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Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast

Rick Wilson & Archie Hall

Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast

iHeartPodcasts

Politics, News

4.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson joins us to discuss Trump’s attempt to distract from continued scrutiny of the Epstein files by escalating military action abroad, including recent bombing in Iran.
The Economist’s Archie Hall about Trump’s disastrous tariff policies — including the fallout from a recent Supreme Court ruling that struck down key parts of his tariff agenda and the economic uncertainty that followed

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.3

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.5

Hi, I'm Molly JongFast, and this is Fast Politics, where we discussed the top political headlines with some of today's best minds.

0:13.2

And a Reuters Ipsos poll says that only 27% of Americans approve of Donald Trump's strikes against Iran.

0:22.4

We have such a great show for you today.

0:25.0

The Lincoln Project's own Rick Wilson joins us to discuss Trump's attempts to distract from

0:30.1

the Epstein files by bombing Iran.

0:33.5

Then we'll talk to the economist Archie Hall about Trump's disastrous tariffs and what happens after that Supreme Court ruling.

0:41.6

But first, the news.

0:42.5

Somali, maybe centrist said right-wagers have loved to do these polls that show the Democrats are very unpopular, even within their own party.

0:49.8

Right now to say it's because we're the woke left and we're way too far left. It turns out

0:55.6

hear from polling from G. Eliot Morris's strength and numbers. That is not true. It's more about

1:00.9

that our leadership is weak and ineffective and pathetic, in my opinion. Well, you found polling that

1:07.0

totally supports your view. That is correct. I just want to say that to our listeners.

1:12.1

I don't necessarily disagree with this, but the confirmation bias here is humongous.

1:17.1

That is correct.

1:18.2

New Paul, Democrats' real problem isn't being too liberal.

1:20.9

It's being seen as too weak.

1:22.4

Now, Anna Caprera, the chief of staff of Pritzker, she wrote the speech for him where he talks about

1:28.9

team fight versus team cave, not team center left versus team left. I think this is an argument

1:35.6

that's a little bit more nuanced than that. But the point here, and we've seen this again and again,

1:40.8

is that voters think democratic leadership is weak. There's no getting around that.

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