Mar-a-Lago makeover

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🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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There is a very distinct “look” many people in the MAGA world have adopted, and comedian Suzanne Lambert is making a career calling it out. Mother Jones senior editor Inae Oh says it’s bigger than bronzer. This episode was produced by Gabrielle Berbey, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at the White House. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are not doing this because you enjoy it.
0:04.2	You're doing this because you're trying to fulfill a weird obligation to like the patriarchy.
0:09.0	Oh, okay.
0:10.2	Oh, look at you.
0:11.2	Oh, yep, that's perfect.
0:12.2	It doesn't match your undertones.
0:13.2	Yeah, we don't have attention to detail over here as evidenced by certain group chats.
0:19.0	Am I going to look less crazy at some point?
0:20.7	No. You kind of look less crazy at some point? No.
0:21.5	You kind of look intense too, actually.
0:22.4	Okay, so I just added some muddy bronzer cool.
0:25.2	Okay.
0:26.2	You know, when you're filming glam videos with Border Patrol,
0:30.2	you can't always bring all your tools with you.
0:32.2	So this is very authentic to how they might do it in the car, for example.
0:36.6	I accidentally just colored in my entire eyelid.
0:39.8	That's fine. They love eyeliner over there.
0:42.7	I hit my eyeball.
0:44.0	Oh, no.
0:45.4	It's okay, I'll make it.
0:46.3	I look like I'm ready to go vote to take away my own rights.
0:51.9	Hi, we're doing Mar-Lago makeovers on Today Explained.
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