Does The GOP Have A Plan For Trump’s Unpopularity!? w/ Mike Madrid

Mike Madrid joins host Molly Jong-Fast to assess a rapidly deteriorating political landscape for Donald Trump and the Republican Party, arguing that soaring fuel costs—especially diesel—are becoming the public’s most visceral driver of backlash and could intensify as global conflict disrupts supply. Madrid says Republicans were caught off guard by how far Trump has fallen across major issues, attributing it to an insular party culture built on loyalty rather than reality-testing, and he points to the Epstein-files controversy as a catalyst that fractured trust within MAGA and opened the door for right-wing influencers to turn predatory once Trump appeared weakened. He also explains how Latino voters—less racially polarized, more independent, and increasingly detached from both parties—are accelerating an anti-incumbent dynamic that punishes whoever holds power, worsening Trump’s problems with independents and “leaners.” The conversation traces how Trump’s self-inflicted policy choices, from tariffs and immigration crackdowns to foreign adventurism, have compounded economic pain at home, and Madrid predicts a new phase in Republican politics where candidates begin openly distancing themselves from Trump as he becomes more liability than asset.

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