Why Gen Z Loves President Trump ... And Zohran Mamdani

The Fox News Rundown

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Politics, Daily News, News

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🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Gen Z is entering adulthood in one of the toughest economies in decades, facing record debt, soaring housing costs, and limited job prospects. Their financial struggles may be starting to shape how they vote and who they trust to fix the economy. FOX News contributor and Gen Z’er Kaylee McGee White joins the Rundown to discuss how financial pressures are influencing the next generation’s politics, leading some of them to support anti-establishment candidates like Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump. On Monday, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa became the first Syrian leader to visit the White House. Al-Sharaa, who assumed leadership of Syria after leading a rebel group that overthrew the Assad regime, was previously a militant in an al-Qaeda-linked group and was captured by American forces while fighting against the U.S. in Iraq in 2006. FOX News senior correspondent Benjamin Hall joins the Rundown to discuss Monday’s extraordinary White House meeting, whether America should trust al-Sharaa given his 'rough past,' and what a friendly relationship between Syria and the U.S. could mean for the region. Plus, commentary from Brian Kilmeade, co-host of FOX News' FOX & Friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The government is now open. The shutdown is over. The House passed the Senate's measure to reopen
0:04.9	the government tonight, and the president signed it into law making it official. The funding measure
0:09.3	does not include an extension of Obamacare subsidies. Democratic leadership says it will continue
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0:21.7	I'm Jimmy Fala. I'm Ainsley-Yearhart. I'm Bill Hemmer, and this Listen to Fox News Radio and go to Fox News.com. I'm Jimmy Fala.
0:25.7	I'm Ainsley Your Heart. I'm Bill Hemmer and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:36.5	Thursday, November 13th, 2025. I'm Jessica Rosenthal. Generation Z, the zoomers, are struggling economically and it may be manifesting in how they vote.
0:39.9	I think it shows that they're extremely dissatisfied with the system as it's working,
0:44.1	and they feel like this is a system that has failed them, and that has disenfranchised them.
0:48.6	And they're very much so at a point where they're willing to support someone who is willing to burn it all down.
0:54.0	I'm Dave Anthony.
0:55.5	It was quite the meeting at the White House.
0:57.9	President Trump and the new leader of Syria,
1:00.8	who used to be a wanted terrorist captured by the U.S. during the war in Iraq.
1:05.8	So it's been fascinating to see how this one character went from being totally anti-America,
1:10.4	totally anti-U.S.
1:12.0	involvement in Iraq to realizing that perhaps, you know, the U.S. can now help moving forward.
1:17.7	And I'm Brian Kilmead. I've got the final word on the Fox News Rundown.
1:25.8	The median home buying age just hit an all-time high, 59, as younger people get priced out of the home buying market.
1:33.0	The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis estimates unemployment for recent college graduates, 20 to 24-year-olds, is over 9%.
1:39.6	This past spring, a Newsweek poll found Gen Z has the most personal debt of any generation, with an average of about $94,000, and a quarter of 18 to 29-year-olds report having student debt per the education initiative.
1:52.0	My main friend group graduated with great degrees from great schools. It's been a year and a half since graduation. Not one of them has a job, not one.
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