The Daily Blast: Trump Press Sec Seethes at Journos as Harsh New Poll Shows Him Tanking

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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News organizations have been credulously amplifying the White House’s spin that sending troops into Los Angeles is great politics for President Trump. But the evidence isn’t cooperating. On Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt lost her temper amid tough questioning about Trump’s threat to unleash “force” on protesters. She snapped that one reporter had asked a “stupid question,” and seethed angrily at a second reporter’s legitimate query, showing how weak the White House’s arguments on this have truly become. And a new Quinnipiac poll finds Trump’s approval tanking, crucially including on immigration. We talked to Jennifer Rubin, editor-in-chief of The Contrarian, who has a new piece arguing that California is a test run for Trump. She explains why the media needs to do better at conveying just how unpopular Trump’s authoritarian tactics truly are—and why failing to do so could embolden him. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:26.9	The political war over President Trump's dispatching of the military into Los Angeles has taken a new turn.
1:34.2	Journalists are rushing to amplify the White House's spin that this is a big political winner for him.
1:39.8	But the evidence isn't cooperating with that take.
1:43.6	White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt was clearly thrown on the defensive under harsh
1:48.1	questioning from reporters about Trump's true intentions.
1:51.5	And a new poll had absolutely terrible news for Trump, especially on his core issue of immigration.
1:57.9	So how much longer will commentators try to sustain the fiction that this is all a big
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