Trump’s Polls Spiral as More Question His Competence

About this episode

The episode discusses the declining approval ratings of Trump as concerns about his mental fitness grow, alongside the controversial decision to reinstate firing squads for federal executions.

More Americans are questioning the president’s mental acuity as his late night rants get more unhinged and his war gets more indefinite. Plus, the Trump administration is bringing back firing squads for federal executions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Abby Phillip

Topics covered

• Trump's polls
• mental acuity
• federal executions
• political competence
• public opinion

Keywords

• Trump
• polls
• mental acuity
• firing squads
• executions
• public opinion
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trump administration

Places: America

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