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Blue Wave Building in the Strait of Hormuz

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Pod Save America

News, Politics

4.587.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump's approval rating hits historic lows as voters react to soaring gas prices caused by his war of choice with Iran. Dan and Jon discuss what those new figures mean for the upcoming midterms and react to Florida Democrats flipping the state legislative seat that includes the president's home at Mar-a-Lago. Plus: the new report that Trump is tiring of the war even as he plans a ground invastion, his likely illegal attempt to pay TSA workers by executive order, and the election crisis facing Democrats in California.

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Right now we are living through some of the most tumultuous political times our country has ever known.

1:09.9

I'm David Remnick, and each week on the New Yorker Radio Hour, I'll try to make sense of what's happening,

1:15.9

alongside politicians and thinkers like Cory Booker, Nancy Pelosi, Liz Cheney, Tim Walts, Katanji Brown Jackson, Newt Gingrich, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and so many more.

1:21.1

That's all in the New Yorker's show, we're going to talk about reports that Welcome to POTSave America. I'm John Faber.

1:33.6

I'm Dan Pfeiffer.

2:02.5

On today's show, we're going to talk about reports that Trump is getting bored with the war,

2:03.2

even as the military is preparing for a possible ground invasion of Iran.

2:06.8

More Republicans in Congress are speaking out against the war.

2:11.3

Gas prices keep going up, and the polls are looking bleak for the president and his party.

2:13.8

We'll get into all of that as well, plus the latest with the DHS shutdown that's causing huge lines at American airports.

2:18.9

Finally, we'll talk about the shit show of a governor's race here in California, where Democrats may be screwing ourselves into electing a Republican.

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