Ep 198: THE TRUMP TRAWL
The Trawl
Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss
4.6 • 708 Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
It was always going to be a long episode, because let's face facts... You can't cover the dawn of a new fascism in half an hour.
Jemma and Marina get straight into it - and there's absolutely no shying away from the fact that not only did Trump win, but he won 'bigly'.
The Trawl ladies share their experience of the election night, and how a party which started out hopeful and jubilant ended up being anything but. There's a period of reflection on how so many could get the result so wrong and an incredible clip from Jon Stewart that highlights how maybe we know nothing at all. They also share the raw emotion they felt, how they coped with the news and how they try to make sense of the world around them.
There are some moments of lightness where the dominance of US politics on the rest of the world is discussed - like why the hell should we care about Maricopa County (?) and a musical interlude that reflects exactly how so many of us will be feeling.
Cautiously, Jemma and Marina look ahead to what may be coming down the tracks as the first convicted felon becomes president and what this means for all those who will be directly and indirectly affected - whether they knew it or not.
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| 0:00.0 | Once again, the Democrats have absolutely failed to effectively address the concerns of millions of Americans, |
| 0:07.0 | particularly the millions who voted for Trump before and just voted for him again. |
| 0:14.0 | Hello and welcome to The Trall where we scroll through social media so you don't have to. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm Marina Perkis. |
| 0:20.0 | And I'm Gemma Forte. |
| 0:21.4 | And you know what? |
| 0:22.4 | Let's just get straight into it with this clip from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. |
| 0:28.5 | Well, it happened again. |
| 0:35.3 | After a bizarre and vicious campaign fueled by a desperate need not to go to jail, |
| 0:39.8 | Donald Trump has won the 2024 election. |
| 0:46.7 | Almost like you rehearsed that. |
| 0:49.8 | The deep shock and sense of loss is enormous. Okay, but let's look at the bright side. |
| 0:54.9 | This way, at least there'll be a peaceful transfer of power. |
| 0:58.1 | Mike Pence, ali, ali, oxen free. |
| 1:02.2 | All day yesterday, I was walking around proudly wearing my I-voted sticker. |
| 1:06.3 | Today, I wore my, I am questioning my fundamental belief in the goodness of humanity sticker. |
| 1:11.7 | Yeah, they give those out. |
| 1:13.5 | They give those out at the bake sale. |
| 1:17.1 | Right outside. |
| 1:18.6 | Now, as a late night host, people often say to me, |
| 1:21.6 | come on, part of you has got to want Trump to win |
| 1:25.2 | because he gives you so much material to work with. |
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