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🗓️ 9 March 2025
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0:00.0 | Okay, folks, Jen is on a well-deserved vacation, but boy, do we have a lot to get into today. |
0:07.0 | We all know Donald Trump wants to be a king, right? |
0:10.0 | So this week, he sat back and watched his court jesters fight it out. |
0:15.0 | Plus, after the White House stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine, Vladimir Putin was ready to take full advantage. |
0:22.4 | And later, Manga World turns on Amy Comey, Barrett, all because of one ruling and one sideways |
0:29.1 | glance. |
0:46.1 | Donald Trump has been president for almost two months now, but we all know he really wants to be a king. |
0:49.2 | He's not subtle about that fact, not at all. |
1:00.8 | Take Exhibit A on Tuesday night when he used his joint address to Congress to tell the tale of an American empire where he runs it all, rules it all, controls it all. |
1:08.6 | Or exhibit B, when the White House shared a drawing of Trump in a crown with the caption, Long Live the King. |
1:15.6 | Or exhibit C, when he said, he who saves his country does not violate any law. |
1:22.5 | Or exhibit D when he told the governor of Maine, we are the federal law. |
1:30.4 | Folks, I could probably go through the whole down alphabet listing exhibits of how Trump aspires to be a king. |
1:33.4 | But I'll give you just one more because it's Sunday. |
1:42.4 | This one happened behind closed doors at a cabinet meeting this week when Trump officials clash with unelected co-president Elon Musk. |
1:46.9 | According to the New York Times, must lashed out as Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying he fired nobody. Rubio, of course, shot back saying Musk was not being truthful. |
1:54.7 | Musk countered that by saying, oh, oh, Rubio was good on TV, of course, implying he's not good for much else. |
2:02.7 | And here's the kicker. Throughout all of this, the president sat back in his chair, arms folded |
2:08.9 | as if he were watching a tennis match. Because, of course, he did. Because Trump loves to pit people |
2:15.9 | against each other. He loves to create internal conflict. He loves to pit people against each other. |
2:20.0 | He loves to create internal conflict. |
2:23.3 | He loves to see who will fight harder for him. |
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