How Trump Loses the G.O.P.
Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
New York Times Opinion
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🗓️ 17 January 2019
⏱️ 36 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Michelle Goldberg. |
| 0:01.2 | I'm David Lee Unhart. |
| 0:02.3 | And I'm Ross Douthet. |
| 0:03.6 | And this is the argument. |
| 0:05.5 | This week, more Russia revelations and the unending federal shutdown |
| 0:10.5 | is Trump finally in danger of having his party decisively turn on him? |
| 0:14.4 | I actually think they could get rid of him relatively quickly. |
| 0:18.4 | Then, the third women's march is this weekend. |
| 0:21.3 | We talk about the infighting that splintering the movement and ask whether the left |
| 0:25.8 | has an anti-Semitism problem. |
| 0:27.6 | Do you both agree that the women's march is never going to recover from this? |
| 0:31.4 | And then, of course, a recommendation. |
| 0:33.4 | There's like a slight undercurrent of dominatrix, which it sounds like is what you want out of your |
| 0:38.0 | Mary Poppins character. |
| 0:44.0 | So it was another chaotic week for President Trump. |
| 0:46.9 | The headlines have not been good for the US President this weekend. |
| 0:49.9 | The President took the notes from his interpreter and instructed them not to discuss what happened. |
| 0:54.9 | There was a counterintelligence investigation into whether the President of the United States |
| 1:00.6 | was a threat to the United States. |
| 1:03.4 | So, is Trump finally at risk of losing Republican support? |
| 1:09.4 | I know many listeners will be skeptical and frankly so am I. |
| 1:12.9 | But David thinks it could happen. |
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