AR Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders & POTUS Approval Ratings 4/23/26

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4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman discusses the exchange’s latest financial results, the IPO pipeline–including SpaceX’s potential listing–and the 23 hours a day, 5 days a week U.S. equity trading coming in December. CNBC’s Steve Liesman shares the results of the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey: 40% of people nationwide approve of the President’s overall job performance. Amid surging fuel prices and the Iran war, President Trump’s net approval rating fell 10 points to -18, the lowest ever measured for his two terms. Plus, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders discusses the President’s approval ratings and his handling of the war in Iran. Steve Liesman - 2:44 Adena Friedman - 12:57 Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders - 30:41 In this episode: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, @SarahHuckabee Steve Liesman, @steveliesman Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:04.3	This is Squawk Pod, and I'm CNBC producer Cameron Costa.
0:09.0	On today's episode, the latest CNBC All-America survey from Steve Leesman.
0:15.6	It's President Trump's worst polling results in either of his two terms.
0:21.1	Latinos, which were a big part of President Trump's victory, they're gravitating away.
0:26.2	Independence, a big part of President Trump's victory, they gravitated away.
0:30.2	And some erosion on the non-Maga Republican side.
0:33.4	And it's not all sunshine on the other side of the aisle either.
0:42.3	One of the polls are saying, we didn't think the Democratic numbers could get worse, but they did. Then the launch of 23 hours a day, five days a week, trading on the NASDAQ.
0:49.3	NASDAQ CEO, Adina Friedman, on the big moves coming this December.
0:58.0	What we're really trying to do is make sure that no matter where an investor is in the world, they can trade in U.S. equities in their own home hours.
1:04.0	Plus Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Arkansas governor, on the outlook for the war in Iran.
1:10.0	One, she says, President Trump, is ending.
1:14.0	Iran has been the number one sponsor of terrorism for decades. It's Thursday, April 23rd,
1:21.7	and Squawk Pod begins right now. Stand Becky by in three, two, one.
1:28.3	Cue, please.
1:29.3	Good morning, everybody.
1:32.3	Welcome to Squawk Box right here on CNBC.
1:34.3	We are live from the NASDAQ market site in Times Square.
1:37.3	I'm Becky Quick along with Joe Kernan.
1:39.3	Andrew is traveling and he will join us a little later in the show this morning.
1:44.5	All right.
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