147. Trump's Crash Out: Losing America's Workers?

The Rest Is Politics: US

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🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Is Trump still the champion of working Americans, or has he turned on the very base that made him? Is this chaos strategy, or the first real sign of political and personal collapse? Is this the end of Republicanism as we know it? Anthony Scaramucci is joined by veteran Republican strategist and former Romney campaign chief, Stuart Stevens. 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 each week. Sign up at therestispoliticsus.com Sign up to our free newsletter Instagram: @RestIsPoliticsUS Twitter: @RestIsPoliticsUS Email: therestispoliticsus@goalhanger.com Producer: Fiona Douglas, India Dunkley Video Editor: Kieron Leslie Social Producer: Harry Balden Assistant Producer: Daisy Alston-Horne Senior Producer: Callum Hill Head of Digital: Sam Oakley Exec Producer: Tom Whiter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:20.6	Welcome to the Restis Politics US.S. I'm Anthony Scaramucci. I am joined today by Stuart Stevens, a dear friend of mine, a veteran Republican strategist, and was the chief strategist on the Romney campaign in 2012, among so many other things that he's done.
1:45.8	He's also a best-selling author, and he's a co-founder of the Lincoln Project.
1:51.1	And so we made this Stuart Lincoln Project Week.
1:54.4	I had Rick Wilson on earlier.
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