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    Trump's base: Collapsing, holding fast or somewhere in between?

    President Trump's approval ratings are falling fast, and he's accused of equating violent white nationalists with protesters against them.  What's the impact on his public support and the Republican Party?

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    By Warren Olney • Aug 21, 2017 • 51m Listen

    Photo: President Donald Trump departs from the White House to travel to New York, in Washington, August 14, 2017. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

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    3 stories
    1. 1:22

      US sailors missing after naval warship collision

      The USS John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker this morning near Singapore, just over two months since another destroyer, the USS Fitzgerald, was struck by a container ship off the coast of Japan. All this as naval exercises are under way in waters off Korea.

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      7 min
    2. 7:57

      Trump's base: Why isn’t it crumbling?

      Donald Trump was an unlikely presidential candidate, whose confidence was unbounded. He once boasted, " I could stand in the middle of Fifth Ave and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters."

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      32 min
    3. 40:19

      Why the eclipse could 'make America great again'

      A total solar eclipse is seen on Monday, August 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon.

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      11 min
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Luke Vander Ploeg

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Devan Schwartz

      Producer

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

      NewsNationalPolitics

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 1:227 min

      US sailors missing after naval warship collision

    2. 7:5732 min

      Trump's base: Why isn’t it crumbling?

    3. 40:1911 min

      Why the eclipse could 'make America great again'

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