Trump’s Anger over Prices Goes Nuclear as Fresh Polls Show Him Tanking

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

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🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

President Trump is cratering in two new polls. A Marist survey has his overall approval rating at 39 percent, and a Marquette poll has his approval plunging on the economy (36-64), tariffs (37-63), and inflation (28-72). Yet Trump and his advisers don’t have much of an answer to this problem. Trump just unleashed a long, rambling tirade angrily insisting that prices are really going down, not up. And he ranted bizarrely about Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, saying of the latter, “I’d love to fire his ass,” another sign of his anger over inflation. So what happens if the economy really dips? We talked to New Republic staff writer Timothy Noah, who has been writing well on this question. He explains what’s going on with the gathering economic storm clouds, why Trump is uniquely ill-suited to handle a worsening economic crisis, and what things might look like for Trump if the bottom falls out. 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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0:00.0	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
0:16.5	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
0:31.0	Two high-quality polls just came out, and they both have President Trump cratering.
0:36.6	His general approval rating is dropping, and so is approval of his handling of the economy.
0:38.4	He's in real trouble.
0:45.2	Trump and his advisors don't have much of an answer to this problem. Trump just unleashed a long rambling rant insisting that prices are really going down, not up, and his agriculture
0:50.8	secretary followed suit with a set of claims that were even more ludicrous.
0:55.9	So what happens if the economy really starts to dip? New Republic staff writer Timothy Noah has
1:02.2	been writing well about this question, so today we're talking with him about how much lower
1:06.3	Trump could actually go here and what happens if the bottom falls out.
1:11.9	Tim, good to have you on.
1:13.7	Thanks for having me, Greg.
1:17.3	So let's start with what Trump said in a speech on Wednesday.
1:18.2	Listen to this.
1:23.4	We're also making incredible strides to make America affordable again.
1:24.9	That's a new word that they're using.
1:26.4	Affordability they talk.
1:27.5	They're the worst inflation in history. They had the worst inflation in history.
1:29.6	They had the highest prices in history.
1:31.8	The country was going to hell.
1:34.4	The only thing that we're going up in is our stock market, okay?
1:38.2	The only price that we really have, I mean, we're bringing prices down.
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