I used to think it might be kind of fun to live in a 3rd world country!

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NOT ANYMORE

Now a new poll shows only 23 percent of Americans feel they are better off financially since Trump took office despite his promises to help get the economy back on track.

This is a blow to the current administration considering the same CBS/YouGov polling taken in January shows that 42 percent expected Trump's policies to improve their pocketbooks.

The numbers essentially flipped on their heads with 28 percent of Americans predicting they would be worse off financially with Trump in office compared to the 42 percent who say they are now feeling the squeeze – an increase of 14 percent.

At nearly twice the rate, Americans feel that they are feeling worse off than better off compared to when Trump took office and now.

And economists are now warning that the administration's new tariffs, set to be rolled out on Wednesday, will only worsen the financial state for struggling Americans with prices set to increase on many major goods from cars, to tech to oil and gas.

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A Rasmussen Reports survey has revealed that 50 percent of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track, up from 48 percent in the last poll. Forty-five percent of respondents feel the country is heading in the right direction, while a separate NBC News poll has shown that 54 percent disapprove of President Donald Trump’s economic management. Data from CNN analyst Harry Enten revealed that Trump’s net favorability has been negative, but recently improved to -4, up from -10 at the start of his first term.