New Poll: Trump Underwater On Key Issues

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🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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When President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union address Tuesday, he will face a public that increasingly questions his priorities and expresses broad doubts about whether his proposed policies are helping the nation, according to a new CNN poll. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tonight, a debate over the state of the Union.
0:05.0	The polls say one thing, Trump says another.
0:08.0	Can he bridge the gap tomorrow?
0:10.0	Plus, a man who helped train ice cadets coming forward to blow the whistle on a training program he says has been gutted,
0:17.0	even going as far as to accuse the agency of lying. I'll be my guest tonight.
0:22.8	And it's the image we were all wondering about.
0:25.2	Why was the suspect in Nancy Guthey's objection not wearing a backpack in this photo?
0:30.3	The chilling answer revealed tonight on Laura Coates Live.
0:46.4	My opening statement tonight, the state of the union is, well, not exactly going the way Trump wanted.
0:52.2	On the eve of his big speech to Congress and the American people, his polling is in the tank.
0:56.6	His agenda taking real hits. And that so-called mandate looks weaker than ever. But he says everything's going great. We have a country that's now
1:04.1	doing well. We have the greatest economy we've ever had. We have the most activity we've ever had.
1:09.6	I'm making a speech tomorrow night,
1:11.0	and you'll be hearing me say that. I mean, it's going to be a long speech because we have so
1:16.2	much to talk about. Okay, so that part at the end? Yeah, he's right. They've got a lot to talk about.
1:24.3	But the whole greatest economy we've ever had thing, well, Americans, they're saying
1:28.4	no. Straight up. Poll after poll shows Trump's approval on the economy underwater, including this one.
1:36.5	Just 39%. And that's just a vibe. It's in the data. GDP grew only 1.4%. 1.4 in the last quarter of 2025 compared to 4.4 in the third quarter.
1:52.2	And inflation, a far cry from greatest ever. It's at 2.4%. Still above where the Fed wants it, although it is down from this time last year.
2:02.6	Americans are clearly feeling it in their wallets. And for Trump, affordability meant, went from what he called a hoax to what he now claims he solved.
2:13.6	Do you notice what word have you not heard over the last two weeks? Affordability. Because I've won. I've won affordability.
2:24.9	The one thing that they don't say anymore is affordability because I fixed a problem that they created.
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