Bunker USA: Trump and Tucker vs the rest - what we learned from the GOP debate.

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The race to become the leading GOP candidate has officially kicked off….or has it? Inmate P01135809, better known as Donald Trump, is already way ahead in the polls and he wasn’t even there. Instead, he opted for a half-arsed interview with Tucker Carlson hosted on Twitter. So does anything that was said during the debate matter? What were the main takeaways? And why does finishing second matter so much? Alex Andreou joins Sarah Isgur, senior editor for The Dispatch and host of the Advisory Opinions podcast, in The Bunker. “Because there was no gamechanger in this debate, it really felt like a debate where the prize was second place.” – Sarah Isgur. “If you’re a guy like Ramaswamy, who has zero name ID, people talking about you IS success.” – Sarah Isgur. “If an asteroid hits Trump tomorrow, then we’re in a totally different ball game and we almost have to start from scratch.” – Sarah Isgur. “Even though Trump wasn’t there, he absolutely defined the debate.” – Alex Andreou. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:19.2	Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.
1:23.3	Frank Zappa once quipped.
1:24.8	Well, having seen this week's Republican primary debate,
1:28.0	the Trump interview, the reports, the arrests,
1:30.8	the muck shots, the shouting, I would go as far as to specify that the entertainment
1:35.7	on this instance is theatre of the absurd.
1:39.4	My guest today is no stranger to the absurd.
1:41.8	Having followed US politics closely for the last two decades.
1:44.8	She is an attorney, ABC News contributor and senior editor of the dispatch.
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