Donald Trump approval rating

Pfeiffer argues the gaffe hurts because it confirms disillusioned Trump voters' fear that he does not care about them.

“the worst kind of gaffes are when you say the truth out loud. And that's what this is”

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Pfeiffer argues that Trump's remark about not thinking of Americans' finances is politically the most damaging thing he has ever said.

“But from a political perspective, this is the worst thing he has said by far. Hands down, not even close”

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Pfeiffer argued Trump has lost his longstanding advantage on the economy, now trailing badly on economic and inflation ratings.

“He has 20 points underwater on the economy, 30 points underwater on inflation”

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Pfeiffer said Trump is more unpopular than any modern president at this point in a presidency, including himself in his first term.

“Trump is not just unpopular. He's more unpopular than any modern president at this point in the presidency, including Donald Trump in his first term”

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Frisella credits Trump's geopolitical moves, including on Venezuela and Greenland.

“I think geopolitically, he's setting us up in a really good spot. I like the thing he did in Venezuela”

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Frisella says Trump has not delivered on what his voters wanted, including no new wars, accountability and mass deportations.

“All these people that voted for you, they voted for no new wars. They voted for accountability. They voted for mass deportations”

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Frisella argues citizens should never be personally loyal to politicians in public office.

“You should never be loyal to a person, especially a politician, that is in a position of public service power”

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Walter cites an Echelon poll showing the share of Republicans identifying as Trump Republicans fell from about 60% to 34%.

“Back in January of 2025, I think it was something like 60% of Republicans identified as a Trump Republican, and now it's like 34% identify as Trump Republican”

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Walter sees little upside in Trump's rallies because his presence only reminds voters of him.

“I don't see much upside at a time where, you know, when he is on the, when he's in people's consciousness, it only reminds people of him, right?”

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Mason grades Trump's second term an F and calls it one of the worst administrations in U.S. history.

“This second term, man, fucking insane. And we're not even two years in. And this is one of the worst administrations in the United States history”

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Mason says average Trump supporters remain loyal, but critics like Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly are sowing doubt that may lead people to leave him.

“it's sowing those seeds of doubt that might make people eventually leave him in the future”

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Favreau says polls are a lagging indicator that reflect public opinion from weeks earlier.

“one of the most common mistakes made in analyzing polls is that they are always always always a lagging indicator”

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Favreau reports Trump's polling average has fallen below 40 percent with strong approval at a record low, putting him in his worst territory ever.

“So Trump is like just in the worst territory that he's ever been and that other presidents have been”

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Coleman says he backed Trump twice and considers him nothing but a disappointment.

“So I've been all in a couple times, and he's been nothing but a disappointment as far as I'm concerned”

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Brownstein predicts Trump's approval rating on election day 2026 will at best be in the low 40s, below his 2018 level.

“I think at best it's going to be in the low 40s”

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Greenwald attributes Trump's dismissal of bad polls partly to being surrounded by sycophants.

“I think a lot of this is that Trump is so surrounded by sycophants”

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Carlson says he does not regret choosing Trump over Harris but regrets promoting him as a no-more-wars candidate.

“What I feel bad about is getting up and saying, you know, vote for Trump, no more wars. And that just turned out not to be true”

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Lovett argues markets' optimism rests on an assumption that Trump cares about them, and the key question is when that assumption breaks.

“the markets ultimately expect Trump to respect the markets”

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Jesse Kelly says Trump's coalition was built on non-hardcore MAGA voters who are furious about the economy and feel he is insufficiently focused domestically.

“Mae 66% o'r Amerigwyr yn credu nad yw'n canolbwyntio'n ddigon i'r cyffrediniaeth Trump”

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