President Donald Trump has managed to make good on one of his primary campaign promises to end former Democrat President Joe Biden’s inflation crisis, but the progress in Year 1 will now be the standard by which 2026 will be measured.

In layman’s terms: Trump’s own success will be the new standard he has to keep up with before the 2026 midterms, experts say.

“The president’s approval rating has been remarkably resilient on handling of the economy, immigration, and foreign policy,” Republican pollster Robert Blizzard told Axios. “But since he took office, it continues a downward trajectory on handling inflation.

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