Is Trump the GOP’s Greatest Asset — or Biggest Liability?

Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov

Prof G Media / Vox Media

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov break down a week defined by confusion, escalation, and political loyalty tests. As mixed messages pour out of Washington and Tehran, Trump threatens further action against Iran even as officials insist tensions are cooling — leaving allies, markets, and the world searching for clarity. Back at home, a judge has unsealed what a former cellmate has alleged is Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide note. Its release comes at a time when Secretary Howard Lutnick is giving closed-door testimony to the House Oversight Committee on his ties to Epstein. All this is enough to reignite Epstein scrutiny around Trump allies. Meanwhile, in the ongoing redistricting wars, the Republican voters in Indiana sent a stark warning to anyone willing to cross Trump ahead of 2026. Scott and Jessica unpack the significance of last night’s election. The duo also speak on the FBI raid involving Virginia power broker and state senator Louise Lucas, Marco Rubio’s Vatican cleanup mission, and Barack Obama’s sharp appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where the former president warned Democrats to stop sounding like they’re in a “college seminar.” Plus: remembering Ted Turner and the media legacy that changed American politics forever. Follow Jessica Tarlov, @JessicaTarlov Follow Prof G, @profgalloway Follow Raging Moderates, @RagingModeratesPod Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RagingModerates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We know he's downplaying it.
0:01.4	We know he's lying.
0:02.5	Yeah.
0:02.9	But what's interesting is that he might take a fall for what seems obviously to me to be a fraction of the involvement,
0:08.8	intimacy, friendship, and contact that the president had over years and years and years with Jeffrey Epstein.
0:15.7	Because Trump can get away with just lying and denying everything and take a page out of the playbook of Roy Cohn
0:22.4	and like never back down, never apologize, attack, attack, attack. Other people think they can get away
0:28.0	with the same thing. And they can't. They don't have the Jedi skills of lying and they don't have
0:32.5	the cult worship that Trump has that enables him to pull this type of lying off. And what's just so
0:39.6	interesting is he may end up taking the fall for what is, again, a fraction of the depravity,
0:45.3	weirdness association that his boss has clearly been guilty of. Welcome, raging moderates. I'm Scott Galloway.
0:56.1	And I'm Jessica Tarliff.
0:57.3	If you haven't already, please make sure to subscribe to our YouTube page to stay up to date.
1:02.2	All right, let's get into it.
1:04.0	Confusion is defining the moment.
1:06.4	Iran says it's reviewing a U.S. proposal while also rejecting it. Trump is threatening escalation,
1:12.9	even as military operations pause, and officials can't seem to agree on whether this conflict
1:17.3	is winding down or escalating. Meanwhile, strikes continue, markets are swinging, and countries
1:23.3	including China and Pakistan are stepping in. Here's Trump yesterday talking about the conflict.
1:29.5	We're up.
1:30.2	The stock market's higher now than when we started this war.
1:34.2	And I thought oil prices would go to $200, $250.
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