Trump Momentum Hits CNN, Texas Democrats Flee Gerrymandering to Illinois | Aug. 4, 2025

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On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: Some Democrats and Legacy Media are rushing to admit they were wrong about the first six months of Trump. President Trump & Senate Majority Leader Thune fight Minority Leader Schumer over nominations and recess. Texas Democrats are fleeing from their “gerrymandering” colleagues to… Illinois. Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for our email newsletters:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.dailysignal.com/email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to our other shows: The Tony Kinnett Cast: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/7AFk8xjiOOBEynVg3JiN6g⁠ The Signal Sitdown: ⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL2026390376⁠ Problematic Women:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL7765680741⁠ Victor Davis Hanson: ⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL9809784327⁠ Follow The Daily Signal: X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=DailySignal⁠ Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/thedailysignal/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/TheDailySignalNews/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Truth Social:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://truthsocial.com/@DailySignal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1⁠ Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some Democrats and legacy media are rushing to admit they might have been wrong about the first six months of President Trump.
0:07.0	Speaking of, President Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune fight minority leader Chuck Schumer over nominations and recess.
0:14.5	And Texas Democrats are fleeing from their gerrymandering colleagues to Illinois.
0:20.4	I'm Tony Kennett, host of the Daily Signals Tonyinnett cast, syndicated nationally at 7 p.m. Eastern.
0:25.9	It is Monday, August 4th, 2025.
0:29.0	This is the Daily Signal's top news in 10.
0:36.1	After a series of major trade deals with Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Vietnam, the European Union,
0:42.8	and South Korea on the 29th, a new executive order on reciprocal tariffs and some broader
0:49.3	economic victories coming in on the 31st, and then a July tariff revenue record of over $150 billion
0:57.5	collected in 2025 so far, there are several senators and legacy media officials who are not
1:04.4	traditionally major fans of Donald Trump that are recognizing that perhaps the Democratic Party
1:09.6	might have been wrong. Here's Senator John Federman of Pennsylvania.
1:12.8	I'm wondering if you think right now Trump is winning the trade war.
1:17.1	Do you agree with those who think he is?
1:18.6	I mean, absolutely.
1:21.1	Well, I think that, I mean, obviously what happened at the EU.
1:25.3	And again, I'm a huge fan of Bill Moore. and I mean, I think he's really one of the
1:30.9	articles for my party. And he acknowledged it. It's like, hey, he thought that the tariffs were
1:37.1	going to tank the economy, and he acknowledged that it did. So, I mean, so for me, it's like, it's, I mean, again, it seems like the EU thing
1:50.4	has been going well, and I guess we'll see how it happens in turn.
1:54.2	Harry Enton, host of CNN's margins of error and quite the poll analyst, suggested that President
2:00.0	Trump is easily the most influential
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