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The Next Level

100 Days of Damage

The Next Level

The Bulwark

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.92.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

The gang bask in the utterly abysmal first quarter of President Trump’s second presidency. Plus, they react to Gretchen Whitmer and Hakeem Jefferies not understanding the authoritarian moment we’re in, and advise Democrats how they can capitalize on just how unpopular Trump will be come 2028.

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0:00.0

Hello, everyone. This is JVL here with my best friends, Sarah Longwell and Tim Miller of the

0:08.6

bulwark. And guys, we got a very special episode for you because last night, my best friend,

0:14.7

Sarah Longwell, got her very own John Fetterman. It was great.

0:21.8

I'm the only one out there without one so far.

0:23.5

You don't have one.

0:24.3

You don't have one.

0:27.0

Last night, Sarah's

0:29.8

John Fetterman, this is a deep, deep cut

0:34.0

for people who are new here.

0:36.4

Governor of Michigan, Big Gretchen Whitmer was at a base rededication with the president

0:46.4

of these United States, Donald J. Trump.

0:49.6

And they had a bunch of military people, National Guard airmen, and women situated in camo fatigues behind them as human props, because that's a totally cool thing to do.

1:02.3

And Big Gretch was there with her camo hat, like a supersized Christy gnome.

1:08.5

And Donald Trump called her up, and she walked up to the stage and shook his hand and thanked him and told him how how grateful she was.

1:18.9

And then hugged him.

1:21.1

Was there a real hug?

1:22.3

There was a hug.

1:23.4

No, there was a hug.

1:25.1

And we'll have to go to the tape on that.

1:26.7

We're not to have to go to the tape.

1:27.7

I was calling it more of a hand-shaken pat kind of thing.

1:32.4

A grip and grin.

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