4/24/25: Fox admits economic disaster as Trump out of energy, out of ideas

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David Pakman

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- Even Fox News admits Trump's latest polling and economic policy are a pair of disasters going hand in hand -- A terrified Donald Trump tries to flee his trade war as the potential for "empty shelves" becomes a reality -- Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump's White House Press Secretary, immediately reverses the latest declarations from Donald Trump about tariffs on China -- Donald Trump visibly struggled to answer basic questions about his own policies and plans -- A deflated and desperate Donald Trump, out of ideas, rambles incoherently during an interview with Glenn Beck -- Donald Trump abandons democracy in an unhinged Truth Social post -- Stephen Miller, adviser to Donald Trump, suffers a total meltdown on live TV -- Approval for Donald Trump plummets with every single demographic group -- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says he will end the promotion of "fat people" to leadership roles -- On the Bonus Show: Sarah Sanders begs Trump to reconsider relief fund rejection, Trump expected to sign order pushing training for skilled trades, Education Department will resume collecting student loan debt, much more... ⚠️ Ground News: Get 40% OFF their unlimited access Vantage plan at https://ground.news/pakman 🤖 Sponsored by Venice: Use code PAKMAN for 20% off a Pro Account at https://venice.ai/pakman 👩‍❤️‍👨 Try the Paired App FREE for 7 days and get 25% OFF at https://paired.com/pakman 🥦 Lumen lets you master your metabolism. GET 15% OFF at https://lumen.me/pakman -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/davidpakmanshow -- Get David's Books: https://davidpakman.com/echo -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- David on Bluesky: https://davidpakman.com/bluesky -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome, everybody.
0:01.0	Well, Fox News cannot even hide the train wreck anymore.
0:13.2	Polling is starting to come into focus, but in a very particular way that's different than
0:17.8	just about the polling itself.
0:19.9	The polling story is starting to take on a
0:22.7	life of its own because even some of Donald Trump's biggest supporters in the media in the
0:29.2	right wing ecosystem can no longer deny that these numbers are a political problem for Donald
0:36.2	Trump. Normally they would simply ignore the numbers, but the problem is that voters are starting
0:41.3	to see this particularly economic policy.
0:45.3	That's the biggest area where Trump is truly turning people against him.
0:49.3	This economic policy is failing the president politically.
0:53.5	And so they are talking about it.
0:55.3	And it is fascinating.
0:56.6	Here is Brett Bayer live on air saying the quiet part out loud, quiet to them, right?
1:03.4	Which is that Donald Trump's approval rating at roughly the 100 day mark of his second
1:07.6	term is 44%.
1:10.5	And that's lower than it was during Donald Trump's first term
1:13.9	at this point in time, which was already nothing to brag about, but it's also lower than every
1:20.1	recent president at the 100 day mark.
1:24.4	Here is Brett Bayer very solemnly, very seriously, extremely demure and cutesy talking about it.
1:32.6	President talking tariffs in the economy. If you look at our new Fox News poll at 100 days job
1:38.7	approval compared to other presidents, there you see the president at 44% and you see his first term at 45% at this mark,
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