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

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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 10:56 - Jack Posobiec on how Trump reached young men in 2024 15:08 - Defending the Trump administration’s foreign policy 15:58 - The Epstein dilemma 21:12 - Can JD Vance woo young men? 23:04 - The Blue Dog strategy 25:24 - What Astead took away from his trip to Washington DC America, Actually publishes video episodes every Saturday tackling key issues in politics, culture, and the e

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