A majority of Americans now say the cost of living is the worst they can remember — and most of them blame President Donald Trump for their predicament. Poll results published Friday by Politico showed 53 percent of those surveyed couldn't recall struggling harder to make ends meet, up from 46 percent in November . The poll by Public First also found 46 percent felt Trump was fully or mostly responsible for the state of the economy, unchanged from six months ago. Veteran Republican communications strategist Kevin Madden told Politico that Trump "faces a similar predicament" to that of his predecessor, President Joe Biden, when Americans watched pandemic-related inflation steadily increase despite administration assurances it would be "transitory." "As prices rise due to tariff and trade policies and global conflict, the response that it’s a hoax or not true is just a very discordant message given that so many voters are feeling a budget pinch right now,” Madden said.…