Chris Hayes on Trump’s Declining Polls: ‘Even Fox News Has No Choice But to Face this Reality’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT And he ░░░░░░░░ manage to win the ░░░░░░░░ vote unlike in 2016 ░░░░░░░░ s the first time ░░░░░░░░ three tries but all ░░░░░░░░ a sudden after that ░░░░░░░░ the conventional wisdom quickly ░░░░░░░░ that America was Trump ░░░░░░░░ that he was a ░░░░░░░░ colossus Remember the guy ░░░░░░░░ by about a point ░░░░░░░░ a half Hardly a ░░░░░░░░ He was inaugurated with ░░░░░░░░ the highest approval rating ░░░░░░░░ he has ever had ░░░░░░░░ also happened to be ░░░░░░░░ second lowest approval rating ░░░░░░░░ for a new president ░░░░░░░░ only by himself the ░░░░░░░░ time around He has ░░░░░░░░ been very popular and ░░░░░░░░ approval rating has only ░░░░░░░░ down since Nate Silver ░░░░░░░░ the average over on ░░░░░░░░ substack Full disclosure some ░░░░░░░░ the graphs on that ░░░░░░░░ are really difficult to ░░░░░░░░ on TV They require ░░░░░░░░ of explanation This ain ░░░░░░░░ one of them See ░░░░░░░░ there You can see ░░░░░░░░ that s doing The ░░░░░░░░ just keeps going down ░░░░░░░░ Fox News has no ░░░░░░░░ but to face this ░░░░░░░░ If you look at ░░░░░░░░ new fox News poll ░░░░░░░░ 100 days job Approval ░░░░░░░░ to other Presidents there ░░░░░░░░ see The president at ░░░░░░░░ And you see His ░░░░░░░░ term At 45 At ░░░░░░░░ Mark the 100 day ░░░░░░░░ We have other New ░░░░░░░░ that are revealing some ░░░░░░░░ About the economy Boy ░░░░░░░░ s a tough graphic ░░░░░░░░ you re Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ in the White House ░░░░░░░░ Fox News all day ░░░░░░░░ s the kind of ░░░░░░░░ that really gets Donald ░░░░░░░░ yelling at the TV ░░░░░░░░ fact he s now ░░░░░░░░ for fox s pollster ░░░░░░░░ be fired Also says ░░░░░░░░ Wall Street Journal sucks ░░░░░░░░ re not even 100 ░░░░░░░░ in and Trump is ░░░░░░░░ at the polls or ░░░░░░░░ stage But again they ░░░░░░░░ what they show even ░░░░░░░░ the granular level right ░░░░░░░░ you dive into it ░░░░░░░░ you you look through ░░░░░░░░ numbers you break his ░░░░░░░░ rating down by issue ░░░░░░░░ don t get any ░░░░░░░░ for him I mean ░░░░░░░░ is underwater on basically ░░░░░░░░ Let s start with ░░░░░░░░ economy That s supposed ░░░░░░░░ be Trump s bread ░░░░░░░░ butter Traditionally it s ░░░░░░░░ his biggest strength That ░░░░░░░░ Fox News poll has ░░░░░░░░ of voters approving of ░░░░░░░░ s handling of the ░░░░░░░░ 38 approve underwater by ░░░░░░░░ points And it s ░░░░░░░░ hard to see why ░░░░░░░░ ran on making things ░░░░░░░░ on day one That ░░░░░░░░ his promise But maybe ░░░░░░░░ ve noticed things are ░░░░░░░░ cheaper They are not ░░░░░░░░ he started a trade ░░░░░░░░ tanked The stock market ░░░░░░░░ about to make everything ░░░░░░░░ expensive A new Reuters ░░░░░░░░ poll shows disapproval of ░░░░░░░░ s handling specifically on ░░░░░░░░ cost of living at ░░░░░░░░ That fox poll shows ░░░░░░░░ with a 59 disapproval ░░░░░░░░ on inflation and a ░░░░░░░░ disapproval rating on tariffs ░░░░░░░░ new pew poll has ░░░░░░░░ of the tariffs at ░░░░░░░░ the data here is ░░░░░░░░ crystal clear right Keep ░░░░░░░░ mind and this is ░░░░░░░░ stuff hasn t even ░░░░░░░░ started to get more ░░░░░░░░ yet The fallout from ░░░░░░░░ tariffs takes time There ░░░░░░░░ a delayed reaction before ░░░░░░░░ start seeing shortages and ░░░░░░░░ hikes Now if that ░░░░░░░░ it s sort of ░░░░░░░░ interesting question about what ░░░░░░░░ to Trump s numbers ░░░░░░░░ they go lower Can ░░░░░░░░ break through the previous ░░░░░░░░ But here s the ░░░░░░░░ It is not just ░░░░░░░░ economy Even on immigration ░░░░░░░░ where he likes to ░░░░░░░░ the country is just ░░░░░░░░ united on his side ░░░░░░░░ is slipping A bunch ░░░░░░░░ recent polls showed him ░░░░░░░░ on issues of immigration ░░░░░░░░ from about a point ░░░░░░░░ as much as five ░░░░░░░░ That was not the ░░░░░░░░ a month or two ░░░░░░░░ ago That Fox News ░░░░░░░░ provides some interesting insights ░░░░░░░░ when voters were asked ░░░░░░░░ border security Trump doing ░░░░░░░░ well But when they ░░░░░░░░ asked about immigration at ░░░░░░░░ look at that His ░░░░░░░░ was underwater That I ░░░░░░░░ is due to his ░░░░░░░░ of due process The ░░░░░░░░ of kilmer Garcia the ░░░░░░░░ graduate students here totally ░░░░░░░░ who have done nothing ░░░░░░░░ at colleges getting abducted ░░░░░░░░ the street and put ░░░░░░░░ prison or the people ░░░░░░░░ to a foreign gulag ░░░░░░░░ no trial because they ░░░░░░░░ an autism awareness tattoo ░░░░░░░░ very popular Look at ░░░░░░░░ Okay a new economist ░░░░░░░░ poll Half of all ░░░░░░░░ say Trump should return ░░░░░░░░ Garcia to the us ░░░░░░░░ 28 say he should ░░░░░░░░ Even Trump’s