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What A Day

A Quack In Trump’s Presidency

What A Day

Crooked Media

News, Daily News

4.612K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

It’s been a strange 12 months for Trump. He won the 2024 election on a wave of economic discontent, and responded by blowing up a wing of the White House, decimating foreign aid, and attempting to deport undocumented immigrants and political dissidents alike, before deciding that what his second term really needed was military adventurism in South America. But since last summer, his poll numbers have declined and Democrats have been notching electoral victories in states like Florida, New York, Georgia and Arizona. Some Republicans in Congress are hitting the exits. And others are starting to talk about life after Trump. But is his power and influence really declining? To find out, we spoke to Jamelle Bouie. He’s a New York Times opinion columnist who writes about politics and American history. And in headlines, the Trump administration plans to freeze $10 billion in child care and social services funding fo five blue states, the President sets his sights on Greenland, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem tells Venezuelans in the US “Everything’s fixed! You can go home now!” It… isn’t.

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0:00.0

It's Wednesday, January 7th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is What Today?

0:07.0

The show that says that if you're suing McDonald's because the McRib doesn't actually contain

0:11.0

rib, I have some truly worrying things to tell you about McDonald's.

0:35.6

I have some truly worrying things to tell you about McDonald's. On today's show, President Donald Trump channels his inner Genghis Khan with hopes of conquering land that's not his.

0:37.6

And Secretary of Homeland Security, Christy Gnome, tells Venezuelans in the U.S. everything's fixed. You can go home now.

0:42.2

It isn't. Well, let's start with President Trump. As you know, President Trump has never been

0:47.6

exactly least focused on the issues that matter most to the American people. Or, as you can see,

0:53.2

from his remarks, Tuesday, at a retreat for House

0:55.2

Republicans at the newly minted Trump Kennedy Center, he's also not laser focused on giving a

1:00.8

speech in a way that makes sense to anyone. So let me just finish up, because you know, I weave,

1:05.7

I love to weave. If you ever weave and don't come back to the point, then that's a problem. Then you say,

1:12.3

but when you weave and you go here and boom, boom, boom, boom, always coming back, then you're

1:18.4

in good shape. Sure. It's been a strange 12 months for Trump. He won the 2024 election on a wave of

1:26.1

economic discontent and responded by blowing up a wing

1:29.2

of the White House, decimating foreign aid, and attempting to deport undocumented immigrants and political

1:33.8

dissidents alike, before deciding that what his second term really needed was military

1:37.9

adventurism in South America. But since last summer, his poll numbers have declined and Democrats

1:42.6

have been notching electoral victories in states like Florida, New York, Georgia, and Arizona.

1:47.7

Some Republicans in Congress are hitting the exits and others are starting to talk about life after Trump.

1:52.5

But Trump sure seems busy.

1:54.7

Too busy, I'd argue.

1:56.7

Of course, there's Venezuela and Greenland and Iran.

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