HOT TOPICS | Trump’s Approval Hits New Lows—Is the MAGA Spell Breaking? - April 23rd, 2025

The Don Lemon Show

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🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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According to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, President Trump's approval rating has dipped to 42%, the lowest since his return to office . Americans are expressing growing concern over his expansive use of executive power, including efforts to control universities and cultural institutions. Meanwhile, the economy isn't offering any solace. With aggressive tariffs and erratic economic policies, public confidence is waning, with many viewing his economic strategies as too unpredictable . Join Don as he breaks down the numbers, the narratives, and what this could mean for the 2026 midterm elections. Are we witnessing the beginning of the end for Trump's political stronghold? Let's discuss. This episode is sponsored by Shopify. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at SHOPIFY. COM/lemon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.9	Hi, everyone.
0:50.3	Welcome to Hot Topics.
0:52.8	Thank you for joining us.
1:12.3	You see, our scroll is back because, you know, not doing the thumbs up and stuff. I know you guys hate it. But anyways, welcome to the Down Lemon Show. So good to see you. Welcome to our hot topics. As I always say, please hit the like, hit the thumbs up.
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1:25.7	Lemon Nation. Thank you so much. Glad that you're here.
1:29.0	Thanks for watching us on TikTok. So I see the folks are joining us on TikTok. Thank you so much.
1:33.1	Smash the screen. Welcome to the people who are watching us on Instagram live and also who are watching us on
1:38.2	Facebook live as well. And so we appreciate all of you. I have some good news for you this morning.
1:47.5	And it's good news.
1:49.7	I mean, look, trouble don't last always and good news don't last always as well.
1:55.8	That's what people neglect to tell you.
1:58.0	They'll say, hey, you know, chill out, trouble don't last always. Good news don't last always either. So let's just, you know, neglect to tell you, they'll say, hey, you know, chill out, trouble don't last always.
2:01.4	Good news doesn't, don't last always either. So let's just, you know, it's, it's, you know,
2:06.1	you got, you got a, you have your good days and you have your bad days. You have your good moments.
2:09.5	You have your bad moments. You have your good relationships. You have your bad relationships.
2:12.1	You have your good presidents and you have your bad presidents. So here's the good news is that, well, I can't believe I'm saying this.
2:22.9	If he continues this way, at least the stock market and your 401k and your savings and all
2:32.6	of that, that may be okay for the moment.
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