Trump’s Approval Rating, Mitch McConnell Makes Big Announcement, Nikki Haley Defends Ukraine | Feb. 20

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🗓️ 20 February 2025

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On today’s Top News in 10, we cover: President Trump’s approval rating one month after he took office. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says he won’t seek reelection in 2026. Former ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has been critical of President Trump in recent years. And today, she did not hold back that criticism. Haley said that when the President criticizes Ukraine, he is giving Puting exactly what he wants. Also on today’s show: The Senate confirms Kash Patel to be the next FBI director. The bodies of four slain hostages are returned to Israel. Links From Today’s Show: 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://www.dailysignal.com/the-tony-kinnett-cast Problematic Women: https://www.dailysignal.com/problematic-women The Signal Sitdown: https://www.dailysignal.com/the-signal-sitdown Follow The Daily Signal: X: https://x.com/DailySignal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailysignal/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDailySignalNews/ Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@DailySignal YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DailySignal Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/TheDailySignal Thanks for making The Daily Signal Podcast your trusted source for the day’s top news. 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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0:30.1	Today marks one month since President Trump was sworn in as the 47th president, New polling,
0:35.8	shows his latest approval rating.
0:42.6	I'm Virginia Allen, and this is the Daily Signal's top news in 10 for Thursday, February 20th.
0:54.8	Today we are at the conservative political action conference in Washington, D.C. And today also marks exactly one month since President Trump's inauguration.
1:00.1	So how is the president doing so far in the eyes of the American people?
1:04.5	Well, there is a new CNNSRSRS poll that finds that 62% of Americans feel that the president has not
1:15.6	done enough to try to reduce the price of everyday goods. 52% of those polled say that Trump has
1:22.5	gone too far and using his presidential power. But overall, Trump has a strong approval rating.
1:28.0	Right now, Trump's approval rating is at 47%.
1:31.1	Here with us to discuss is the executive editor for The Daily Signal and our president,
1:36.1	Rob Bluey.
1:36.6	Rob, thanks for being with us here at CPAC.
1:37.5	It's going to be with you.
1:38.4	It's exciting to be here at CPAC.
1:40.1	Of course, we had Vice President Vance here, and Donald Trump will be here himself in a couple days.
1:44.3	It's a big deal, a very, very packed schedule we have here at Cthac.
1:48.4	So we're one month in.
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