Trump Tirade over Protests Goes Off Rails as Crushing Fox Poll Hits

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump appears in deep denial about how widely hated his ICE raids have become. He let out a strange, rambling tirade to reporters about how the “silent majority” is still behind what ICE is doing, bizarrely citing approval of the raids among his own White House employees to make the case. In another rant, he lied uncontrollably about the protesters, about crime in Minneapolis, and more. Interestingly, this comes as a poll from none other than Fox News finds Trump deeply under water on immigration. It also finds that very large majorities of independents think ICE is being too aggressive. Incredibly, even majorities of rural whites and non-college whites—loyal base voter groups—think the same. We talked to pro-immigrant organizer Lia Parada, who represents groups losing lawful status under Trump. She recounts what she’s seeing out there, shares details about surprising new signs of opposition to ICE, and explains how Democrats can seize this moment to effect a more durable shift in public opinion. 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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1:09.5	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
1:15.3	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
1:25.6	Donald Trump seems to be in deep denial about how unpopular his ice raids have become.
1:31.8	He led out a long, strange, rambling tirade to reporters about how the silent majority is still behind what ICE is doing.
1:40.7	He also lied uncontrollably about the protesters, about crime in Minneapolis, and much more.
1:47.6	Interestingly, this comes as a poll from none other than Fox News just delivered Trump's
1:52.4	very bad news on this front. It finds that even his base voters are turning against ICE in a big
1:58.2	way as well. Are we in the middle of a watershed moment on public
2:02.3	opinion when it comes to immigration? We're talking about this with Leah Pirada, an immigration advocate
2:07.8	who's worked on these issues for a long time and now represents groups losing their status under Trump.
2:14.1	Leah, nice to have you on. Thanks for having me on, Greg.
2:18.4	All right, so let's first listen to this really strange rant from Trump.
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