of our country? When will people understand what is going on?”
Some conservatives called on the US President to focus more on domestic issues, and Vice President J.D. Vance, who was in Pennsylvania yesterday, Tuesday, asked Americans to be patient, holding former Democratic President Joe Biden responsible for the high costs of living.
Trump won the presidential election last year thanks to a promise to reform the economy, which suffered from a high wave of inflation under former Democratic President Joe Biden.
But inflation has remained persistently high under Trump, remaining close to 3% and above the 2% rate that policymakers consider more conducive to a strong economy.
