Debate Edition: “They are Eating The Cats”
Shrinking Trump
Really American Media
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🗓️ 13 September 2024
⏱️ 119 minutes
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Summary
Dr. John Gartner and Dr. Harry Siegel discuss how Donald Trump’s cognitive decline and psychological weaknesses were on full display during Kamala’s dominating debate performance. Harris biographer Dan Morain joins the show to share his unique insights into the VP’s career, personal history, and the impact her immigrant parents had on shaping her story. You’ll also get an update on how the media and political elite, once ignorant of the dangers Trump posed, seems to have finally grown aware of Donald’s profound detachment from reality.
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We have a lot to unpack after this week’s historic debate performance by Kamala Harris and the Trump campaign’s ensuing meltdown. Our hosts analyze how Harris systematically dismantled Donald Trump on every front, showcasing her eloquence, grace under pressure, and a strong strategic understanding of her opponent's weaknesses.
Our guest today is Dan Morain, a long-time journalist and author who has spent much of his career covering Kamala Harris. His book, Kamala's Way, gives an intimate look at the Vice President’s personal journey, and charts how the daughter of two immigrants in segregated California became one of this country’s most effective power players.
Morain joins the show to help us understand how a determined mother and her immigrant heritage shaped Harris’s resilience, intelligence, and preparedness that have clearly paid off in the political arena today. Dan also shares some touching anecdotes about Kamala’s heartfelt humanity, and willingness to personally connect with people away from the cameras.
Trump’s debate debacle is just another glaring piece of evidence of his cognitive decline. Our hosts will break down how Harris's debate strategy is a part of a broader, well-executed plan to exploit Donald’s vulnerabilities and expose his broken brain. An official campaign ad features Barack Obama’s critique of Trump’s obsession with crowd sizes, and George Conway’s success in goading Donald with targeted attack ads, proves just that.
Dr. Gartner and Dr. Siegel will also dissect various parts of the debate and other recent Trump speeches to analyze the growing evidence of Trump’s deteriorating mental state. And we’ll wrap up with a reflection on the remarkable journey of Shrinking Trump so far.
Thanks for joining us. Be sure to join us for next week’s session, as we embark on this pivotal moment in American history together.
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| 1:09.1 | I'm Dr. John Gartner. And I'm Dr. Harry Siegel. |
| 1:11.8 | And welcome to another session of shrinking Trump. |
| 1:18.5 | John and I have been hosting this show now for three months. And we're both clinical psychologists and we really wanted to start this show because it seemed like the public, the media, |
| 1:25.6 | even the political elites weren't recognizing Trump's cognitive decline. |
| 1:31.5 | Certainly they had acknowledged and seen how psychologically disturbed he was through his |
| 1:37.3 | criminal behavior, his compulsive lying, his severe personality disorder that's called malignant narcissism, but they weren't noticing |
| 1:48.7 | what was happening to his cognitive range. |
| 1:51.6 | And John was really the first person to point this out, and we referred to it as early |
| 1:57.3 | signs of dementia, as seen through his, actually his strange physical gait, |
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