Mark interviews Ed Rollins, Political strategist.

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🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Ed talks about how President Trump is the first president in history he has seen who doesn't take off much time in August and how Trump's plan to fight crime is a major blow to the Democrats' strategy to win back seats next year.

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0:00.0	Mr. New York.
0:01.7	Here's more Mark Simone on 710 W-O-R.
0:07.9	Well, let's talk to the Dean himself, the greatest political analyst of all.
0:12.4	Ed Rollins is with us.
0:13.5	Ed Rollins, how you doing?
0:15.7	Doing well, thank you.
0:16.6	Happy August.
0:17.7	Hey, you too.
0:19.7	We talked before about one of President Trump's greatest talents is he can bring out the worst in his opponents.
0:26.0	He's got them defending crime, defending flag burning.
0:30.7	Don't they know better than to fall into these traps?
0:34.7	Obviously, they don't.
0:39.1	And don't tell them too loud
0:40.1	that what they're doing is crazy
0:41.9	historically a president
0:43.9	and I've been around a long time since
0:45.9	1972 I first came to Orston
0:47.7	working in next administration
0:49.3	presidents take August off
0:51.9	you've never seen a president
0:53.9	on the weekend before Labor Day.
0:56.0	Have a cabinet meeting.
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