Trump clearly has a few concerns about immigration. How’s that affecting Americans’ attitudes on the subject? In a \u00ab\u00a0reverse Midas touch\u00a0\u00bb sort of way.<\/b>
\nIt was last fall when Vox\u2019s Matt Yglesias first described Donald Trump\u2019s effects on public opinion as a \u201c reverse Midas touch.\u201d It\u2019s a straightforward idea: when the president criticizes something, it tends to become more popular.
For example, Trump clearly has a few concerns about immigration. How\u2019s that affecting Americans\u2019 attitudes on the subject? Consider the results of the new Gallup poll.
This is consistent with two national polls released this week showing Trump\u2019s family-separation policy to be one of the least popular governmental measures in recent history. It\u2019s also in line with public support for DACA protections for Dreamers going up shortly after Trump rescinded the DACA policy.
But the thesis goes well beyond the president and immigration.
As regular readers may recall, support for the Affordable Care Act, government solutions to the climate crisis, athletes protesting racism, and even public confidence in American media all improved in the wake of Trump\u2019s criticisms.
More recently, after the president started imposing new tariffs on U. S. neighbors and allies, American support for free trade went up, too. In fact, NBC News\u2019 Mark Murray recently noted that after Trump\u2019s initial tariff announcement, support for foreign trade reached \u201can all-time high.\u201d
Around the same time, the president also changed his mind about his agenda on gun policy after meeting NRA officials \u2013 at which point national polling showed souring on the NRA in ways without modern precedent.
What Trump rejects, the public supports. What Trump supports, the public rejects.<\/p>\n

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