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Meet the Press NOW — July 21

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🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

President Trump struggles to move on from the Jeffrey Epstein fallout as new poll numbers suggest growing frustration with how the case was handled. The White House downplays the president’s frustration with Prime Minister Netanyahu following last week’s Israeli strikes on Syria. The Justice Department releases thousands of records related to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

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0:00.0

If it's Monday, six months into his second term new polls show President Trump supports sliding

0:07.8

as he loses ground on key issues like the economy and immigration as it tries to turn the page on the Epstein saga.

0:15.4

Plus, more than 100 people reportedly killed in back-to-back incidents and aid distribution sites in Gaza,

0:21.8

civilian shot while trying to collect desperately needed food as the hunger and humanitarian

0:26.7

crisis worsens.

0:28.7

And Harvard University clashes with the Trump administration in court, asking a federal

0:33.4

judge to declare billions of dollars in cuts to their federal research funding unlawful,

0:38.6

and the latest case to test the limits of executive power.

0:52.6

Hi there. Welcome to Meet the Press. Now I'm Ryan Noble's six months into his second term.

0:57.6

The president is trying to focus attention to his administration's accomplishments

1:01.2

and away from the controversy around the deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

1:07.1

The president this weekend touting his wins.

1:10.4

We achieve more in six months than almost any administration could accomplish in eight years,

1:16.9

and we're going to have a lot of good six months left.

1:19.6

We're going to have a six and another six and another six, so we'll keep going.

1:23.6

And we're going to really do something, something I'm very proud of.

1:29.8

That, even as new polling, shows the public's approval of Mr. Trump and his agenda is lagging.

1:36.2

A CBSUGov poll found that Mr. Trump's overall approval rating has fallen more than 10 points since February.

1:43.8

And on the president's key issues, a CNN poll found the approval of the president's

1:48.6

handling of immigration has dropped 19 points since March.

1:53.1

That same CBS UGov poll showing his handling of the inflation dropping 20 points.

1:59.6

And additionally, on his signature piece of legislation, the so-called

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