Trump’s Weaponization Of The Justice Department + Is A Blue Wave Building For 2026?
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What do recent polls reveal about Trump's approval ratings?
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Because the Pew-Poll-Preview that I gave you a couple of episodes ago essentially was repeated by everybody else's poll in the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN. Everybody has essentially found the same thing. This first 100 days for President Trump has not gone well at all. We can do the quick top lines, but look, the economy, if you think about it, in the first 100 days from when he started on day one, What's gone better from him? Only one thing has gone better. And that's the border. The economy is worse. The world is more unstable. Government trust is worse.
Why is the independence of the Department of Justice important?
When you think about the things ultimately that he was elected to do, restore some trust and integrity in government. That hasn't happened. Things are worse. Make the economy better and bring down prices. That hasn't happened. If anything, prices are going to be going up. This economy is more unstable. We just had the worst March housing report in basically since the pandemic. So when you look at those, all of the actual metrics that Forget before you get to polling, like where the actual economy is, where the actual things are. It's you know, the public's being rather logical about this. They're not happy. They don't like what he's doing. The biggest thing is, I think the Pew poll did better, frankly, than anybody else.
And that was the reason I spent so much time in that Pew poll with you, is I think they did the best job of helping to explain. While the public still shares his goals and would like to see him succeed on the promises he's made, there is just widespread belief this has just been poorly executed. An administration really that's more about incompetency than anything else. This is the gang really that can't shoot straight in here. And so this is not good at all. So the first 100 days have been a failure. The question is going to be, what are the next 100 days? They need to get some trade deals. They need to get some points on the board right now. They claim all these people are knocking on their door, making calls. So far, no deals have happened. Not one.
I think at one point, one of them, one of the spokespeople for the administration said 90 deals in 90 days. That was a possibility. But one thing you've got to understand is this administration wants Probably more than any other. Look, you always expect representatives of the administration to be saying, putting everything in the best possible light. But there's best possible light and then there's sort of this, there's a point where I think these spokespeople are losing credibility. Marco Rubio, I think, is losing credibility. Scott Besant, if he's not careful, is going to lose credibility. I mean, this is one of the quotes he had from Sunday shows in game theory. It's called strategic uncertainty.
So you're not going to tell the person on the other side of the negotiation where you're going to end up. And nobody's better at creating this leverage than President Trump. Essentially, that was him on trade and on these talks, not just with China, but with other countries. But you have to sit here and say to yourself. Really? Strategic uncertainty? That's what's good for? No.
What challenges does Ron DeSantis face in Florida politics?
Strategic uncertainty is why this economy is tanking right before our eyes. It's why nobody wants to buy a house or put a house for sale. Strategic uncertainty? He knows better, but he's trying desperately to speak to dear leader. So it really is one of these things where I think we've seen and I've, look, I've beaten this dead horse a few times.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What do recent polls reveal about Trump's approval ratings?
0:00–1:19
2
Why is the independence of the Department of Justice important?
1:19–4:04
3
What challenges does Ron DeSantis face in Florida politics?
4:04–6:29
4
What insights does Dan Goldman share about the rule of law?
6:29
5
How might the 2026 elections shape up for Democrats?
0:20–11:28
6
What impact does gerrymandering have on electoral outcomes?
11:28–21:33
7
Could a blue wave occur in the upcoming midterms?
21:33–32:45
8
How has Trump's relationship with Putin been characterized?
32:45–2:05:58
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