MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow said Thursday that Donald Trump’s historically poor approval ratings for a newly inaugurated president are “sinking like a cinderblock in the ocean” due to the unpopularity of many of his policies.

As President Donald Trump’s largest donor, Elon Musk, continues his tear through the federal government, firing employees in what seems like a random fashion, out MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and out former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called Musk out for a particularly inexplicable episode concerning nuclear safety workers.

Rachel Maddow reports breaking news that the Supreme Court has stepped in to allow Donald Trump one more chance to explain why he thinks he is legally allowed to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid funds that a lower court judge had ordered him to distribute as that money was originally designated.

Rachel Maddow notes that while Donald Trump golfs and performs stunts for TV cameras, Elon Musk is hard at work on the project of dismantling the U.S. government. And even though Musk's behavior is so poorly received it is hurting business for his car company,

Rachel Maddow emphasizes the importance of resistance by Republican legislators to Donald Trump's agenda, and points out that the unpopularity of Trump's actions may help that resistance politically,

Rachel Maddow follows the reporting on Donald Trump's reckless firing of federal employees who work in the nuclear industry, cleaning up nuclear waste, managing a nuclear power plant, and ensuring the safety of the U.

Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump's dismissal of senior military leaders, and former Fox News personality, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, removing the U.

Rachel Maddow explains the connection between eating a type of rodent called a marmot and contracting the plague, literally. This fact does not appear to have discouraged Donald Trump Jr. from eating marmot anyway.

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow tossed to several clips of voters ripping GOP lawmakers for their support of cost-cutting efforts under President Donald Trump.

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow tossed to several clips of voters ripping GOP lawmakers for their support of cost-cutting efforts under President Donald Trump.

Rachel Maddow checks in on new polling data about how Americans are feeling about the first few weeks of the second Donald Trump administration and the numbers are not good for Trump.