Trump Hit by Brutal Fox Poll as Aides Scramble: “He’s in a Bad Mood”

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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A new Fox News poll contains crushing findings for Donald Trump. His approval on the economy is at 34 percent with 66 percent disapproving. On inflation, those numbers are even worse, at 28-72. Importantly, the poll also finds Democrats with the advantage on the economy for the first time in years—a milestone. Meanwhile, Trump advisers are feverishly trying to hatch a new midterm strategy. And top GOP senators tell Politico that Trumpworld is bracing for more purges of senior officials, with one senator confiding about Trump: “He’s in a bad mood, so he’s letting a lot of them go.” We talked to G. Elliott Morris, author of the great Strength in Numbers Substack, who just released his own poll. He explains what all the numbers are really telling us, why Trump has long been weaker than the punditry allows, and what must happen now for Democrats to win the House and Senate. 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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0:35.5	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
0:39.5	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
0:45.3	Donald Trump pays close attention to Fox News polling, so surely he'll see the latest one from Fox,
0:55.5	and it's a real doozy.
0:57.9	His numbers on the economy are indescribably awful, and the poll also shows that Democrats
1:03.8	have the advantage over Republicans on the economy for the first time in many years, a real
1:08.7	milestone. All this comes as several new reports suggest
1:13.1	Trump knows he's in real trouble. He's eyeing more purges of top staff, and his top
1:18.6	lieutenants are feverishly searching for a midterm strategy. G. Eliot Morris, who runs the
1:24.9	strength in numbers substack, has been arguing for some time that
1:29.0	Trump's numbers are much worse than our mainstream discourse allows.
1:32.9	So we're talking to him about all this today.
1:35.5	Elliot, always good to have you on.
1:37.7	Hey, thanks for having me back, Greg.
1:39.2	So let's start with this new Fox News poll.
1:41.6	It has Trump's approval on the economy at 34% of voters nationally
1:46.0	with 66% disapproving. I'll do the math. That's two-thirds disapproving. His approval on inflation
1:53.8	is even worse. It's at 28% with 72% disapproving, which is almost three quarters.
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