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They canceled and ran

Donald Trump is facing unprecedented political decline, with record-low approval ratings—especially on foreign affairs—making him the least popular president in history. The cancellation of a pro-Trump event due to poor ticket sales reflects broader shifts: both the base and wealthy supporters are abandoning him. Republicans are now retreating, distancing themselves from Trump and his policies, signaling a crisis of credibility. In contrast, Democrats have a historic opportunity to launch a bold, aggressive campaign focused on real economic and social issues like wages, immigration, and healthcare. This moment demands more than moderation—Democrats must offer transformative, trust-building policies that resonate with working people and progressive values. Figures like James Talleriko and Abdul Al Sayed are demonstrating the power of populist, anti-elitist messaging. With Trump’s approval in freefall and Republican disunity, Democrats must move from mere defense to active offense, claiming cultural and political ground, redefining their identity as the party of progress, and securing long-term voter loyalty. This is not just a moment of reaction—it is a chance to rebuild the party’s strength, legitimacy, and future.

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They had to cancel, and nobody is surprised. They ran away, and everyone saw it coming. Donald Trump has never, ever been more unpopular than he is right now. Donald Trump has never been weaker than he is right now, and Donald Trump has never been more humiliated than he is right now, and he knows it. And it's why they canceled, and it's why they ran, and it's why I want to talk about this, because Democrats should not just point in laugh. Of course, we should, but we should take this opportunity to plant a flag to declare ourselves popular and correct. It's what we are, and we should stop being scared of our own shadows. Republicans are literally on the run right now. They're trying to create distance between themselves and Trump. They're taking photos off their websites, putting out ads saying he was wrong on immigration, and you're telling me we should capitulate on any issue. No. Defend the Fox talking points they throw at us, don't acknowledge them, call them a distraction. It's what they are. Democrats right now need to be more aggressive than ever. This is not a time to sit back. This is time to go on offense, because they are running, so let's take more ground. When your opponent is retreating, you don't take the day off, you go and you claim the territory. It's what Democrats have an opportunity to do right now, and every way imaginable. It's what I want to talk about in this video, because the latest cancellation is one of the most humiliating yet for Donald Trump and Republicans, and their retreat is why I want to talk about Democrats going on offense on the culture, Democrats going on offense on the policy, Democrats going on offense on every thing. And not just Democrats, but the progressive media ecosystem, the progressive culture, all of it. I want all of it. It's time to get greedy and start taking and start winning and start taking power and using power, wielding power, for more power. I'm talking about removing people from the Supreme Court. I'm talking about removing Republicans from Congress. I'm talking about removing all sorts of justices from the bench. That's what we need to do right now, because these guys are unpopular. Now before we get to this article about this big cancellation, I just have to note that in 24, back in 24, right after Donald Trump won the 24 election, everyone was saying Republicans have won the culture. They're cool. They're back. Young people are conservative. Old people are conservative. Everyone's going to be conservative. America is a conservative country. Donald Trump has won the culture. He is cool. A lot of us did not buy that. It was kind of take casting, people saying a thing that would upset everyone, because they thought it made them look smart. There was a path back. People weren't just going to be perpetually Donald Trump fans. He was always going to screw it up. It was our lack of memory that got us there. It was people's stupidity that got us there, but you know what? That is changed. Donald Trump isn't the culture. The culture hates Trump. Donald Trump is unpopular in sports, in television, in music, in music, and that is where we see the cancellation of this event that has Donald Trump humiliated, and I want to talk about it in so many different ways, not just this one. Pro Trump Freedom Fest featuring Kid Rock canceled after poor VIP sales. Organizer Eric Dieter said he was continuing, I'm sorry, he was counting on rich associates to buy $1,000 passes to offset cost, only six VIP tickets were sold, he said. Freedom Fest, a pro-Trump event in Kentucky featuring Kid Rock that was scheduled to take place this weekend has been canceled after low VIP ticket sales according to its organizer, Eric Dieter's, a failed house candidate, and Trump supporter, and an out-deleted video to Facebook. Late on Monday, Dieter said he had to cancel the event, Patriot State Freedom Fest, which was free to the public but cost $1,000 for the VIP experience. Dieter said only six VIP passes had been purchased on Monday, which was not enough to offset the cost of the event for him Newsweek reported. When I put together Patriot State Freedom Fest, I put it together with the game plan and the idea that I could pay for it, with VIP sales of $1,000 from these hundred people that I interact with on a regular basis that have money, Dieter said in a video, and of all these people that have money that I interact with who I do favors for all day long. They asked me for something I never say no, I never said no to these people Dieters went on railing against his acquaintances for the lack of support. I am never, ever, ever, ever doing this event again, I agree you shouldn't. You should never be involved in megapolitics, poor little idiots. Now what this tells me is a couple of things. First of all, this guy's a goober and magas full of idiots, so let's stop being sort of these people and call them what they are. Magas full of stupid people, right? And this guy got conned. I also have to point out that this speaks to the broader problem that Donald Trump is going to be facing. Not only is the base abandoning him, the big money is two. They are looking elsewhere. They are looking elsewhere to buy influence because they think Trump is dead. When the movie, when the money has moved on from Donald Trump, that is bad for Donald Trump because it means they don't think he's going to have the power to do corrupt shit anymore. Now, Donald Trump, we know we'll never stop trying to do corrupt shit, but with Democrats and the Senate, Democrats in the House, if they're both in control, control of both chambers, oh lord, there is going to be some sand in those gears. It is going to be subpoena, fest, it's going to be prosecution, fest. And so what you're seeing right now is Donald Trump and all the people around him going off. I think time is right now. I think the music's done. I think it's a wrap. I think it's over. The money's dried up. There's no more fun. They're not thinking high. Oh, we're riding high. We're on top. No, no, no more. No more is that the case. Republicans understand that they are unpopular. They know that Donald Trump is unpopular and they're having to face the music. They're having to deal with that reality. There's why I tell Democrats go on the offensive right now. You have seen through so many election cycles, people say to Democrats and swinging states or tough districts got to moderate, got to appeal to Republicans, got to appeal to Republicans. But with what? Maga policies, maga, late policies. You saw Maria Salazar and a Trump plus 15 district. This is a Republican Congresswoman in Florida. Say that Donald Trump's immigration policy, it was a failure in Florida. Trump plus 15 district, one by 15 points, saying it was a failure. So if you're a Democrat running in that district, do you want to say I'm like Republicans on immigration? No. Because Republicans are unpopular on immigration. If you're a Democrat running in Michigan, if you're Abdul Al Sayed, do you want to say, well, I'm like Republicans on the economy, I'm going to be conservative. No. Because they're unpopular on the economy. They screwed it up. It's time to plant the, wow, if I could only speak, it's only my job. It's time to plant the flag that says Democrats are better on the economy. And not the economy in terms of like, you know, some arbitrary GDP number. Oh, okay, it's gone up 5% and real wages have gone up. What? Negative 2%. Because that doesn't help working people. The stock market went up. So a bunch of billionaires are making money. How many Americans vested in the stock market? But why do I care that open AI is going to IPO at a $1.5 trillion valuation? It doesn't help me. In fact, I'll be held, I'll be, they're holding the bag when the AI bubble pops. I don't want to talk about the economy and big numbers that don't help regular people. I want to talk about how was, how was real wage growth going up? Or have we seen that? Are we seeing a greed flation ended? That's the type of economy that I want, an economy for working people. But no, we're better on immigration. We're better on the economy. We're better on healthcare. We're better on foreign policy. Here are our plans. They're better. You know why? Because the last guy's fucked it up. You really trust them? No. We're not just fixing shit anymore. We got to stop being the party that just fixes shit. Joe Biden came in here to fix a bunch of shit. How about we do stuff that's new, that's big, that's bold, that gives people the opportunity to trust us? That gives people the opportunity to trust us. And that has a presidency so great, so fantastic that people say, I'm an AOC Democrat for the next 30 years. They just vote Democrat because they're like, that AOC, big fan. I'm a mom, Donnie Democrat. I love that mom, Donnie guy. He's the Democratic party. Sign me up. That's the type of big win that I want. That's the type of big win that we need. It's the type of big win that we need. And we're going to get it because Donald Trump's approval is in the toilet. Look at this right here. New CNN poll shows the president with his lowest approval on foreign affairs ever in a CNN poll. In either of his two terms with us now, CNN chief data analyst, Harry and pretty low. But is this just for him? No, this is the whole thing. This is what we keep seeing in poll after poll after poll. Donald Trump is not just breaking records in the wrong way for himself. He is breaking records in the wrong way compared to other presidents as well. You can see it right here. OK, Trump not approval for foreign affairs. He is 42 points underwater. My goodness gracious. That is the lowest that president Trump has ever had. It is the lowest that any president has ever had on foreign affairs that I could possibly find. We're talking about Reagan. We're talking about Clinton. We're talking about Bush. We're talking about Obama. What we're talking about Biden, Donald Trump takes the cake, record low, not just for himself, but for any president on record. So minus 42, you brought up George W. Bush because I think there's this idea that he was incredibly low, particularly among maybe swing voters after the war with Iraq. Yeah, OK. So you see this minus 42 points here. Why is President Trump? hitting these record low numbers. It is because the center of the electorate, your win elections by winning independence. And when it comes to foreign affairs and independence at this point in term to, look at what Donald Trump is. He's 57 points on the water, he's 57 points on the water. You take us approval minus this approval, minus 57 points. George W. Bush, and remember this was a disaster going into the 2006 midterm elections. But look at this, I'm foreign affairs, he was just 34 points on the water. 34, 57, that means that Donald Trump is 23 points lower than George W. Bush was. And of course Johnny B, who had a job back then, I think I was just in high school. But back into 2006 elections, remember Republicans didn't just lose the House of Representatives. They lost the United States Senate as well. And that was with a minus 34 points. Imagine what might happen with a minus 57 points. It is not good news for the president of the United States. And it can't be seen as good news if you're a Republican running for reelection. Either for the House or Senate, because these are the types of numbers that democratic majorities in both parties are made of. This was a terrible year, terrible, terrible Republicans in the President there. They lost so many seats in President Trump doing so much worse now. Tell me more about this comparison between Bush and Trump, because again, Bush on Iraq was so wildly unpopular at this point. How does Trump compare? Yeah, Trump makes George W. Bush look popular by comparison, I mean, just look here. That approval rating at this point in turn to Bush on Iraq, he was 34 points on the water. But look at Donald Trump. He's 47 points on the water. He's 13 points less popular overall when it comes to his Iran versus Bush's Iran. And part of the reason for that is just 60% of Republicans are approving of the job that President Donald J. Trump is doing on Iran. Again, these are just atrocious numbers, atrocious, atrocious, atrocious Republicans should be running for the hills, given these numbers. Historically unpopular, historically unpopular. So start swinging for the fences, Democrats, please, it is our opportunity, it is our time, it is oh so easy to do it. Please, I'm begging at this point, it's what we need and it's what I'm seeing from the Democrats who are stepping up. The doctor Abdul Al Sayed, the Peggy Flan again's running in Senate races that are going to deliver us the U.S. Senate. The populist message from James Talleriko, James Talleriko is a little less progressive than I am, right? He's a little less lefty. James Talleriko is using populist messages that break through to people, taking on the billionaires. That's what I love to see. James Talleriko, you're going to win that race, baby. And we're going to deliver a populist agenda that will win people over for generations. That's what I'm looking for, that's what I'm excited about. And I love these mega people just getting fucked. It's so funny to watch. And we're going to keep on enjoying it on this show. If you want to support that as always, you can hit that subscribe button, leave a like on this video. If you stuck around to the end drop a blue heart in the comments. Keep on fighting y'all. Don't let them silence you. Until next time, I'll see you soon.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Donald Trump is at his lowest approval levels ever, especially on foreign affairs, with a record -42 point rating, outperforming even George W. Bush during Iraq's war.
  2. The cancellation of the Pro-Trump Freedom Fest due to poor VIP sales signals declining support from both the base and wealthy backers.
  3. Republicans are retreating politically, distancing themselves from Trump, while Democrats have a rare opportunity to take offensive ground.
  4. Democrats must adopt bold, populist policies focused on real wages, immigration, healthcare, and economic fairness—rejecting MAGA-era policies that failed.
  5. Progressive messaging, like James Talleriko’s anti-billionaire stance, is resonating and helping Democrats connect with voters.
  6. The Democratic Party should shift from just “fixing” problems to offering transformative, trust-building policies that inspire long-term loyalty.
  7. With Trump’s unpopularity and Republican disarray, Democrats can seize control of culture, policy, and political power.
  8. The media and progressive ecosystem should aggressively defend and expand democratic values, countering Republican retreat with bold action.

Summary:

Donald Trump is facing unprecedented political decline, with record-low approval ratings—especially on foreign affairs—making him the least popular president in history. The cancellation of a pro-Trump event due to poor ticket sales reflects broader shifts: both the base and wealthy supporters are abandoning him. Republicans are now retreating, distancing themselves from Trump and his policies, signaling a crisis of credibility.

In contrast, Democrats have a historic opportunity to launch a bold, aggressive campaign focused on real economic and social issues like wages, immigration, and healthcare. This moment demands more than moderation—Democrats must offer transformative, trust-building policies that resonate with working people and progressive values. Figures like James Talleriko and Abdul Al Sayed are demonstrating the power of populist, anti-elitist messaging.

With Trump’s approval in freefall and Republican disunity, Democrats must move from mere defense to active offense, claiming cultural and political ground, redefining their identity as the party of progress, and securing long-term voter loyalty. This is not just a moment of reaction—it is a chance to rebuild the party’s strength, legitimacy, and future.

FAQs

The event was canceled due to extremely low VIP ticket sales—only six out of the planned hundreds purchased $1,000 passes, which wasn't enough to cover costs.

It signals that key supporters, including wealthy backers, no longer see Trump as a viable or popular figure, showing a decline in both grassroots and financial support.

Republicans are distancing themselves from Trump because he is increasingly unpopular across multiple areas, including foreign policy, immigration, and public opinion.

Trump has the lowest approval rating on foreign affairs in U.S. history, dropping 42 points below the average of past presidents, including George W. Bush.

Democrats should go on offense by aggressively promoting their policies, especially on immigration, the economy, and healthcare, to gain public trust and win political ground.

Democrats emphasize real wage growth and working-class concerns over stock market gains, positioning themselves as advocates for ordinary people, not just economic statistics.

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