Trump lashes out at Fox poll with low approval ratings

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

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🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Tonight on The Last Word: Rep. Jamie Raskin demands an investigation into the FBI’s role in Sen. Padilla’s detention. Plus, a new poll shows growing outrage over Trump’s sweeping deportations. Also, Trump’s tariffs are making life more expensive for Americans. And Nippon Steel completes its acquisition of U.S Steel. Rep. Jamie Raskin, Patrick Gaspard, Ron Insana, Lauren Hirsch, and Bridget Brink join Catherine Rampell.

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0:00.0	Now it's time for the last word with Catherine Rampel, who's in for Lawrence O'Donnell tonight.
0:05.3	Hey, Catherine, how you doing?
0:06.6	I'm doing great. How are you?
0:08.6	Well, the world is a little bit of, you know, I won't say it on TV.
0:13.6	But yes, we're trying to hang in there and tell all the stories.
0:17.2	We are all trying to hang in there.
0:18.9	Thanks, Jen, for leading us up for this.
0:20.9	Have a great show. Thanks. Donald Trump, the wannabe emperor, has no clothes, and the country
0:28.4	knows it, and the polls now reflect it. As Trump's failures continue to pile up, the latest
0:34.4	Fox polls show growing public frustration, and his worst numbers, believe it or not,
0:40.1	are on an issue that Donald Trump ran on, the economy. Donald Trump is now down 30 points on
0:47.2	inflation. Sixty-four percent of registered voters disapprove of Trump's handling of inflation,
0:51.9	and only 34 percent approve. Fifty-eight percent disapprove of how he handling of inflation, and only 34% approve.
0:54.7	58% disapprove of how he's handling the economy overall, and 55% feel pessimistic about the
1:02.6	economy. Then there is Donald Trump's foreign policy ratings. 57% disapprove of his foreign
1:10.3	policy.
1:11.3	The overall job approval rating from the Fox News poll is just 46%, which means that 54% of those that Fox News surveyed disapprove of Trump's overall job performance.
1:23.6	And look, Donald Trump has seen these numbers and he is not happy.
1:27.4	This morning, Trump took to his
1:29.2	social media to lash out at the network, claiming that Fox has been, quote, biased against me for
1:36.2	years. They are always wrong and negative. It's why MAGA hates Fox News, unquote. That is, you know, news to some of us, but that is the kind of
1:47.4	response we have now come to expect from the president of the United States. We've also come to
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