Trump: Bigly Unpopular
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4.6 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
After meeting with NATO allies in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce “the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region.” He also said he would not be imposing the tariffs he threatened against eight European countries less than a week ago — which is probably good, because Americans did not want him to mess with Greenland. But that’s not the President’s only unpopular stance. We're one year into Trump’s second term in the White House, and his polling numbers are subterranean across the board. To talk more about Trump’s numbers, we spoke to Dan Pfeiffer. He’s the host of Crooked Media’s Pollercoaster podcast and co-host of Pod Save America.
And in headlines, the Supreme Court casts doubt on Trump’s efforts to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, the Department of Homeland Security announces a new ICE operation in Maine, and Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is expected to testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee today.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, January 22nd. I'm Jane Koston, and this is what a day. |
| 0:07.1 | The show demanding that we return to the good old days when times were simple and hotel bathrooms had doors. |
| 0:13.9 | Yes, doors. Opaic doors that close. Not sliding doors, not frosted glass, not no doors at all. |
| 0:22.3 | Doors. |
| 0:26.2 | On today's show, let Lisa Cook. |
| 0:34.0 | The Supreme Court cast out on President Donald Trump's efforts to fire the Federal Reserve |
| 0:38.4 | governor. And open your mailbox. There's a bill, another bill that's also a bill, but what's |
| 0:43.9 | this? It's a crisp, wax-sealed, handwritten letter? But let's start with Trump. Good news. |
| 0:50.6 | The United States is not purchasing Greenland, nor is it taking the island by force. |
| 1:01.3 | I think? Maybe. After meeting with NATO allies at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, |
| 1:06.3 | Trump wrote on true social Wednesday morning, quote, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland, and in fact, the entire Arctic region. He added, quote, based upon this |
| 1:12.2 | understanding, I will not be imposing the tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February |
| 1:16.6 | 1st. If you're wondering what a framework of a future deal means, Trump can totally explain it, |
| 1:22.6 | like he did to a reporter on CNBC on Wednesday. It looks like we have pretty much a concept of a deal. |
| 1:28.8 | A deal of ownership, a deal. |
| 1:31.0 | Well, it's a little bit complex, but we'll explain it down the line. |
| 1:34.8 | But the Secretary General of NATO and I and some other people were talking, and it's a kind |
| 1:41.6 | of a deal that I wanted to be able to do. |
| 1:43.4 | Wait, that wasn't helpful at all. |
| 1:45.5 | So here's what we do know, and it's not very much. |
| 1:49.2 | According to the New York Times, the deal, such as it exists, |
| 1:53.2 | involves Denmark giving the U.S. sovereignty over pockets of land in Greenland |
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