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The Bulwark Podcast

Olivia Nuzzi: Has Trump Become Norma Desmond?

The Bulwark Podcast

The Bulwark

News, Society & Culture, Politics, News Commentary

4.611.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Trump rarely leaves his 'weird' smelling, moldy mansion, he seems bored and tired, and D-List MAGA are his main loyalists now. Plus, Olivia and Charlie go all in on the parallels to the film, Sunset Boulevard. Olivia Nuzzi joins Charlie Sykes today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to the Bullwork podcast. I'm Charlie Sykes. This is probably one of the most

0:42.8

talked about articles written about Donald Trump in the last year. That's saying a lot

0:47.8

because the zone has been absolutely flooded. But Olivia Nutsi's piece in New York magazine,

0:53.4

the final campaign, has just, I think it's hidden in nerve because if you have not seen

0:58.7

it, the magazine's cover photo of our article, Features Trump sitting alone at Mar-a-Lago.

1:03.5

It's kind of a pathetic shrunken figure. She writes that one of his advisors told her,

1:10.0

his world is so, so small. And he does appear to be this lonely figure. The headline is

1:17.3

the final campaign. Is it even a real campaign? What's really going on? So by the way, thanks

1:23.8

for coming back on the podcast, Olivia. Of course. Thank you for having me. And happy

1:27.7

birthday again. I mentioned it. Your birthday is easy to remember because it's January

1:32.7

6, which means that you've had kind of a notable series of birthdays then, haven't you?

1:38.8

I guess I have. Maybe I should move it. No, no, no, no, no. You kind of know something

1:46.9

big is going to happen on your birthday. Well, I want to talk about this article and walk

1:50.7

through, you know, where Donald Trump is. What is state of mind is what you saw? But I have

1:55.8

to tell you, the image that was just chef's kiss was the fact that he's obsessed with

2:04.3

the movie Sunset Boulevard, you know, starring Gloria Swanson as the washed up lonely silent

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