Even Fox News—Trump’s favorite safe space—can’t spin this one.
A new Fox News poll shows the president deeply underwater on immigration, with large majorities of independents saying ICE is being too aggressive.
And here’s the kicker: even rural whites and non-college whites—Trump’s most loyal base voters—agree.
So how did Trump respond? With a rambling, delusional tirade, of course.
WHAT’S GOING ON: Trump went off on reporters about protests against his ICE raids, insisting the “silent majority” still supports what ICE is doing.
His evidence? Approval ratings among his own White House employees. That’s right—the guy surrounded himself with loyalists and is now citing their opinions as proof America loves him. In a separate rant, he lied about the protesters, made false claims about crime in Minneapolis, and generally did what he does best: deny reality.
Trump on Minneapolis: "I'll say it very plainly — elections have consequences. The people want law and order. And we have a silent majority. They like what we're doing." pic.twitter.com/cdE2BLESGs
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 30, 2026
THE DETAILS: The Fox News poll is brutal reading for Trump. It finds him starting 2026 with a 44 percent approval rating—and that’s from the network that usually functions as his personal propaganda arm. Large majorities of independents say ICE enforcement has gone too far. The surprise? Even the demographics Trump counts on most—rural whites and working-class whites without college degrees—think ICE is being too aggressive.
This isn’t a blip. The protests erupting across the country against ICE raids appear to be shifting public opinion in ways that have Trump and Republicans panicking.
BUT BUT BUT: Trump wants you to believe he’s winning. He’s not. When your own base starts questioning your signature policy, you’re in trouble. When Fox News’s own polling shows you’re losing, you’re really in trouble. And when your best defense is “my employees like me”—well, that’s not a defense at all.
WHY IT MATTERS: Pro-immigrant organizer Lia Parada, who represents groups losing lawful status under Trump, told The Daily Blast that this moment feels different. She’s seeing surprising new signs of opposition to ICE in communities that weren’t speaking out before. The question now is whether Democrats can seize this opening to create lasting change in how Americans think about immigration—or whether they’ll fumble it like they usually do.
Trump built his political brand on immigration cruelty. If that brand is finally collapsing, it’s not because of anything Democrats did. It’s because Americans are watching ICE tear apart communities, separate families, and terrorize people with lawful status—and they don’t like what they see.
The “silent majority” Trump keeps invoking? Turns out they’re not so silent anymore. And they’re not on his side.