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President Trump delivered a primetime address last night.
He sought to talk about his efforts to support the economy,
but he spoke as new polling finds Trump's approval rating has fallen below 40 percent with voters.
NPR's Danielle Kurtz-Leibman reports.
Trump opened his speech with a succinct message the White House has been trying to hammer home amid discontent over the economy.
Good evening, America.
Eleven months ago, I inherited a mess.
and I'm fixing it." However, he broke little new ground during his roughly 18-minute address.
Trump took a defensive tone at times,
blaming former President Joe Biden for current economic problems and casting his own current term as a massive success.
Trump's economic approval rating hit a new low in the latest NPR-PBS News Marist poll,
and the White House has been attempting to refocus on the topic as Democrats push their own affordability message.
The Senate has passed the $900 billion defense policy bill and sent it to President Trump.