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Fourth of July special: What we’ve learned about Trump from six months of interviews

Capehart

The Washington Post

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2017

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

What better time than the Fourth of July to reflect on what we've learned over the last six months about President Trump? Jonathan revisits key interviews and highlights what we can learn from them.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everyone I'm Jonathan Cape Heart and welcome to this special edition of Cape Up.

0:09.0

It's the 4th of July and what better time to reflect and what we've learned over the last six months

0:14.6

about the 45th President of the United States.

0:20.0

Arthur Brooks, Justin Guest, and Matt Schlap talk about Trump voters.

0:23.8

Maxine Waters and Chris Coons express a decidedly grim view of the president.

0:28.7

The president of Estonia talks about the importance of democracy, and Antony Blinking will round things out

0:34.8

with the perfect story on a day when we celebrate the promise of America.

0:42.3

Everyone was.

0:43.0

Donald Trump won the presidency.

0:45.0

Heck, even he was.

0:46.0

So I set out to try to understand the appeal of the thrice-married Manhattan

0:50.8

Builder who insulted his way into the Oval Office.

0:54.4

Please listen to what is being said.

0:56.6

Their vote was crazy.

0:58.3

The reasons behind it actually aren't.

1:01.4

To Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, it boils down to

1:05.8

one word, dignity.

1:10.3

Donald Trump spoke to people about their dignity. I didn't say that he spoke in a dignified way.

1:15.0

I said that he believed in the dignity of the people who had been left behind.

1:20.0

A lot of these people who had been left behind, listen to his words when he talks about,

1:24.2

I'm going to fight for you, I'm going to work to bring back your jobs. You know, he's not saying

1:30.5

I'm going to get you some more welfare. He says you deserve to work because you want to work. I believe that you have

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