The lackluster attendance comes a few days after the latest polling data showed that only 36% of Americans think Trump is doing a good job

President Donald Trump addressed a skeleton crew of supporters who attended a Friday night rally in North Carolina, with some so disinterested that they immediately turned to their phones minutes into the event.

This comes a few days after the latest polling data showed that only 36% of Americans think Trump is doing a good job.

That is largely thanks to his management of the economy, which has been strained due to sweeping tariffs, as millions continue to complain about soaring prices. Contrary to expert accounts and voter frustration, President Trump has swatted any negative remarks about his policies. It comes as 9 incidents during the Trump speech sparked concern he's not fit to serve.

"Here at home, we're bringing our economy back from the brink of ruin," Trump said during a primetime address to the nation on Wednesday night.

Just one week after Trump visited the Keystone State for speeches on the economy, Vice President JD Vance traveled to Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday to discuss the White House's economic policy.

However, according to a Quinnipiac University survey released on Wednesday, 65% of registered voters believe the American economy is "not so good" or "poor," and nearly six out of 10 disagree with how Trump has handled the economy.

According to a Quinnipiac University survey, 34% of voters believe former President Joe Biden is more accountable for the current status of the economy, while 57% of registered voters believe Trump is.

Only 31% of Americans approve of Trump's handling of the cost of living, according to a poll released last week by Reuters and Ipsos, up from 26% in their research conducted in late November.

A portion of it, according to Dan Schnur, a political communications and strategy specialist who teaches at the University of Southern California, comes from Republican voters—including young males from working-class backgrounds—feeling the effects of high prices, he told ABC News.

“A lot of voters, particularly working-class young men, voted for him last year because they were angry about the inflation under Biden and they believed Trump would make things better," he said. "That hasn't happened yet, and so we're beginning to see their disappointment."

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Republican strategist and former Georgia Republican Party communications director Ryan Mahoney told ABC News that he believes this low approval could be the result of a "disconnect from the White House to the American people, about the president acknowledging and empathizing with the cost crunch that the American people are feeling."

Vance dismissed worries about recent polls and whether affordability would be a political liability when asked on Tuesday, instead placing the burden on Biden.