Financial Times – Trump opens 11-point lead over Biden on stewardship of US economy 

The lead story for the Financial Times reports that former US President Donald Trump has a strong lead over current US President Joe Biden on the topic of the economy. The economy is usually the main concern for US voters – along with immigration. 

The survey for the Financial Times and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business found that 42 per cent of Americans felt Trump would be the best steward of the US economy, while only 31 per cent chose Biden. Around one in five — 21 per cent — said they trusted neither.

The results compound a difficult week for the president, who was rattled by a withering judicial report that described him as an “elderly man with a poor memory”, validating many voters’ concerns about his age and mental acuity.

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