Brand Up, Brand Down: Israel's Image Crisis, Trump's Psychedelics Order, Cancer Breakthrough & the Week's Biggest Brand Moments

On Brand with Donny Deutsch

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4.6 • 896 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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On this week's Brands of the Week episode of On Brand with Donny Deutsch, Donny breaks down the brands winning and losing in today's cultural and political landscape — and what it all means for public perception, reputation, and influence. This week's biggest brand stories include: Israel's deepening PR crisis as a new Gallup poll reveals a 31-point drop in support among older Democrats and growing losses across Republicans, Catholics, and evangelicals — and why the Netanyahu factor is accelerating the damage. Plus, Donald Trump signs an executive order expanding federal research into psychedelics like psilocybin and ibogaine — a surprising brand move that earns him a rare brand-up. Then, a potentially game-changing pancreatic cancer drug doubles survival time in clinical trials, offering hope for one of the deadliest cancers. Also covered: Trump's signature on U.S. currency draws a 59% disapproval rating, TMZ opens a Washington D.C. bureau to treat politicians like celebrities, American Eagle doubles down on Sydney Sweeney despite controversy, the FAA recruits gamers as air traffic controllers, Hardee's makes a Southeast comeback, and the Washington Commanders add a spear to their logo. Donny also weighs in on ancestry travel trends, the return of men's monograms, Baby Jessica's fall from grace 40 years later, and the science behind why rewatching Cheers and Golden Girls is actually good for your brain. Thursday's episode features a full interview with entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang on his plans for 2028. Brands mentioned: Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, FDA, pancreatic cancer drug Elzovantinib, TMZ, American Eagle, Sydney Sweeney, Hardee's, Washington Commanders, Pittsburgh tech hub, Jill Biden, Heated Rivalry, Maryland state symbol, FAA, 23andMe, Ancestry travel, Andrew Yang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.3	Welcome to On Brand with Donny Deutsch.
1:06.0	I am, of course, Donny Deutsch, and this is your show that you love.
1:06.9	Why do you love it?
1:10.1	Well, you love it because we review the brands, who's up, who's down.
1:44.3	Everything is a brand today. Everybody, anybody who's an athlete, anybody who's a celebrity, any corporation, any product, any politician, we're all brands. And I do two things on the show. On Thursdays, we drop our big brand interview. This week, it's with former presidential candidate, Andrew Yang. He is such an interesting guy. He's got so much to say. Wonderful if he'll throw is hot in the ring this year, but not this year in 2028. And today we do our brands of the week. These are the brands that are up, that are down, who's shaping the zeit guys? By the way, in case you don't watch Morning Joe, Morning Joe has picked up on our brands of the week. Do we do a segment on there called Brand Up, Brand Down? It's every Tuesday,
1:48.5	so tune in to Morning Joe. Once again, it's just spreading like wildfire. What can you do?
1:55.1	First of all, Branddown, you know, I've talked a lot about, obviously, my, about anti-Semitism and my support of Israel. Axios just came out with a, and they did a story about a survey that Gallup has done that Israel's image is just getting destroyed.
2:08.4	Something's got to give it, and most of it is falling on because of BB.
2:11.5	You know, we know that Democrats have left, and we know that 67% of Democrats have an in or have an unfavorable view of Israel.
2:20.2	What's happening is older Democrats are starting to come aboard some younger Republicans
2:24.5	and Israel is just getting killed in the PR war.
2:28.8	One of the reasons is TikTok 17 to 1 that pro-Palestinian versus pro-Israel posts. This is what young people are seeing.
2:37.2	And of course, the story about Netanyahu, quote unquote, dragging Trump into the war has not
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