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Conservative Rasmussen head pollster Mark Mitchell admitted that President Donald Trump has experienced a "significant" drop in approval after the stock market fell dramatically because of his tariff policies.

During a Wednesday interview on Real America's Voice, Mitchell reflected on his organization's latest polling on the president.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt sought to downplay "public sparring" between DOGE administrator Elon Musk and trade adviser Peter Navarro.

During Tuesday's White House briefing, Leavitt was asked about the spat after Musk referred to Navarro as a "moron" and other slurs on his X social media platform.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) mocked the way President Donald Trump calculated his so-called reciprocal tariffs by noting that trade deficits were not necessarily evidence of one side losing.

During a Tuesday interview on CNBC, Paul told conservative host Joe Kernen that Trump's tariff policy was "backwards and upside down."

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) suggested that billionaire DOGE administrator Elon Musk could be trusted with Americans' data because "he's the richest man in the world."

During an interview on Real America's Voice this week, host John Solomon asked Greene to react to a recent appellate court ruling that gave Musk access to sensitive private data from the Treasury and Education departments and the Office of Personnel Management.

Stock market investments took a wild swing as the White House disavowed rumors that President Donald Trump was considering a 90-day pause on his trade war.

The Dow fell over 1,000 points just minutes after Monday's opening but swung into positive territory for a few seconds when some outlets reported rumors that White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said Trump was considering a tariff pause.

Newsmax host Jon Glasgow said he was shocked after the stock market's reaction to President Donald Trump's tariffs took a toll on his personal wealth.

"I looked at my 401k and gasped," Glasgow told former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) on Sunday. "I mean, do you think that a lot of Americans are gonna give the Trump administration this grace period here while they trust in his plan?"

Republican and Democratic pundits battled over Elon Musk's numbered days in the government during a profanity-laced panel on Fox News.

On the Sunday panel, Fox News host Mike Emanuel asked Jonathan Kott, a former adviser to one-time Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, if he would miss Musk after the billionaire DOGE administrator returns to the private sector.

Batya Ungar-Sargon, a journalist describing herself as a "MAGA lefty," told Fox News that President Donald Trump's tariffs would help bring manly jobs back to America's working class that is facing a "crisis in masculinity."

"It's not just the destruction of the economic vitality of the working class," she explained during a Sunday interview with host Rachel Campos-Duffy, "but there has been a spiritual decimation that has come along that, a crisis in masculinity because we shipped jobs that gave men who work with their hands for a living and rely on brawn and physicality off to other countries to build up their middle class."

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) warned that "entire men's teams across the country" were "turning trans" after Senate Democrats blocked a bill that would have banned transgender athletes in women's sports.

Tuberville reacted to his bill being shot down during a Sunday interview on Fox News.

CBS News host Margaret Brennan grilled Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about why President Donald Trump placed tariffs on islands inhabited by penguins.

Brennan highlighted Trump's policy while speaking with Lutnick on Face the Nation on Sunday.

Fox News host Alexis McAdams confronted White House trade adviser Peter Navarro over a possible "rift" with billionaire DOGE administrator Elon Musk.

During a Sunday interview, McAdams noted that Musk had attacked Navarro on his X social media platform over President Donald Trump's tariffs.

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett insisted that President Donald Trump did not intend to "tank" the stock market, even though his boss suggested otherwise on social media.

In a Sunday interview on ABC's This Week program, Hassett defended Trump's tariffs by pointing to the president's campaign.

Fox News host Dana Perino called out Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler after President Donald Trump's tariffs resulted in U.S. job losses and a stock market meltdown.

Perino told Loeffler that companies were planning layoffs as the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped over 1,500 points at Thursday morning's opening.