Young men are turning on Trump. Here’s why. | America, Actually
Young men are no longer happy with Donald Trump. His net approval rating among the group that famously helped propel him to the White House in 2024 has dropped by 56 points.
But is this shift real, or just noise? Vox’s Astead Herndon recently went to an event billed as an opportunity for the administration to reconnect with young men to find out: the UFC Freedom 250 event in Washington DC.
00:00 – Is Trump losing young men?
00:58 – Inside the White House’s UFC event
01:25 – Gas prices and the Iran war
03:15 – Epstein files and a crisis of elite transparency
09:01 – Where masculinity and politics overlap
12:43 – Jack Posobiec on how Trump reached young men in 2024
16:58 – Defending the Trump administration’s foreign policy
17:49 – The Epstein dilemma
23:07 – Can JD Vance woo young men?
24:01 – The Blue Dog strategy
26:40 – What Astead took away from his trip to Washington DC
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@jewelthompson4210
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Toxic masculinity and racism got him elected. Ppl appeal to what they want in a leader…and that was it, smh
@StayDelusionalstaydeterminedwa
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Trans men are more man then these men ever will be,
Found it fitting to plop this here, it’s fitting isn’t it?
@HamsterAlbanna
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
That's literally textbook Bread and circus. The US is literally a joke – not a 'global superpower'
@gabrielRenéBélanger
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Your view of masculinity is false a man is a protector of any person getting abused a man is honest and always tells the truth a man never steals what did you expect from a pathological liar? The man bankrupted a casino what do you think is next? Hint USA
@far-flung-one
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
It's not partisan anymore. It's about do you A) have empathy or B) not have empathy? They've made so many of us cut throat but that makes you isolated and rarely successful.
@MandoCarlrisian
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Yeah right😂😂 yall lulling yaselves into false sense of security until the next wlection where racist white bois vote for reps again😂😂
@AJX-2
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Drumpf is finished for sure this time!
@TurdFergusen
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
this channel brought to you by all the worst billionaores
@sartaber
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
19:31 This is something you'll heard from a lot of dissatisfied Trump voters. "It's like Trump is the husband, and I'm the wife. And that's why we're unhappy but we're staying together." They'll just volunteer that that's how they view marriage, and that's how they view themselves: as an upset wife.
Nothing to unpack there!
@DanielWilliams-u5e
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Will somebody please define "masculinity" which they say DJT represents? Going to a UFC event should not count.
@justjayig
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
No Child Left Behind sure paid off didn’t it?
@Nowhere0000-c1e
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
CAP😂👍🏿
@alanhartstein2489
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Imagine living inside the tiny little brains of these cretins.
@Dunno-h8r
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Both sides are extreme, those guys were smart
@StephanieLewis-bz8xf
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Thank God I don't date anymore.
@sophiagallant3574
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Whoever the interview is, he's sooo great.
@sophiagallant3574
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
The lack of care for people outside themselves is what I find the most disturbing.
@sophiagallant3574
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
They think gas prices are high now? Just wait till the winter, that's when the real severity will hit and the delays that have been happening will be apparent.
@CharlesDiep-t5h
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
There will come a day when a particular party comes into power and they will go over the voting records and there will be mass executions in the streets
@elizabethbennet4791
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
why are they so homophobic? why does it make them feel bad? insecurity? why
@elizabethbennet4791
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
“we like his views” Oh you mean when he bragged about grabbing them by the p@$*$y???
@elizabethbennet4791
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Masculinity is the core Evil in the world. IpIn its essence it’s everything wrong and immoral. Men are bad people
@MrTrigz
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
17:09 and iran is coming up! 😮 smh
@fdm2155
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
The word they are avoiding is misogyny
@VMonae
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
When he leaves office in 2028 there should be nothing unclear about it
@froggyluv
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Dems need to chill on the whole trans thing -they went mach 9 when that shouldnt even be in the top 500 of priorities. Like it or hate it -thats how it is
@JoeSmith-ub1ox
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Young men are usually fairly misogynist. Trump is a misogynist. They can relate to him.
@arose4u2
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
This reporter is so charismatic.
@sb-_-cointelpro4647
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
democrats and republicans are identical. human trafficking organizations for genocide and global white supremacy RACISM.
@videos4mydad
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
He can't run for prez again. Who cares what his polling is. He doesn't.
@Yellowjack17
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Now its time to a actually make America great again by kicking out Trump and the GOP.
@IAMShermanRivers
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Staged
@SaraK_69
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
YOU LIBS LIVE IN A FANTASY WORLD! EVERYONE LOVES TRUMP! HE IS A TRUE GOD!
@barcbyte
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
13:30 is the reason 😢
@chynz330
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
That dude is delusional
@OktoberSunset
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Trump has never beaten a man in an election.
@aprilknight9240
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Funny, it’s called WWE and has been for years, and both Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant haven’t wrestled in years. I think only ignorant D-bags think a UFC fight on the WH lawn is a good way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America.
@Ryan_M00dy_aka_May68
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Sure, I agree but the "left" (there isn't a real "left" in the u.s) has absolutely no hold on them either.
@victornavarro113
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
His calm natural way of talking to ppl is admirable.
@heello2u465
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
I am glad I have been far left since Junior High and that my Republican bullies are probably suffering at the moment. I joined the DSA recently and am 34
@pureheartvisuals
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
4:26 He Voted for Trump but he also said, “I don’t keep up with Politics”.
Fans vs Serious Concerned Voters.
@gregory7567
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
Young uneducated men*
I hate that my demographic is thrown in with these boys
@marksibert305
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
So what I'm hearing is a bunch of immature young men with limited knowledge of what is going on in politics. Understandable. I was like that then too, so I have no judgment.
@giofranco6887
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
They voted for the candidate who was supported by aipac by the tune of over $200 million dollars…….. “it’s way easier to scam a man then it is to inform them they have been scammed.”
@Mike-kc5ew
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 am
I've never voted for Trump because he's always impressed me as the most "politician like" politician, meaning he says whatever it takes to get elected, but then doesn't care about following through on doing what he said. He did that for the most part in his 1st term, and sure enough, the 2nd term is just the same. This said, I don't care much for the Democrats. I proudly consider myself a right leaning independent, and used to vote more Republican before Trump, however now I hardly vote for Republicans at all because of the absolute lack of accountability of anybody on the right to hold their party accountable. The sad thing is, the Democrats are behaving very similarly, as far as failing to take ownership of their own party.
I don't agree with a lot of things these ""bro's" say here, but I do agree if the Democrats keep fielding failures like Chuck Schumer, the vote is going to get split and we're going to keep getting highly polarized people like Trump in office.