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The Rest Is Politics: US

70. The Trump Bump: What’s Behind His Record Approval Ratings?

The Rest Is Politics: US

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News, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Why is Trump’s approval rating the highest it has ever been? Do most Americans think the country is on the right track? Will Trump continue to defy the courts? Join Katty and Anthony as they answer all of this and more. Become a Founding Member Support the podcast, enjoy ad-free listening, gain early access to our mini-series, and get a bonus members-only Q&A episode every week! Just head to https://therestispoliticsus.com to sign up today. Instagram: @RestPoliticsUS Twitter: @RestPoliticsUS Email: therestispoliticsus@goalhanger.com Assistant Producer: India Dunkley Video Editor: Jake Liascos Social Producer: Jess Kidson Producer: Fiona Douglas Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Head of Content: Tom Whiter Head of Digital: Sam Oakley Exec Producers: Tony Pastor, Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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hello everyone welcome to the rest The Rest is Politics US live stream on this Monday lunchtime in Europe, early morning in America.

0:47.6

I'm Cathy Kay, and this is where I would hand over to Anthony, and he would say, and I'm Anthony Scaramucci.

0:53.1

But we're having quite a little bit

0:55.8

of technical difficulties getting Anthony hooked up. So I'm afraid you've just got me for the moment.

1:00.5

And I want to run through these extraordinary popularity numbers that Donald Trump had in a poll

1:09.3

over the weekend and then take a bunch of your questions.

1:13.3

Thank you so much again, all of you for being founding members. We have people from everywhere,

1:17.9

all over the states, Sweden, the UK, Australia. Lovely to have you with us. Keep those questions

1:24.1

coming because what I'm going to do since Anthony is not here and therefore

1:28.0

won't be talking as much as he might normally, I'm going to try and get through as many of your

1:33.3

questions as I can today. This is going to be like a quiz for me. But first, let's talk about those

1:39.8

approval ratings because they are pretty stunning. Donald Trump is at a record high approval rating

1:46.5

at the moment. He is at 47% approval. He's never been that high. And I guess the question is why,

1:56.6

because particularly maybe I'm feeling this being in Europe this week, which has been

2:00.6

very interesting, the amount of antipathy, obviously, towards Donald Trump. because particularly maybe I'm feeling this being in Europe this week, which has been very

2:01.2

interesting, the amount of antipathy, obviously, towards Donald Trump and fear in Europe about

2:06.8

what he's doing to the transatlantic relationship. But I think you can break down this popularity

2:11.8

pretty easily. And if you look at this poll, which is an NBC News poll, and then I've kind of

2:16.4

gone through a bunch of other polls that have come out in the last week or so, and broadly, which is an NBC news poll, and then I've kind of gone through a bunch of other

2:17.6

polls that have come out in the last week or so. And broadly, Trump is getting positive marks for,

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