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🗓️ 16 September 2017
⏱️ 31 minutes
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0:00.0 | I believe that he has not condemned the neo-Nazis and the self-proclaimed white supremacists. |
0:08.6 | Then his speech, which was a cry from the white nationalist god, |
0:14.0 | so I can't tell you what's in his heart, Judy. I don't know. |
0:17.2 | It could be total ranked cynical opportunism. |
0:24.8 | Hello and welcome to Trumpcast. |
0:26.8 | I'm Josh King, author of Offscript, hosting this weekend's show as I meditate on an image. |
0:33.8 | It's that now famous January 28th photograph of President Trump on the phone in the Oval Office, |
0:39.8 | shot through the closed door but still visible through the glass. |
0:43.8 | On the other end of the line, Russian President Vladimir Putin. |
0:47.8 | Surrounding him at the Resolute Desk, National Security Advisor Mike Flynn, Chief of Staff, Ryan's Pribus, |
0:54.8 | press secretary Sean Spicer, Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, and Vice President Mike Pence. |
1:01.8 | Today, Flynn gone, Pribus gone, Spicer gone, Bannon gone. |
1:08.8 | Where have all the flowers gone? |
1:10.8 | For sure the dramas dial down with their replacements, McMaster, Kelly, Sanders, and an empty seat in Bannon's office. |
1:19.8 | It's almost like if you can believe it, a normal White House. |
1:24.8 | So, where's this new strategy coming from? |
1:27.8 | Here we are in September, Trump's relationships with Republicans have become roadkill, |
1:31.8 | but his new besties are Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, a deal to extend the debt ceiling and provide hurricane relief last week. |
1:39.8 | And this week, if statements are to be taken at face value, a deal to codify DACA into law with a big package for border security, |
1:48.8 | while not included. |
1:50.8 | Lest you think Trump has completely shed his skin, a series of Thursday tweets aimed at crooked Hillary Clinton, |
1:58.8 | his hair up because the former Democratic nominee has come out with what happened, and is returning, perhaps briefly, to media ubiquity. |
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