President Donald Trump entered office for his second term appearing more powerful than ever, and his opponents demoralized. He was freed up to force various non-governmental institutions like law firms and universities into extortion deals, and the GOP pushed his demands in key legislation. But flash forward to December, his approval ratings on the economy have crashed to 36 percent, and many of his longtime allies are breaking from him as he melts down over the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
As it turns out, a key event that demonstrated the exact moment Trump's power began to fall apart, BBC News correspondent Katty Kay told MS NOW's Melissa Murray on Monday night's edition of "The Beat."
"Let's get right into it," said Murray. "How would you describe this year, 2025, for Donald Trump and the Republicans?"
"Exhausting," said Kay. "I mean, maybe that should be applied to the rest of the country and the rest of the world as well, I think."
"Look, I think there was a — if you could separate out the first 10 months of the year when the Republicans felt they were on a roll, they were moving so fast a lot was getting done or seemed to be getting done, and they took confidence from that," Kay continued. "And then there was a real pivot point that we all saw in those November ... elections in Virginia and New Jersey that showed that, actually, all of the polls that we had been reading, but people hadn't really had a chance to act upon, those polls were accurate. People were getting dissatisfied. They didn't like the state of the economy. They didn't like some of the overreach from the president."
"And I think you've seen a real sea change in the last two months of the year, with Republicans starting to realize that those midterm elections are coming and the country isn't feeling like they want to carry on with the policies as they've been under the Trump administration so far," she added.
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