got to hand it to frank luntz, he always has the most blunt, thoughtful analysis.ight add animals are great. not his hairpiece. i love trump greeting the tourists. when biden walked out during white house tours come always by accident and his robe was always open. this is pure trump. so much as flipped. and it's not left versus right. it's inside and outside. so for the longest time america has been on the outside of all politics. only a few precious elites were on the inside. they knew how things worked, they knew where the money went, they knew who got paid and who didn't, so you have this profound transparency where this guy is everywhere but also the spontaneity of it, right, it has completely turned the table, so what inside is outside and what outside is inside. isn't that great? the americans are on the inside. d.o.g.e. is leading the way with its kalon a scope, showing you everything, and as it is showing you everything, you have a constant director's commentary going on, telling you what is behind the scenes, did you see this, did you see that? everybody o

joining us now to discuss this and more, pollster and communications strategist frank luntz. frank, thanks so much for being here with us. we kind of just laid out a current state of play, as it were. what do you think of that? >> i'm glad to have this opportunity because both sides and they really are two sides to this have something to cheer about this evening. first, the level of support for donald trump has fallen. it is reasonably clear it's been a significant measurement, but the agreement with the general direction of what he's. trying to do is positive. so democrats can point to the fact that the numbers that he's dropped below 50% support, and that's significant. republicans can point to the fact that he's more popular now than he was at any time in his first term. democrats can say that the intensity. >> of. >> support behind trump's measures have dropped, but republicans can say that the support in general for cutting wasteful spending, for cutting the bureaucracy, for dealing with issues at the border is just as strong, if not stronger. so tonight, both sides can c

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political commentator, van jones, cnn senior political commentator scott jennings, and pollster frank luntz is here with me as well. um, i want to begin with you, frank, here. i'm going to favor you because you're sitting right next to me. and this what you teach at west point, how will the firing of general c.q. brown? how is it going to sit with cadets and other military leaders? >> so you know that because i teach at west point, there's no politics, there's no partisanship. i'm on cnn, so i want to answer your question directly, but i know what's appropriate and what isn't. and the great thing about west point, the cadets know what their job is. they knew they know how to focus on the skills that the military requires of them. they know how to keep the politics out and how to respect the constitution. so with all due respect, i'm going to duck it. but i will tell the american people who are watching that they can have full confidence in these young men and women to do the right thing at the right time for the right reasons. what they teach them do the hard right rather than the easy wron

listen to the anchor's reaction when frank luntz tells her that former hillary supporters like what trump is doing. >> you've been speaking. >> with a number of voters who were hillary clinton, 2016, joe biden 2020 and then went for trump in 2024. how are these folks seeing the early days of trump's second term? >> pretty well. >> really? >> and they're reacting to it because they love the pace of change. they were very fed up over the last four years. they wanted action. they wanted results. they looked at prices. they looked at affordability. they looked at immigration. and they didn't see anything happening. they still don't like what he says, but they like what he does. >> someone call animal control. get that thing on frank's head neutered. we can't let it reproduce. but you heard what frank said, right? quote. they don't like what he says, but they like what he does. let's cue the call back. trump's sound is blunt, raw to some scary. but his deeds are primarily in the service of the country. if you don't like his words, just follow his deeds. because those are music to my ears. so w

um, what's interesting is veteran pollster and communications strategist frank luntz also talked aboute of these cuts and the risk that the trump administration is facing from the public as some of these attacks on the federal workforce seem to mount daily. um, i want to play what he said and get your response to it. >> the overall objectives and the goals and the general policies behind what's been happening is approved of the way it's being communicated to the american people. no, they don't want to chainsaw drop brought to the government. they don't want this this seeming meanness as part of public policy. they do want the objectives. they do want less waste, less fraud, and most importantly, less corruption. and so they back the president and his administration generically on what he's trying to do. but the language and the communication, the messaging is over the top. >> is over the top. i mean, what what essentially do you think is the mandate from the american people based on your reporting? and how does that potentially jive with the way that musk is going about this? >> i mean