Episode 974: Sean Spicer on “Trump 2.0”

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🗓️ 3 May 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Newt talks with Sean Spicer, the 30th White House Press Secretary, about his new book, “Trump 2.0: The Revolution That Will Permanently Transform America.” They discuss how President Trump’s second term in office could be among the most consequential in history. Spicer argues that Trump’s second term will be fundamentally different because of four years of planning by groups like the America First Policy Institute and Gingrich’s America’s New Majority Project, which studied lessons from the first term and built a detailed policy blueprint. He emphasizes that Trump now relies on long-standing loyalists who understand his agenda to serve in roles in the White House and cabinet, reducing internal resistance that hindered his first term in office. Looking ahead, Spicer defines the key theme of Trump 2.0 as “permanency” using legislation rather than executive orders to lock in policy changes that cannot be easily reversed by future administrations. Their conversation concludes with a discussion about Spicer’s extensive political memorabilia collection.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:08.0	Welcome to Neutral Podcast on the I-Heart Podcast Network.
0:12.7	President Trump doubled down on his decision not to send U.S. delegates to Pakistan for more talks of the Iran.
0:23.8	He told reporters on Saturday, quote,
0:30.3	we have all the cards. We're not going to spend 15 hours in airplanes all the time going back and forth to be given a document that was not good enough. And so will deal by telephone. They can
0:36.4	call us anytime they want. Again, we have all the
0:39.5	cards. They have no military left. Practically, they have no leaders left, close quote. I have to say
0:46.1	I'm not nearly as confident as the president. I think the IRGC, which is the core military
0:53.7	political group, actually think they're winning,
0:56.7	not losing, and I think this game has a ways to go yet.
1:01.5	Also, as you know, President, who's really truly amazing, was totally calm and totally comfortable
1:09.0	after somebody rushed at the start of the White House
1:13.2	correspondence dinner and you had a 31-year-old graduate of Caltech who ran through the magnetometers
1:21.9	trying to get to the ballroom where he intended to shoot as many people as he could.
1:29.3	The Secret Service did a good job, but I have to tell you, it's a very challenging problem. Coming up, I'll be joined by the 30th
1:38.0	White House Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, and we're going to be talking about his new book,
1:43.6	Trump 2.0, The Revolution
1:45.8	that will permanently transform America. That's next.
1:55.2	I am really pleased to welcome my guest, Sean Spicer. He's an old friend, the 30th White House Press
2:02.3	Secretary, and I knew him well before that, host of the Sean Spicer Show podcast, co-host of
2:08.9	The Huddl on YouTube, and his new book, Trump 2.0, The Revolution that Will Permanely Transform
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