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On Brand with Donny Deutsch

Brands of the Week: Knicks on Fire, Trump's T1 Phone Scandal, NJ Diners in Crisis & More

On Brand with Donny Deutsch

Donny Deutsch Podcast Admin

Entertainment News, News, Arts, News Commentary

4.6896 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Donny Deutsch breaks down the brands shaping the cultural conversation this week on On Brand with Donny Deutsch. In this fast-moving Brands of the Week episode, Donny unpacks what's hot, what's not, and what's flying under the radar. This week's brand winners & losers include: 🔺 New York Knicks – The Knicks are rolling into the Eastern Conference Finals and the Garden is electric. Donny and Lou break down what's driving the run. 🔻 Trump's T1 Phone – 600,000 people paid $100 deposits. No phone. No release date. And the "Made in America" promise quietly vanished. Is this the Trumps' next big scandal? 🔺 Small Business Boom – Small businesses created 95% of new jobs in Q1. Why aren't Republicans shouting this from the rooftops? 🔻 Delta Airlines – No snacks, no drinks on short flights. Is Delta's cost-cutting going too far? 🔺 Man Bands Are Back – Backstreet Boys. New Kids on the Block. $50 million at the Sphere in Vegas. The boy bands grew up and the fans followed. 🔻 New Jersey Diners – 100 diners closed in 10 years. Can the "Saving Our Diners Act" rescue a beloved American institution? 🔺 Seth Rogen's The Studio – The most award-winning freshman comedy in TV history. Emmy, Golden Globe, BAFTA — it has swept everything. 🔺 Beta Moms vs. Tiger Moms – The parenting pendulum is swinging. Why loosening up may be the key to raising resilient kids. Plus: the "Nacho Trade" on Wall Street, the freshman 15 explained by science, the priest & pastor shortage crisis, wine moms and the 2026 midterms, the Line IPO, summer driving dangers, older people's surprising relationship with regret, and the top 10 most beautiful college campuses in America. Subscribe, rate & review On Brand with Donny Deutsch on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday. #OnBrand #DonnyDeutsch #BrandsOfTheWeek #NewYorkKnicks #TrumpPhone #DeltaAirlines #SmallBusiness #TheStudio #SethRogen #NJDiners #Midterms2026 #Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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by state law welcome darn brand with donny doy george i'm donnie deutch and this is a podcast

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dedicated to a simple premise.

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We think is a brand. Every athlete, every celebrity, every entertainer. All brands. We do two things on the show. On Thursday, we drop our big interview. This week, it's with Pablo Tori from Pablo Tore Finds Out podcast. He's fantastic. We're going to talk all things sports. We don't do a lot of sports on the show. We'll talk some politics also, but probably those are great guests.

1:30.5

And today we do our brands in the week.

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These are brands that shaping the zeit guys. Who's up? Who's down? Let's get right into it. Brand down for a taco Trump that's now nacho Trump. You know Taco is always Trump always chickens out. where traders are now embracing the nacho trade, according to CNBC, that shorthand for not a chance to Hormuz opens.

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It captures the growing. out. Well, traders are now embracing the nacho trade, according to CNBC, that shorthand for

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not a chance to Hormuz opens. It captures the growing skepticism, of course, that Trump claims

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of progress with Iran. As of today, he said there's a 1% chance that the ceasefire will hold.

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But I love that. It's the natural trade. Not a chance. Hormuz opens. I think that's genius.

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Speaking of Trump, another brand now for Trump, Hormuz opens. I think that's genius. Speaking of Trump,

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another brand now for Trump, this is a story that I think should be getting a lot more attention,

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that many people, Maga people are angry over Trump's mobile, Trump mobles delayed T1 phone.

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