Donald Trump and a Divided America

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4 • 583 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump may or may not be America's next president, but there's no doubt his outrageous campaign has struck a chord with millions of Americans. We hear different theories of how Trump Nation came to be and what it means for the future.

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0:00.0	Podcast.
0:03.1	Listen to the organist, the culturally omnivorous, intellectually ravenous podcast from the editors of the Believer magazine.
0:10.0	Part of poetry is learning how to speak.
0:13.5	Chili Billy.
0:15.7	I am also a horse.
0:17.4	I really value my life, even though I know it's debatable whether I'm even really alive.
0:22.5	The right reading for this is the one I'm giving it.
0:25.4	Find the organist on KCRW.com or wherever you download podcasts.
0:30.8	From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International. This is To the Point.
0:38.7	Donald Trump has divided America.
0:44.3	Hello again. I'm Arminolny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.
0:48.3	Recent surveys show Donald Trump's the most unpopular presumptive presidential nominee in recent history.
0:53.5	So what's on the mind of his fans?
0:55.3	I love Trump. He says what you're thinking. Straightforward, honest truth. And he's bold and he's strong.
1:00.9	Let's be real. And let's say what's on our mind.
1:03.3	Theories of what constitutes Trump nation include anxiety about the global economy, demographic change,
1:08.7	a sense of political betrayal and racism.
1:11.5	We'll hear what it's like at Trump rallies across the country and get different theories
1:14.8	about how he's struck a chord with millions of Americans.
1:18.5	Win or lose?
1:19.2	What does it mean for the nation now and in the future?
1:22.5	Today's talking point, Bashar Ah Assad's War Against Medicine in Syria.
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