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On August 19, 2026, Ali Velshi filled in for Chris Hayes on All In with Chris Hayes on MS NOW and opened the show by trashing President Donald Trump.
Velshi said “everywhere you turn on all fronts, Donald Trump is flailing both domestically and internationally,” called his agenda “an unmitigated disaster,” and declared:
“And the end result is that Donald Trump has become in just 18 months one of the most deeply unpopular presidents in American history. Now you clearly don’t need me to tell you that….”
The entire opening was an effort to convince viewers Trump is failing and his support is at rock bottom. This is not news. It is the daily script.
MS NOW and the legacy media are obsessed with Trump. Night after night they try to persuade Americans he is a disaster. But as Velshi himself said, “You clearly don’t need me to tell you that….”
Then why are you, Ali?
MS NOW defines fake news.
They don’t focus on illegal alien crime, Americans protected by Trump and ICE deportations, or the fact that under President Trump, the U.S. recorded the largest annual drop in violent crime since the FBI began tracking national estimates in 1936.
The man they call one of the most deeply unpopular presidents in American history is presiding over that historic decline. His policies made it possible. That means fewer Americans becoming victims of murder, rape, robbery, assault, and other violent crimes. You would think historically low crime would get constant coverage and that a president might get at least a little credit. But the media won’t talk about that.
Velshi also said: “Trump ran on solving the cost of living crisis on bringing prices down on day one.”
I hear MS NOW hosts repeat this constantly — as if Trump promised every price would magically be lower the moment he took office.
Trump said:
“Starting on Day 1, we will drive down prices and make America affordable again.”
And:
“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day 1.”
Trump did start working on it on Day One. His energy policy aims to increase American production, reduce dependence on foreign oil, and make the country less vulnerable to overseas disruptions. He has pushed for more drilling, more oil and gas leasing, fewer restrictions, and more American production — the “drill, baby, drill” agenda.
More American oil adds supply and can put downward pressure on gasoline prices, but new wells must be permitted, drilled, and brought online. That does not happen overnight.
At the same time, the conflict with Iran has exposed a major vulnerability: too much of the world’s oil depends on the Strait of Hormuz. Since the conflict began in 2026, countries in the region have accelerated efforts to expand permanent alternatives. Saudi Arabia is expanding its East-West pipeline toward the Red Sea. The UAE is expanding export capacity outside the Strait through Fujairah. Iraq is pursuing pipeline routes westward toward the Mediterranean.
As these alternatives expand, more oil can bypass Hormuz, reducing Iran’s ability to threaten global supply and drive up prices.
Two things are happening at once: Trump is pushing for greater American energy production while other countries expand routes that reduce dependence on Hormuz. Together, that can make global energy supplies more secure and harder for a hostile regime to hold hostage.
That is what MS NOW leaves out when it acts as though Trump promised to wave a magic wand on January 20. He is addressing the underlying problem so lower energy prices can be lasting instead of temporary.
Lower gas prices reduce transportation costs for food, clothes, and virtually everything else. They lower costs for farmers, factories, and businesses. When producing and moving goods costs less, that can put downward pressure on prices throughout the economy.
Democrats promise to lower prices, but their policies — more regulations, restrictions on drilling, and hostility toward American energy production — raise prices. All they do is take oil out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to temporarily lower prices at the pump, usually right before an election. That is the kind of temporary Band-Aid Trump is trying to end.
Trump’s approach is to produce more energy here, expand supply, reduce dependence on hostile regimes, and make sure one narrow waterway cannot dictate what Americans pay at the pump.
Oil companies are still pocketing enormous profits while Americans pay high prices, and Trump has publicly pressured them to bring prices down.
The larger point is what he is building for the future: more American oil, more energy independence, more routes around the Strait of Hormuz, and less power for hostile regimes to manipulate the world’s energy supply.
A permanent solution does not happen in one day.
It starts on Day One.
But for people to understand the difference, they need to be informed — and we are never going to get that from the fake news.
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