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Donald Trump’s approval rating just hit an abysmal low of 33-64 in Reuters polling. That’s only one survey, but Trump also just hit a new low of 37-59 in New York Times polling averages, which suggests he’s likely in the mid-30s and may be trending toward the Reuters number. This comes as Democrats appear to have flipped a state legislative district in western Pe...

On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we discuss Angie Nixon’s shocking primary win in Florida, Trump pausing new tariffs on Canada, Israeli strikes on a Syrian air base, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The White House and MAGA exploded in fury after Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff pointed out during a speech that Donald Trump loves to “travel with Natalie” on the presidential jet. “Natalie,” of course, is Natalie Harp, the young aide whom Trump relies on heavily for emotional support and basically controls information flows to him. Yet despite all the fake MAGA outrag...

Why can’t the US and China just get along when it comes to artificial intelligence? As the two nations jockey for an edge in AI, President’s Trump and Xi prepare for a consequential summit where the tech race may play a bigger role than ever. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Scott Singer joins David Rothkopf to discuss why in the race for AI dominance between China the US, the best...

On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we break down the Disney lawsuit against the Trump administration, Trump’s threats against Oman, the DHS investigating its critics, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 60-day deadline for a deal between Donald Trump and Iran has passed, and he’s in a lather over it. First Trump raged to Fox News of his displeasure with Oman’s negotiations with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz. “If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the s--t out of them,” he fumed nonsensically. Then, under questioning over foreign policy, he erupted at a female journalist, repeate...

On the DSR Daily for Monday, we break down Trump’s decision to reduce joint exercises with South Korea, the DOJ’s efforts to exert more control over voter rolls, Jared Kushner’s new push for a ceasefire in Israel, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At a rally the other day, Donald Trump handed Democrats the perfect soundbite. “For you to pay a tiny little bit more for your gasoline,” Trump seethed, “just remember” it’s to deprive Iran of a nuclear weapon. He said higher prices are “okay,” and that “I will never apologize.” Trump’s angry sneering tone on the words “tiny little bit more” projected deep contempt for all who dare...

It’s time to change how we think about economics. It’s clear that the economic philosophies we’ve taken as gospel for decades are only helping those at the top while leaving the rest of us further behind in the dust. Entrepreneur and civic activist Nick Hanauer joins David Rothkopf to discuss his new booklet Markets Built for Humans  and why a paradigm shift in how we think about the economy...

On the DSR Daily Live for Friday, August 14th, Norm Ornstein joins us to discuss current vaccine lunacy, Iran’s state media mocking Trump, the Kennedy Center Board putting Trump’s name back on it, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Intriguingly, Fox News has lately been hitting Donald Trump with terrible polling news. In recent days, Fox has found Democrats slightly ahead in Senate races in Maine, Texas, and Iowa, and up by a lot in North Carolina. Critically, Trump’s own favorability numbers are very bad in all those states, even though he won three of them, two by double digits. In all four, his numbers...

The Midterm elections are right around the corner, and things aren’t looking good for MAGA. Democratic enthusiasm is high and Trump’s approval is circling the drain, but it’s clear that MAGA is pulling out all the stops to tip the scales in their favor. Emma Janssen and Michael Tomasky from the New Republic join Rosa Brooks and David Rothkopf and share what Democrats must do to protect democracy a...

On the DSR Daily for Thursday, we discuss Karoline Leavitt leaving her position as Press Secretary, ICE getting taser gloves, the UK's special election, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By now you’ve heard that when Donald Trump left the NATO summit in Turkey last month, he was clandestinely transferred from Air Force One to an alternative plane to avert a credible Iranian threat. It appears many of his cabinet members were left on Air Force One. Now new leaks make the story look darker: It turns out Trump brought several of the aides who are personally closes...

The times they are a-changin’. From Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York to Abdul El-Sayed’s primary win in Michigan, it’s clear that progressive politics are more popular than ever and growing by the day. Yet many in the Democratic establishment can’t seem to get with the program. Host of the I’ve Had It podcast Jennifer Welch joins David Rothkopf to examine what makes these victories so meaningf...

On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we break down the results of Tuesday’s primaries, Trump confirming details of his Air Force One caper, a judge blocking a provision of Trump’s executive order targeting mail-in ballots, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While interviewing Donald Trump, a MAGA media personality urged Trump to consider declaring a national emergency to seize control of our elecctions. Trump’s response was ugly. “Let me just say that stranger things have happened,” Trump said. “I’ll leave it at that.” In other words, Trump wants it understood that declaring a national emergency absolutely is being consi...

Are we being too laissez-faire in our approach to artificial intelligence? Rarely has there been a technology so profoundly important, yet so concentrated in the hands of a few private citizens. "National security experts Ivo Daalder and Graham Allison join David Rothkopf to explore the terrifying implications of hands-off policymaking, and why—as with nuclear weapons—we probably shouldn’t leave p...

On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we discuss Trump's secret flight from Turkey, more Primary news, RFK Jr's new effort to upend vaccines, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a fascinating new analysis, CNN’s Harry Enten calculates that Donald Trump’s net approval on the economy is 33 points underwater. That’s a shocking 42-point swing from during the 2018 midterms, when Trump was in positive territory. On top of that, Enten notes that in the most recent CNN poll, Trump’s net approval on inflation is 50 points underwater, and that this hasn’t been riv...

On the DSR Daily for Monday, we discuss Obama’s call to Abdul El-Sayed, Iran’s demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the new White House counsel, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an interview with Punchbowl News, Donald Trump said straight out that his voters just might not show up for GOP candidates this fall. That’s a striking admission of one of the thorniest problems the GOP faces. But it gets worse. Trump also declared that “a lot” of his voters are “not angry at me,” but “are very angry at Republicans.” That will likely be read by his supporters as a dec...

On the DSR Daily Live for Friday, August 7th, Mary Trump joins us to discuss a troubling new jobs report, AIPAC’s new pivot in the Michigan election, Donald Trump’s new executive orders targeting immigrants, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A striking new Washington Post report reveals that Donald Trump privately raged at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, demanding to know why he’d been caught off guard by depleted munitions stockpiles. Yet these leaks actually reveal his own serious screw-ups: Trump wrongly concluded that the munitions situation had been fixed, showing that the commander in chief utt...

On the DSR Daily for August 6, we discuss Chuck Edwards withdrawing from reelection, the confirmation of a new CDC director, yet another rogue AI breach, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices