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Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast

Jeet Heer & Jonathan Alter

Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast

iHeartPodcasts

News, Politics

4.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The Nation’s Jeet Heer examines Donald Trump’s continued descent into madness. Author Jonathan Alter details his new book American Reckoning: Inside Trump’s Trial and My Own.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Molly Jong-Fast, and this is Fast Politics, where we discuss the top political headlines

0:06.6

with some of today's best minds, and Bob Woodward says Trump is far worse than Richard Nixon and he would know.

0:15.1

We have such a great show for you today.

0:18.0

The nation's cheat here talks.

0:20.9

Donald Trump's continued dissent into madness.

0:24.0

Then we'll talk to author Jonathan Alter, about his new book, American Reckoning,

0:30.4

Inside Trump's Trial, and my own. But first, the news.

0:36.2

So, Molly, last night you and I were on stage

0:39.2

doing our final night of politics as unusual.

0:41.6

Our little tour with Rick Wilson, and we missed out on Mr. Trump doing

0:46.0

what I would call some demented behavior of swaying back and forth on stage.

0:50.4

When I watched this last night, I literally just kept saying what the

0:53.5

fuck very loudly through my house. Trump told his supporters to go out and vote on

0:58.3

January 5th that's a few weeks later. I like but still a good call I think Republicans should

1:08.4

definitely go vote on January 5th he rambled about the late great Hannibal Lecter, you may remember him.

1:15.0

Then somebody fainted and another person fainted.

1:19.0

So he stood frozen and silent on stage as music played for 37 minutes.

1:27.6

37 minutes.

1:28.8

Listening to the Shrek soundtrack at points.

1:31.7

His soundtrack, which included Ave Maria, a lot of good stuff in there, but also 37 minutes of

1:39.5

standing on stage, sort of vogueing for the crowd. I would call it a light sway sachee type thing.

1:46.6

A sort of bebop. Okay, yes, yes.

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