7/18/25: White House staffer explains Trump’s panic as polling gets even worse

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4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

-- On the Show:

-- Jessica Tarlov torches Trump’s immigration failures on Fox News as co-hosts sit in stunned silence

-- Trump spirals into a Truth Social meltdown accusing his own supporters of falling for the “Epstein hoax”

-- Former Trump aide Sarah Matthews says Trump’s panicking as Epstein backlash spreads inside MAGA world

-- Fox News’s John Roberts parrots Trump’s claim that the Epstein files are fake and awkwardly calls him “Daddy”

-- Trump promised mass deportations but is falling far short as overcrowded ICE facilities spiral into crisis

-- An interview with Trump hosted by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump goes horribly wrong despite the softball setup

-- The Friday Feedback segment

-- On the Bonus Show: Trump diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, CBS cancels "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Charlie Kirk takes Trump's Epstein marching orders, and much more...

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1:18.5	And you can check out my conversation with Heather also on our substack.
1:22.2	We had a really beautiful moment on Fox News this week involving Jessica Tarlov that her fellow co-hosts were not
1:29.8	really ready for.
1:31.0	So let me kind of explain it.
1:33.3	You all know, I expect, because you listen to the show, I've been following what's going on,
1:40.2	that a bunch of Trump's base is furious with him over the Epstein situation.
1:46.5	And also that Trump is underwater in terms of approval in every single poll.
1:51.6	He's even underwater specifically on immigration.
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