1055: Trump is Crashing Out And We're LOVING It
The Next Level
The Bulwark
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
JVL, Sarah Longwell, and Tim Miller relish Trump’s losing streak—from +6 approval to –14—and why slipping GOP support could signal a Bush-style collapse. They also get into inflation backlash, the White House’s “Don’t Be a Panican” spin, and the early cracks forming inside MAGA. Is this the start of a 2006-level wave?
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| 0:00.0 | Do they do know is cry about everything. |
| 0:02.7 | Oh, we got to take our ball and go home because the halftime show is getting sung in Spanish. |
| 0:07.2 | You guys are everything that you ever said the left was, ever. |
| 0:13.8 | Worse. |
| 0:14.7 | Worse. |
| 0:15.2 | Worse. |
| 0:15.8 | Oh, of course, worse. |
| 0:19.3 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:20.4 | This is JVL here with my best friends, Sarah Longwell and Tim Miller of the |
| 0:25.5 | Bullwork. Last chance. If you are in Minneapolis to come see us, we've got a few dozen tickets |
| 0:31.7 | left. We are also coming to Tejas, to Dallas and Austin coming up soon. go to the bulwark.com slash events to get your |
| 0:39.7 | tickets now before they're all gone. Guys, I come to you with glad tidings. Because before we sat down, |
| 0:48.3 | UGov dropped a poll and I am just going to read some numbers for you. Donald Trump's overall approval rating. |
| 0:58.6 | 37% approve, 56% strongly or somewhat disapprove. When you break down, he is underwater with men. |
| 1:08.5 | He's 10 points underwater with men. He's underwater with white people. |
| 1:13.2 | Stuff white people don't like Donald Trump. |
| 1:16.2 | Ah! |
| 1:17.5 | He's on, he's minus eight with white people. |
| 1:21.5 | He is at 27 approve, 61 disapprove with independence. |
| 1:30.1 | But here's the big one. |
| 1:31.8 | Here's the big one. |
| 1:32.5 | And Sarah, this is just for you. |
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