‘Donald Trump Is FDR’ | Interview: Batya Ungar-Sargon

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🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Jamie Weinstein is joined by self-proclaimed “MAGA lefty” Batya Ungar-Sargon to defend Donald Trump's first 100 days as president and explain how a "lefty" can be MAGA. The Agenda:—Batya’s MAGA journey—MAGA Reaganites vs. MAGA lefties—Batya on The Fifth Column—Exporting American exceptionalism—Trump’s first 100 days—Trump’s meme coin—North Korea style worship—“Trump sees a tariff like a Swiss army knife.”—Immigration and due process The Dispatch Podcast is a production of ⁠⁠⁠The Dispatch⁠⁠⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including members-only newsletters, bonus podcast episodes, and regular livestreams—⁠⁠⁠click here.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amazon offers term time working to their employees, like Anton,
0:05.0	who's home to look after his daughters during their holidays.
0:10.0	Hello!
0:11.0	To him, this is the best sound in the world.
0:13.0	Daddy!
0:14.0	Actually, maybe that's the best sound of all.
0:23.2	Now that's term time working.
0:24.6	Offered at Amazon.
0:26.9	Ten weeks off guaranteed per year.
0:29.1	Mix of paid holiday and unpaid time off.
0:29.9	Conditions apply.
0:31.3	Welcome to the Dispatch podcast.
0:32.7	I'm Jamie Weinstein.
0:36.1	My guest today is Batya Ungar Sargon.
0:42.0	She is a contributor to the free press, formerly deputy editor of Newsweek,
0:48.1	author most recently of the book Second Class, How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women.
0:56.6	We bring her on to discuss Trump's first hundred days, which, by the way, you'd be surprised how few people MAGA supporters,
1:02.2	Donald Trump supporters, are willing to do that. But she has been everywhere, the most enthusiastic MAGA supporter I've seen in the media. It is an honor that we had her on for our own
1:07.8	lively discussion on Trump's first 100 days. So without further ado, I give you Batya, Unger, Sargon.
1:32.1	Batia, thank you for joining the dispatch podcast.
1:34.9	Thank you so much for having me. It's an honored to be here.
1:41.7	Well, I really appreciate it because I did reach out to a lot of Trump supporters over the last week to do this.
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