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The Al Franken Podcast

Mark Leibovich on the Week in Washington

The Al Franken Podcast

ASF Productions

Government, Progressive, Politics, Senate, Liberal, Senator, Minnesota, Franken, News, Saturday Night Live, Comedy, Snl

4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

We're joined by our friend Mark Leibovich of The Atlantic to break down a wild week in Washington D.C.! Donald Trump gave his address to Congress. It was the longest one ever and didn't seem to say much (except blame Joe Biden for all of the country's problems). We also take a look at America's deteriorating relationship with Ukraine and how Republicans who USED TO support Ukraine are turning their backs when our ally needs it the most. Plus, we discuss the ongoing drama around tariffs and why Trump can't seem to make up his mind on using them.

Read Mark Leibovich in The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/mark-leibovich/


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0:00.0

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1:05.2

Hey, everybody.

1:06.3

We got a great one today, you know, for a change.

1:09.6

Our old friend Mark Lieberic joins me to discuss what's

1:13.1

going on in our nation's capital. For those of you who don't know, Mark, he's a staff writer at the

1:18.5

Atlantic formerly with the New York Times. He's also an MSNBC analyst. Trump gave his address

1:27.1

to the joint session of Congress on Tuesday, of course, the longest

1:31.2

one in history.

1:32.7

For all intents and purposes, it was a state of the union address.

1:37.0

Trump certainly treated it that way.

1:39.4

I know he set a record for people he introduced in the balcony.

1:44.3

I may be wrong, but the first president I remember doing that was Ronald Reagan.

1:49.0

And he had one guy who had he jumped into the Potomac to save a woman's.

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