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The Rest Is Politics: US

128. Trump vs Congress: Who Really Won the Shutdown?

The Rest Is Politics: US

Goalhanger

News, Politics, Government

4.42.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Who are the biggest losers of the government shutdown? What will happen next if the shutdown ends this week? Why is a feud breaking out within MAGA? Join Katty Kay and Anthony  Scaramucci as they answer all these questions and more. Become a Founding Member: Go deeper into US politics every week with ad-free listening, members-only miniseries, early access to live show tickets and a bonus members-only Q&A podcast every week. Sign up at ⁠⁠⁠⁠therestispoliticsus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ To save your company time and money, open a Revolut Business account today via ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://get.revolut.com/z4lF/therestispoliticsus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and add money to your account by 31st of December 2025 to get a £200 welcome bonus or equivalent in your local currency. Feature availability varies by plan. This offer’s available for New Business customers in the UK, US, Australia and Ireland. Fees and Terms & Conditions apply. For US customers, Revolut is not a bank. Banking services and card issuance are provided by Lead Bank, Member FDIC. Visa® and Mastercard® cards issued under license. Funds are FDIC insured up to $250,000 through Lead Bank, in the event Lead Bank fails. Fees may apply. See full terms in description. For Irish customers, Revolut Bank UAB is authorised and regulated by the Bank of Lithuania in the Republic of Lithuania and by the European Central Bank and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland for conduct of business rules. For AU customers, consider PDS & TMD at revolut.com/en-AU. Revolut Payments Australia Pty Ltd (AFSL 517589) Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@RestPoliticsUS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@RestPoliticsUS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠therestispoliticsus@goalhanger.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Producer: Fiona Douglas, India Dunkley Video Editor: Kieron Leslie  Social Producer: Charlie Johnson  Senior Producer: Callum Hill Head of Content: Tom Whiter Head of Digital: Sam Oakley Exec Producers: Tony Pastor, Jack Davenport  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to the rest is Politics US with me, Katty Kay, in London, right next to Anthony Scaramucci. We're back in London at the Rosewood Chancery for another conference

1:40.0

Are you advertising the Rosewood Chancery now? They've got giving you a special upgrade or something.

1:44.1

I like them. They did a good job last week. They did a very good job. But you know who's not Are you advertising the Rosewood Chancery now? Are they giving you a special upgrade or something?

2:19.8

I like them. They did a good job last week. They did a very good job. But you know who's not doing a good job, Katty? Is the US Congress and the American president? The government is still closed, but we think it's going to open this week, right? So we are recording this on Tuesday in London. and all the signs are, Anthony, that if you are listening to this on Wednesday that is D-Day when the government gets reopened all of this still holds because we know the parameters we're going to talk about that and what the Democrats did or didn't do to get there why they made the decision that they did and then in the second of the show, we're going to talk about the fight within MAGA,

2:24.3

because this is kind of blowing up on the right of the MAGA movement. There is this big fight between Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson on one side and Benchpira on the other.

2:29.8

And I thought it was worth talking about because MAGA is always presented as this kind of monolith, but actually

2:35.1

there's a lot of, there's a bit of a schism going on and you have views on that. So we're going to

2:40.7

talk about that. But talking about the government shut, okay, this is when I realized that they were

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