Has Trump just written the campaign ad for every Democrat?
The News Agents - USA
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4.3 • 719 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Did Trump really mean to tell Americans he wasn't thinking of their financial situation "at all" when he went to war with Iran? He repeated it several times so we can assume it was no slip of the tongue. The democrats are delighted. His allies are dismayed. Expect that line to get played on a loop. But has Trump stopped worrying about the economy for everyone except his own family? And has he given up on the midterms?
Later, Politico's Jonathan Martin joins Jon in the studio. What's Trump playing at? Is the base still with him? And is the American media doing enough to hold him to account?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents USA podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.2 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.6 | Trump doesn't care about you or your economic plate. |
| 0:16.8 | I don't think about American financial situation. I don't think about anybody. |
| 0:21.1 | It was such a bad look that immediately his minions started going around saying, |
| 0:26.3 | oh, I think you've taken it out of context. |
| 0:28.6 | Because he loves the press. |
| 0:30.5 | It's a little kid on the playground. |
| 0:31.9 | They lash out when the girl isn't nice to them because he so craves the affirmation, right? |
| 0:38.4 | Trumpism is Trump winning. |
| 0:40.7 | I'm not interested with Iran, Mr. President. |
| 0:43.1 | To what extent are American financial situations motivating you to make a deal? |
| 0:48.1 | Not even a little bit. |
| 0:49.4 | The only thing that matters when I'm talking about Iran, they can't have a nuclear weapon. |
| 0:58.0 | I don't think about American financial situation. I don't think about anybody. |
| 0:59.0 | I think about one thing. |
| 1:01.0 | We could not let Iran have a nuclear weapon. |
| 1:04.0 | That's all. |
| 1:05.0 | I don't think about Americans financial situations at all. |
| 1:10.0 | He's just made life really easy for the opposition, because that's |
| 1:15.2 | all they need to keep reminding Americans. Trump literally doesn't care how they're doing. |
| 1:21.6 | But he does care about one particular family in America and how they're doing financially. |
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