Monday, Jan. 8, 2018

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 8 January 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Five days after the release of the tell-all book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” President Trump defended his mental health, calling himself a “very stable genius.” And Stephen K. Bannon, the president’s former chief strategist, backed away from calling Donald Trump Jr. “treasonous.” Why did a publication with little new reporting in it cause such a big stir? Guests: Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times; Jeremy W. Peters, a Times journalist who has reported on Mr. Bannon for years. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:26.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:32.8	This is The Daily.
0:36.0	Today, five days after its release, President Trump is defending himself as a stable genius.
0:47.9	And Steve Bannon is backing down from calling the President's son, Treeson's.
0:54.7	Why did a book with little new reporting in it cause such a big stir?
1:03.0	It's Monday, January 8th.
1:09.2	Welcome back.
1:10.2	The left has pushed the Russian collusion narrative and talked about impeachment, but with
1:14.2	neither working, the left, well, they have a new talking point.
1:16.9	Should Americans be concerned about the president's mental fitness?
1:20.3	None of this normal, none of this acceptable, none of this frankly stable behavior.
1:24.5	We're talking about the president's mental state and asking honest questions about his
1:29.2	mental state.
1:30.2	You also have members in Congress meeting with psychiatrists to talk about the 25th amendment.
1:36.2	But will all this talk about the president's mental health actually backfire on Democrats?
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