U.S. President Donald Trump addresses House Republicans at their annual issues conference retreat, at the Kennedy Center, renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center by the Trump-appointed board of directors, in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 6, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Eleven and one-half months into his second presidency, Donald Trump is showing weak approval ratings in countless polls. Trump, in December, attacked the polls as "fake news" and questioned pollsters' findings. But now, he is expressing his frustration in a different way.
Speaking on Tuesday, January 6, Trump turned his attention to the U.S. House of Representatives' GOP majority and acknowledged voters' frustration.
In a quote highlighted by Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman on X, Trump complained to GOP lawmakers, "I wish you could explain to me what the hell's going on with the mind of the public. Because we have the right policy."
Trump, attacking Democrats, continued, "They (Democrats) don't. They have a horrible policy. They do stick together. They're violent. They're vicious people. And they stick together — like glue."
Blogger J.M. Hamilton, in response to Sherman's post, tweeted, "The American public doesn't want an empire, doesn't want Israel first... wants nation building at home, money spent on Americans... Americans don't buy the neoliberal lie, trickle-down fraud, supply-side corporate welfare. Americans want a normal life, the American dream, and they don't want to be chained to their lousy jobs for substandard, garbage, corporate healthcare. It's really simple. We want corporations, billionaires, and Wall St on a tight leash, and not dominating congress. Monopolies smashed to pieces."