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Trump Suffers Bad…

September 17, 2026

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Trump's Approval Craters as MAGA Coalition Fractures

The Marquette University Law School poll delivered a historic low for Donald Trump this week: a net approval rating of minus 61 on inflation — the worst any president has ever recorded on that measure, worse than Jimmy Carter, worse than Ronald Reagan, worse than Joe Biden. Harry Enten put it bluntly on CNN: "Congratulations, President Trump. You're breaking records, but perhaps not in the way that you wish to." The number captures a broader unraveling. The MAGA movement that carried Trump to victory in 2024 is showing deep cracks, with Republican members of Congress cutting ads against him, his own propagandists turning critical, and the House GOP caucus reportedly at each other's throats in a closed-door meeting where members were calling each other "effing traitors."

The Republican Civil War

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  • 1 Trump Suffers Bad… - MeidasTouch Podcast
  • 2 Timestamped Outline
  • 3 (03:04) **Trump's Morning Humiliation** - Donald Trump is suffering from collapsing approval ratings and a fractured MAGA movement as midterms approach
  • 4 (04:07) **Record-Breaking Disapproval on Inflation** - Harry Enten reveals Trump has the worst net approval rating on inflation of any president in history
  • 5 (05:27) **Pete Hegseth's Collapsing Popularity** - Defense Secretary Hegseth is now hated by nearly every demographic group according to polling
  • 6 (06:30) **Benny Johnson Turns on Trump** - The ultra-MAGA propagandist blasts Trump for failing to keep gas prices low
  • 7 (07:50) **Fox News Poll Shows GOP Warning Signs** - Even Fox's own polling shows 77% of voters rank the economy negatively

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Show Notes

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump facing a brutal morning as his approval ratings sink, Republicans increasingly break with him and attack each other, and major international crises continue to escalate.

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