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The Press Box

Ep. 110: ‘Meet the Press’ Host Chuck Todd, Trump's "Pivot," Polling Mayhem, and More

The Press Box

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Sports

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2016

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Jon and Dan talk about Trump's attempts to pivot, "cocky" Democrats, close polls, and The NYT Magazine’s Ben Rhodes profile. Then, ‘Meet the Press’ host Chuck Todd joins (50:30) to discuss Trump hacking the political process, Todd’s critiques of the media, and the future of political journalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.9

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0:59.2

Welcome to Keepin' at 1600. I'm John Favreau. I'm Dan Fyfer.

1:09.6

We're very excited this week. We have Meet the Press moderator and NBC political director Chuck Todd

1:15.6

joining us a little bit later. So, excited about that. But first, we will begin with the week in politics

1:25.3

and starting with, as always, Donald Trump. Because what else are we going to talk about,

1:30.6

but Donald Trump? Because now we're in the media. It turns out people really like to hear about

1:36.3

Donald Trump. Yeah. So, this week was Trump's pivot to the general election that was not really a

1:42.4

pivot in any way, shape, or form, because he still said all kinds of very Trumpy things.

1:49.4

It started as usual, something important happened right after we finished taping the podcast.

1:54.0

Last week with Trump's Taco Bull photo. Remember that? What did he say there?

2:03.2

It was something about like, I love Taco Bulls. Also, I love Hispanics. I think that was the truth.

2:08.0

Trump Tower makes the best Taco Bulls. I love Hispanics.

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