The Daily Blast: Trump Suddenly in Retreat on Many Issues as Poll Reveals Key Weakness

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Suddenly, President Donald Trump appears to be retreating or getting knocked back on multiple fronts. Trump is considering whether to slash his tariffs on China. Elon Musk is stepping back from the administration. Federal scientists are admitting the Measles outbreak is worse than previously acknowledged. And the leaks about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are intensifying. All this comes as a new poll finds broad public opposition to Trump’s abuses of power—revealing a surprise weakness in an area that savvy observers assured us voters don’t care about. We talked to Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg, author of The Hopium Chronicles, who has been urging his party to make Trump’s weakness central to their understanding of this fraught moment. Rosenberg explains why Trump is caught in a vicious downward cycle, where the opposition is successfully mobilizing, and how to coax Democrats to fight back harder. 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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1:10.6	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
1:16.6	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
1:26.6	Suddenly, President Donald Trump appears to be retreating or getting knocked back on his heels on multiple fronts.
1:34.0	Trump is reportedly considering slashing his tariffs on China to de-escalate his worsening trade war.
1:40.3	Elon Musk is stepping back from his Department of Government Efficiency, which remains a political
1:45.1	catastrophe for Trump. Federal scientists are admitting the measles outbreak is worse than previously
1:51.3	acknowledged, and the leaks about Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth are intensifying.
1:57.6	All this comes as a new poll finds broad public opposition to Trump's abuses of power.
2:03.0	That's not supposed to be happening, according to a lot of savvy DC insiders who told us voters
2:08.6	don't care about this kind of thing at all. It turns out they do care. Today we're talking
2:13.6	about all this with Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg, who has been urging his party
2:18.2	to make Trump's weakness and his erratic retreats central to their message against him.
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