10/19/26: Farmers Shocked By ICE Raids, France Erupts In Protest

October 19, 2026

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In Kansas, Senator Roger Marshall, a Republican incumbent in a state Donald Trump won by double digits, is locked in a dead-heat race with Democrat Adam Hamilton. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, France is convulsed by the worst civil unrest in years, with students, labor unions, and looters clashing after a peaceful protest movement spiraled into arson and looting. The connecting thread, as Krystal and Saagar argue on this episode of Breaking Points, is the economic fallout of the Trump administration’s own policies—tariffs, the Iran war, and mass deportation—which are now hammering the president’s core constituencies and destabilizing allied governments.

Kansas: The Coalition Cracks Under Tariffs, War, and ICE Raids

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1 (01:53) **Trump Coalition Fractures Over Iran War & Tariffs** - The economic fallout from tariffs and the Iran War is breaking up the Trump coalition and putting red states like Kansas into play.
2 (04:54) **Why Safe-Seat Senators Struggle in Competitive Races** - Saagar analyzes how machine politicians like Marshall, used to fighting intra-partisan battles, are unprepared for a general election.
3 (08:35) **Farmer Disenchantment with Trump** - Farmer Steve Bolin, a three-time Trump voter, is struggling with high diesel and fertilizer prices and says he doesn't care about Trump's endorsement.
4 (11:11) **ICE Raids Shock Kansas Ranchers** - The New York Times reports that immigration enforcement raids are causing cattle slaughter cancellations, prompting rare pushback from ranchers in Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma.
5 (13:11) **The Hypocrisy of Selective Immigration Enforcement** - Saagar argues that illegal labor is the only reason the US meat industry can function, and that liberals should be mad that these workers are being exploited.
6 (17:39) **The Iran War's Devastating Economic Cost** - The Wall Street Journal reports the Iran War has cost the average American family $2,000 so far, with Brent Crude over $100 and gas prices rising.
7 (23:35) **The Fox News Bubble vs. Economic Reality** - Saagar questions whether the Fox News bubble can shield voters from the economic pain they are feeling in their daily lives.

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Guests on this episode

Krystal Ball Saagar Enjeti

Show Notes

Krystal and Saagar discuss farmers shocked ICE raids hurt their business, France erupts in protest.

Cole Stangler: https://www.youtube.com/@cstangler/videos

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