Young men are turning on Trump. Here’s why. | America, Actually

There's simply no way around the numbers. Donald Trump's approval rating in his second term has completely collapsed. >> New polling shows President Trump's approval rating has taken a hit.

>> This new polling shows that President Trump's disapproval rating has hit a record high with his approval rating now sinking to a new low. >> But some groups matter more than others. And one group matters a whole lot.

That's young men. Take a look at this stat. In 2024, men under 30 preferred Donald Trump to Kla Harris by about 1 percentage point. But in recent polling this year, men under 30 have

widely disapproved of Donald Trump. And his approval rating is underwater by 55 points. A stunning decline. Now, I wanted to dig in further with these numbers at an event that was specifically geared to target this

group. So, I went to Washington DC for Donald Trump's UFC event to talk to young men about the president. Do we think he's still cool? Have young men really turned on Donald Trump?

Let's dig in. >> Why did y'all decide to come out today? >> Uh, proud to be American. We got free tickets. It's just going to be a great time.

That's about it. >> One question we have is, would you say you're here for Trump or UFC? >> UFC. UFC all the way.

UFC. >> UFC has a lot of culture, a lot of different people from a lot of different places. And that's what America is to me. >> You definitely see diversity.

You definitely see a lot of different types of people. You see a different type of vibe. But one of the things that is really clear is like, you know, Trump used UFC to kind of pitch himself to young men on in the campaign trail and

things like that. And there seems to be that like younger men really liked him in 2024ish. Do y'all think that's true? And then like is that still true?

>> I feel like he just knows how to advertise himself to the younger crowd. >> Why do we think Trump and men seem to have a connection? >> I mean I guess his views.

>> What do you mean? >> Um that's a good question. I'm like why do we think this is true? Right. >> Yeah.

just the way he views everything I guess is say it's like similar with how younger people >> it aligns with masculinity I feel like to a certain extent >> like is it how he talks is it the policy like what would we say specifically >> well at first it was what

he was promising to to America but >> what do you mean >> he was promising lower prices on everything we didn't know wars were going to start with other countries like the younger generation they see this stuff they see everything online and it's like >> he was promising change >> yeah promising

big change exactly >> the question I have is has he lived up to that No, >> no, I wouldn't say so. I would say so. I'm disappointed. We're disappointed.

>> I I guess what I was going to ask about you mentioned no new wars. You mentioned kind of I mean Gaspart, whatever. Whatever you want to make. I'm like, what do you think has been the disconnect