Is Donald Trump losing public support?
Americast
BBC
4.2 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
As Donald Trump surpasses 100 days in office for the second time, new polls suggest he might not be quite as popular as he claims.
Justin, Sarah, and Anthony get together to discuss why the president could be losing support with some Americans and, crucially, whether he cares.
HOSTS: • Sarah Smith, North America Editor • Justin Webb, Radio 4 Presenter • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | I hope you managed to catch our series, 100 days of Donald Trump. |
| 0:08.2 | If you haven't heard it, or you haven't heard every episode, |
| 0:10.9 | they are all available on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:16.0 | What does the man himself think of his first 100 days of his second term? |
| 0:20.6 | Here he is with his assessment. |
| 0:22.1 | It was at a rally in Michigan on Tuesday. |
| 0:26.4 | And we're here tonight in the heartland of our nation |
| 0:29.8 | to celebrate the most successful first 100 days |
| 0:33.5 | of any administration in the history of our country, and that's according to many, many people. |
| 0:42.3 | This is the best, they say, a hundred-day start of any president in history, and everyone is |
| 0:47.8 | saying it. We've just gotten started. You haven't even seen anything yet. It's all just |
| 0:53.8 | kicking in. |
| 0:56.8 | But for all the great things he says he's done, for all the things he is promising in the immediate future, |
| 1:01.9 | it is a simple fact that his approval ratings in the American public seem to be dropping. |
| 1:07.8 | And that particularly because of the things he has done on the economy. |
| 1:11.7 | How much does it matter? |
| 1:13.0 | How much does he care? |
| 1:15.0 | Welcome to AmeriCast. |
| 1:18.9 | AmeriCast from BBC News. |
| 1:22.0 | You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. |
| 1:24.7 | You're gambling with World War III. |
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