Political expert Robert Reich believes the tide may finally be turning against Donald Trump.

“The slumbering giant of America is awakening,” wrote Reich – who served as President Bill Clinton’s secretary of labor and is now a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley – in a recent op-ed.

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He was referring to what he called an “extraordinary week” during which irate Americans “forced Disney to put Jimmy Kimmel back on the air” and during which Trump’s “dictatorial narcissism revealed itself nearly as dramatically in the criminal indictment of former FBI director James Comey.”

“Over 6 million people watched Kimmel’s Tuesday monologue assailing Trump’s attempt to censor him,” Reich said. “Another 26 million watched it on social media, including YouTube. (Kimmel’s usual television audience is about 1.42 million.)”

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In the same week, Reich pointed out that Trump directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to invade “war ravaged Portland” and “ICE facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists.”

“There was also his bonkers speech to the United Nations telling delegates that their nations are ‘going to hell,'” Reich continued. “His attribution of autism to Tylenol, even though doctors say it is safe for pregnant women in moderation. His unilateral imposition of tariffs as high as 100 percent on imports of pharmaceuticals and kitchen cabinets.”

All of this, Reich concluded, indicates that “his neofascism and his dementia are both in plain sight.”

Trump’s approval ratings are plummeting, Reich said. Voters are increasingly turning against him, as evidenced by the several recent Democratic wins in special elections.

Recently, CNN’s chief data analyst, Harry Enten, detailed the president’s plummeting approval ratings regarding his anti-immigration crusade and his deployment of the National Guard into U.S. cities. Enten said 42% of Americans support Trump’s deployment of the National Guard, while 58% oppose it. He added that 64% of independents also oppose the move, which indicates it is not a winning strategy.

He also showed how approval ratings on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) have nosedived in Trump’s second term, dropping from zero points in his first term to negative 14 points today.

“Bottom line is the president may think this is a politically winning issue for him, but the numbers tell a very different story,” Enten said. “It’s, in fact, a political loser.”

Reich also pointed out that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) “is struggling to hold House Republicans together, facing rebellion on issues” like the release of the Epstein files.

He also praised Democrats in Congress for resisting budget approval without Republican agreement to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies.

He said he doesn’t know exactly when the “tipping point” will take place or what it will be, but he also assured Americans that “we’re getting closer.”

“I’ve been in and around politics for 60 years and have developed a sixth sense about the slumbering giant of America,” he said. “That giant is now stirring. He about to stand. He’s angry. Soon he will roar.”

He told Americans to continue fighting, assuring them, “Your activism is working.”

Reich has long been outspoken against Donald Trump. In May, he called the GOP’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill the “ugliest thing ever seen” and wrote a short and to-the-point op-ed on how only a “tiny minority” of Americans actually understand the content of the bill due to right-wing efforts to confuse and overwhelm them.

He has also called Trump a “monster.”

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