Molly Ball

Yeah, so next Friday will be our final episode.

And then maybe you'll take another vacation.

And then maybe you'll take another vacation.

And then maybe you'll take another vacation.

Before we go, do you have any questions about what the Trump administration is doing? Email us and let us know. please send a recording to thejournalatwsj.com. That's thejournalatwsj.com. Trump 2.0 is part of The Journal, which is a co-production of Spotify and The Wall Street Journal. This episode was produced by Enrique Perez de la Rosa and edited by Katherine Whalen.

Before we go, do you have any questions about what the Trump administration is doing? Email us and let us know. please send a recording to thejournalatwsj.com. That's thejournalatwsj.com. Trump 2.0 is part of The Journal, which is a co-production of Spotify and The Wall Street Journal. This episode was produced by Enrique Perez de la Rosa and edited by Katherine Whalen.

Before we go, do you have any questions about what the Trump administration is doing? Email us and let us know. please send a recording to thejournalatwsj.com. That's thejournalatwsj.com. Trump 2.0 is part of The Journal, which is a co-production of Spotify and The Wall Street Journal. This episode was produced by Enrique Perez de la Rosa and edited by Katherine Whalen.

Molly Ball is The Wall Street Journal's senior political correspondent. I'm Kate Leinbach. This episode was engineered by Peter Leonard. Our theme music is by So Wiley and remixed by Peter Leonard. Additional music in this episode by Griffin Tanner. Fact-checking by Kate Gallagher. Artwork by James Walton. Trump 2.0 will be back with our final episode next Friday morning. See you then.

Molly Ball is The Wall Street Journal's senior political correspondent. I'm Kate Leinbach. This episode was engineered by Peter Leonard. Our theme music is by So Wiley and remixed by Peter Leonard. Additional music in this episode by Griffin Tanner. Fact-checking by Kate Gallagher. Artwork by James Walton. Trump 2.0 will be back with our final episode next Friday morning. See you then.

Molly Ball is The Wall Street Journal's senior political correspondent. I'm Kate Leinbach. This episode was engineered by Peter Leonard. Our theme music is by So Wiley and remixed by Peter Leonard. Additional music in this episode by Griffin Tanner. Fact-checking by Kate Gallagher. Artwork by James Walton. Trump 2.0 will be back with our final episode next Friday morning. See you then.

Yeah, I was hoping you'd do like a Ryan impression, you know, like maybe you can like talk about basketball and I could be confused. And the Ducks. Yes, definitely some Oregon references. Got to get that in here.

Yeah, I was hoping you'd do like a Ryan impression, you know, like maybe you can like talk about basketball and I could be confused. And the Ducks. Yes, definitely some Oregon references. Got to get that in here.

Yeah, I was hoping you'd do like a Ryan impression, you know, like maybe you can like talk about basketball and I could be confused. And the Ducks. Yes, definitely some Oregon references. Got to get that in here.

Not great. We've now had several polls come out since Liberation Day. All of these polls are showing that his approval rating on the economy specifically has tanked. It's underwater. The tariffs are not popular by big double digit margins, 20, 30 points with all kinds of voters. So, yeah, it's not going great. And is that why the pause button was hit? Well, we're going to talk about that.

Not great. We've now had several polls come out since Liberation Day. All of these polls are showing that his approval rating on the economy specifically has tanked. It's underwater. The tariffs are not popular by big double digit margins, 20, 30 points with all kinds of voters. So, yeah, it's not going great. And is that why the pause button was hit? Well, we're going to talk about that.

Not great. We've now had several polls come out since Liberation Day. All of these polls are showing that his approval rating on the economy specifically has tanked. It's underwater. The tariffs are not popular by big double digit margins, 20, 30 points with all kinds of voters. So, yeah, it's not going great. And is that why the pause button was hit? Well, we're going to talk about that.

It seems to have had less to do with the politics than with the markets. That seems to have been what finally scared him straight.

It seems to have had less to do with the politics than with the markets. That seems to have been what finally scared him straight.

It seems to have had less to do with the politics than with the markets. That seems to have been what finally scared him straight.

I mean, you know me. I try never to be surprised by anything Trump does. He had repeatedly said that he, like you said, was going to ride this out, was going to stick to his guns, didn't mind the pain, didn't care what was happening in the economy and the markets. But we were hearing this rising tide of angst from people around him and people in the Republican Party.