Trump's Lowest Approval Ever

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🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Jason Kander and Ravi Gupta break down Donald Trump’s collapsing approval numbers, as new polling from The Economist shows his net rating falling to -18, the lowest it has ever been—even lower than any point in his first term. They discuss what’s driving the drop, from voter fatigue to economic fallout, and what it means for Trump’s reelection odds. Kander and Gupta also dive into a new Reuters report revealing the Trump family raked in over $800 million from crypto ventures in just the first half of 2025, even as Trump pardoned Binance CEO CZ Zhao in a move critics call blatant corruption, analyzing how the pardon fits into Trump’s broader pattern of rewarding allies and dismantling financial oversight. Then, they turn to Washington’s ongoing chaos as the government shutdown drags on, with Marjorie Taylor Greene turning on Speaker Mike Johnson and demanding Republicans unveil a real health care plan, and examine Democrats’ surprising restraint in Illinois and Maryland redistricting fights, and how internal debates over power and principle are shaping both parties’ futures. Plus, they break down the Senate’s rare bipartisan rebuke of Trump’s Brazil tariffs, a sign that even some Republicans are losing patience with his economic nationalism. This and more on the podcast that helps you, the majority of Americans who believe in progress, convince your conservative friends and family to join us—this is Majority 54! Hims: Thanks to HIMS! Start your free online visit today at https://hims.com/majority for your personalized ED treatment options Hexclad: Get 10% off at https://HexClad.com/MAJORITY Done With Debt: Go to https://DONEWITHDEBT.com and talk with one of their specialists, FOR FREE Majority 54 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/majority54 Jason on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasonKander Jason on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonkander/ Ravi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RaviMGupta Ravi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ravimgupta Ravi on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LostDebate Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Corruption is apparently fine as long as you do it in public.
0:08.2	Meanwhile, the White House is basically breaking in half, and it's literal this time.
0:13.8	And there's all sorts of indicators on the economy and Trump's approval ratings.
0:17.8	So with that, welcome back to the podcast for the 54% of us who vote for progress
0:23.7	in pretty much every election and want to welcome our friends and family into the majority.
0:28.4	Ravi, can you tell from that intro that I accidentally deleted the outline about one second
0:32.4	into saying it and had to do it from memory?
0:33.9	I was going to say, you are right?
0:35.7	Well, let me start with the great new i'm
0:38.5	trying to get our audience a little bit more hyped up to care uh because i feel like we've been so
0:43.7	doom and gloom and i try to start every episode now with something that can make people hopeful
0:48.1	and here's here's here's one piece of news that's very interesting which is donald trump's
0:52.6	approval rating uh has fallen to minus 18 in the Economist tracker, which kind of pulls together all polling.
0:59.9	So lowest it has ever been, including in his first term, and the line by line here is very interesting.
1:07.8	282 days into his term.
1:10.2	The president is down even 1.3 points since last week. He's at 39%
1:15.5	approved, 57% disapproved, 5%. Not sure. And issue by issue, it's extreme. And we have a graphic
1:23.3	on this. It's pretty bad. Like, you know, you look at the biggest is on inflation and prices,
1:28.0	but even on immigration, he's net negative now. He went from basically plus 10 on immigration to minus
1:34.0	10 now. Taxes and spending, jobs in the economy, we went from positive to deep negative. Jobs
1:39.5	in the economy had negative 20. And so this is a president who at least when it comes to popularity is in crisis.
1:47.6	And obviously he's not acting like that.
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