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The Bill Press Pod

Impeach Trump. Save America. w/ Tom Friedman of the New York Times

The Bill Press Pod

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Fox News, Hillary Clinton, Young Turks, Donald Trump, Jamie Benson, Progressive, News, Bernie Sanders, Progressive Talk, Liberal, Cnn, Msnbc, Stephanie Miller, Bill Press, Thom Hartmann

4.7601 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Bill discusses that blistering column with Friedman as well as Tom's well-sourced insights on Trump, Pompeo, Modi, Bibi, Kim and Brexit.

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0:00.0

Hello friends and welcome. Welcome back to the Bill Press Pod. You know, in this age where there are so many competing media sources where information flies at us 24-7 from so many different directions, it's important to know there are a few people

0:24.6

we can trust, people we can count on to know the facts and to tell it to us straight.

0:30.6

And for me, when it comes to foreign policy, global trade, environmental policy, or the

0:36.6

one person I trust

0:39.5

more than anybody else is Tom Friedman, columnist for the New York Times. Growing up, Tom

0:46.8

wanted to be a professional golfer, but fortunately for us, he changed his mind and went into

0:52.2

journalism instead. Now for his reporting and went into journalism instead.

0:56.5

Now for his reporting and commentary,

1:02.1

Tom's been awarded the Pulitzer Prize three times in 1983,

1:05.0

1988 and 2002.

1:08.4

It rarely happens, but occasionally,

1:13.3

Tom's view of the world drives him to comment on domestic politics.

1:20.4

In fact, I sat down with Tom Friedman a couple of days ago the very day that his blockbuster column, impeach Trump, save America, appeared in the New York Times.

1:27.9

Tom, it's good to see you again.

1:29.4

Great to be with you, Bill.

1:30.4

Thank you.

1:30.9

So, what a day.

1:33.0

Your column hit this morning on the New York Times.

1:36.0

I have in front of me, Impeach Trump Save America.

1:41.5

What prompted you to write that column?

1:43.1

You don't usually get into domestic politics?

1:45.8

Well, I actually have. It's hard to really write meaningfully today about the world, if you're not

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