Donald Trump branded himself as the “working-class president,” but the numbers say that image is collapsing. A majority of Americans earning $50,000 or less now disapprove of his presidency—not because of messaging, but because of lived experience. Prices are still high, rent keeps climbing, interest rates are squeezing families, and wages haven’t caught up. Promises of “day one” relief turned into excuses, blame-shifting, and culture-war distractions that don’t pay bills.

This isn’t ideology—it’s math. When paychecks don’t stretch, speeches stop working. When rent jumps again, loyalty fades. Working-class Americans are signaling something powerful heading into the midterms: economic pain breaks political brands. History shows it every time—when results don’t show up, neither does blind support. That’s not spin. That’s reality.