Axios: Trump’s Immigration Erosion Worries His Team

Trump’s making economic history… The wrong kind per voters.

He has a -19 pt economic net approval, the lowest on record 1 year into a 2nd term.

57% say Trump’s hurt the cost of living vs. 40% after term 1, more of a shift than Anakin Skywalker going over to the Dark Side. pic.twitter.com/aTdXC86gQ2

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) January 16, 2026

Trump’s approval rating is underwater like the New Jersey Jets.

He’s underwater in every poll with no change from last month, which shouldn’t be surprising because he’s been underwater for 310 days.

He’s polling well on no key issues currently. He’s underwater on all of them. pic.twitter.com/9CQSLcfNEK

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) January 15, 2026

Joe Rogan compares ICE to what Gestapo police did in Nazi Germany while on his podcast with Rand Paul. https://t.co/TVHqPKyZ6N pic.twitter.com/yXwYtmkxch

— TMZ (@TMZ) January 14, 2026

Let us count the ways the Trump administration is out over its skis:

• Ruling Congress with an iron fist in spite of having a razor thin majority in the House to the point of alienating and even purging longtime allies like Marjorie Taylor Greene
• Reducing Venezuela to an American colony to “take the oil” when the global price of oil is low and American oil majors have little interest in investing there
• Transforming Venezuela into a black box which could go sideways on the Trump administration in half a dozen ways to impress Venezuelans in heavily Republican Florida
• Gearing up for another major strike on Iran to topple the Iranian regime which has already proven to be extremely divisive, unpopular and which has little domestic upside
• Ignoring the cost of living and the economy which is what voters overwhelmingly want Trump and the GOP to focus on instead of stupid overseas adventures for donors
• Failing to end the war in Ukraine while starting two brand new Lindsey Graham adventures in Iran and Venezuela on top
• The pointless Greenland adventure knowing that Congress will never purchase Greenland for $700 billion dollars or authorize the use of force to attack the territory of a NATO ally
• Using the DOJ to go after the chairman of the Federal Reserve because the Trump administration is unhappy with interest rates
• Theatrical ICE raids in Deep Blue zip codes where caped White libtards like Renee Good want illegal aliens to stay instead of picking low hanging fruit and deporting millions of illegal aliens where it matters in Red States and Purple States without the negative publicity

The common denominator of MAGA’s “FAFO Doctrine” is being drunk on power, addicted to grandstanding and not caring about how any of these moves play or their political consequences.

Axios:

“President Trump’s team recently reviewed private GOP polling that showed support for his immigration policies falling. The results, reflected in public surveys, bolstered internal concern about the administration’s confrontational enforcement tactics.

Now, as the chaotic scenes from Minnesota play out around the clock on TV and social media, Axios has learned that some Trump advisers quietly are talking about “recalibrating” the White House’s approach — though it’s unclear what changes Trump would embrace, if any. …”

ICE could be sent anywhere in America.

What sense does it make to focus on Will Stancil’s zip code in Minneapolis?

Axios:

“More than a week of continuous protests in Minnesota provoked the ire of President Trump, but they don’t show signs of winding down. …”

CNN:

“Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with a majority of Americans saying Trump is focused on the wrong priorities and doing too little to address cost of living.

A majority, 58%, calls the first year of Trump’s term a failure.

There’s hardly any good news in the poll for Trump or the Republican Party entering a critical midterm year, with the president’s handling of the economy looming as the defining issue in key House and Senate races. …”

At the end of the day, I get the sense that MAGA cares more about getting little dopamine hits from clips and reels of flexing on its various political enemies than accomplishing anything or building a coalition that can endure beyond the midterm elections. The Trump administration could spend the next three years emptying Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada, Arizona and Texas of illegal aliens without any of these theatrical Star Wars-like standoffs that are undermining its popular support. It isn’t really important to remove illegal aliens from Minneapolis, Portland, Los Angeles, Chicago or New York City. It won’t change the politics of those cities and states.