As historic protests are set to sweep the nation on Saturday, Oct. 18, Rachel Maddow discusses with Jen Psaki how these demonstrations show President Donald Trump that Americans don’t approve of what his administration is doing. | The Rachel Maddow Show

New Gallup polling shows that Donald Trump is deeply unpopular with the American people, both in general approval and on specific issues. | The Rachel Maddow Show

The American political system has somehow produced one major political party where nearly every single elected member has decided this is something that is just not happening or if it is, who cares? How we will explain that in the future will probably not fit on a commemorative plaque. Watch Rachel Maddow Show clips at MSNBC.com/Rachel | The Rachel Maddow Show

ICYMI: The Obama administration won its first fight with the Trump transition team. As Rachel Maddow describes below, the Trump transition has asked the Department of Energy for the names of employees who had worked on climate change action. The Department of Energy told them to go fly a kite. Their first fight! The conclusion is that the Trump team backed down and blamed a rogue staffer who had not been properly counseled on standard protocol. (http://huff.to/2gCcydb) Hmm, ok. Watch more Rachel