Has Any American Killed More Americans Than Donald Trump??

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🗓️ 11 September 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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So Donald Trump copped to it. He told Bob Woodward that he knew how deadly the virus was—and downplayed it anyway, encouraging MAGA nation to act as if COVID-19 was a cheap Chinese knock-off of the flu. “It's remarkable that in these interviews, the President of the United States confessed to fucking manslaughter,” Molly Jong-Fast says on the latest episode of The New Abnormal. The lawyers might debate whether Trump has any criminal culpability. But to Rick Wilson, there’s no question about Trump’s moral responsibility. “No American has killed more of their fellow Americans in this country than Donald Trump, except for Robert E. Lee and Jefferson fucking Davis. No one has a body count to rival Trump's. He knew it. He knew it was there. He did it. He let it happen. It is the most unbelievable and horrifying outcome that we can imagine.” Molly adds, “Mike Pence was at a pro-life event the other day. And I was thinking about the irony, right? This administration has killed 100,000 plus plus plus people. And they're talking about embryos. Like, it's almost beyond parody.” Mike Schmidt, the Pulitzer-winning New York Times reporter, joins Rick and Molly to talk about his new book, which examines some of Trump’s closest confidants—to stop the president from using his power. “What is that human experience to be one of those guardrails and those containers? What is that like? What is the human experience of standing between the president and the abyss?” Want more? Become a Beast Inside member to enjoy a limited-run series of bonus interviews from The New Abnormal. Guests include Cory Booker, Jim Acosta, and more. Head to newabnormal.thedailybeast.com to join now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:42.0	Hi folks, it's Rick Wilson and welcome to the Daily Beasts, the new abnormal.
0:47.0	Hi, I'm Molly Zhangfast, a left-wing pendant and editor at large at the Daily Beast.
0:52.0	I'm also an editor at the Daily Beast, a former Republican political strategist, best-selling author and full-time troublemaker.
0:58.0	We're here to have fun, sharp conversations with some of the smartest people in media, politics, business and science that help make what's happening in the country and the world clear.
1:08.0	I'll try to keep Rick to the minimum number of F-bombs and try to keep our kids, pets and other wildlife sounds from invading our respective bunkers.
1:17.0	Molly Zhangfast, how are you?
1:20.0	I'm good Rick Wilson, how are you?
1:22.0	Doing well, thank you. I noticed this in the last 24 hours that Bob Woodward caused some trouble with the White House.
1:31.0	Wait, tell me more, who is this Bob Woodward?
1:34.0	Just an unassuming young fellow, an up-and-comer if you will. A young kid just trying to make his name in the means streets of Washington's journalism business.
1:42.0	No one's ever heard of him before, but for some reason he was able to get the big interview with Donald Trump.
1:48.0	Not one, but 18.
1:50.0	In fact, it was 18 interviews with Donald Trump, and it's remarkable that in these interviews, the President of the United States, confessed to fucking manslaughter.
2:01.0	Yeah, criminally negligent homicide.
2:03.0	I'm no lawyer, but I play one on Twitter. This confession from the President to Bob Woodward that he knew in January, it wasn't the flu.
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