Trump’s Anger Spins Out of Control at Presser as Another Bad Poll Hits

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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At a presser on Wednesday, President Donald Trump seemed unusually angry. He ripped into Chuck Schumer, calling him Palestinian. He seethed with anger at Canada, and taunted the Canadians over his tariff threats. And he snapped at three different reporters. All this comes as a new CNN poll finds Trump’s approval deeper underwater amid very broad public rejection of his tariffs. Trump is trapped in an unusual dynamic: He’s clearly taking a beating over his tariff threats right now. But he’s also gotten it into his head that the tariffs are what make him appear strong and formidable. So it’s hard for him to back out of them. We talked to Salon’s Amanda Marcotte, a skilled interpreter of MAGA psychology, about the roots of Trump’s anger and the political trap he’s landed himself in. 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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1:00.8	At a press conference on Wednesday, President Donald Trump seemed unusually angry.
1:04.5	He ripped into Chuck Schumer, calling him Palestinian.
1:10.2	He seethed with anger at Canada and taunted the Canadians over his tariff threats, and he snapped at three different
1:12.5	reporters at three different times. All this comes as a new CNN poll finds Trump approval
1:18.8	deeper underwater, and his numbers are even worse on the economy. Crucially, the CNN poll
1:24.7	also finds very broad public rejection of his tariffs.
1:28.9	Trump is trapped in an unusual dynamic right now.
1:32.1	He's clearly taking a beating over his tariff threats.
1:35.3	But he's also gotten it into his head that the tariff threats are what make him appear strong
1:39.9	and formidable, so it's hard for him to back out of them.
1:43.6	Today we're talking about this with one of our
1:45.6	favorite interpreters of Trump's and Maga's psychosis, Salon's Amanda Marca. Good to have you back on, Amanda.
1:53.3	Hey, thanks for having me. Trump's mad. I think the CNN poll might have something to do with it.
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