"Trump faces public opinion at Madison Square Garden"
6/10/202642 min
June 6, 2026 4pm; While Donald Trump appeared to expect that the kind of fawning he gets from his cabinet members would somehow extend to 20,000 New York Knicks fans, he was instead met with an onslaught of booing, a reflection of his approval ratings.
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Nicolle Wallace· Host0:28
[upbeat music] [upbeat music] Hi, everyone. It's 4:00 in New York. Donald Trump, you may have heard this already, waded into Madison Square Garden last night, and he did so amid plunging poll numbers, rising prices for just about everything, and an increasingly angry and agitated political coalition. Appearing to expect the kind of reception that he gets from his cabinet members who fawn all over him thinking that that would somehow extend to 20,000 New York Knicks fans, here's how that went down.
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[crowd cheering] And the bright stars, through the perilous fight.
Nicolle Wallace· Host1:18
[laughs] But it wasn't just that they were booing inside Madison Square Garden. Here's how the broader City of New York received Donald Trump.