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Teaser - Does the Mainstream Media Want a Civil War?

Gaslit Nation

Gaslit Nation

Politics, Society & Culture, News

4.74.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Obviously we discuss the Trump indictment in this week's bonus episode. We also discuss whether the mainstream media wants and would profit from a civil war in America. Our discussion comes from questions submitted by listeners of our show. To submit your quesitons and to hear our bonus shows and never miss an episode of Gaslit Nation subscribe on Patreon.com/gaslit

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0:00.0

All right, next question, I'll think this one.

0:08.6

It's from Amy who says, as I'm taking in the news about the Trump indictment, I'm trying

0:13.0

to game out what he might do.

0:14.8

Will he turn himself in?

0:16.3

Will he pull a Bolsonaro and leave the country?

0:18.9

How do people like Trump historically respond to this sort of situation?

0:22.6

Great question, and we're getting an idea of that today.

0:26.2

He's doing what I expected, which is he's going to New York and spending the night in

0:31.0

Trump Tower.

0:32.0

We've been asked this before about how much of a flight risk Trump is.

0:36.3

I don't think he's that much of a flight risk for two reasons.

0:40.2

One is him as an individual.

0:42.0

This is somebody who is deeply, deeply uncomfortable on any kind of foreign terrain.

0:47.4

And by foreign terrain, I mean any place outside of Trump Tower or Mar-a-Lago.

0:52.6

Use deeply uncomfortable inside the White House.

0:55.0

That's why he was constantly leaving.

0:56.9

This is the creature of habit.

0:58.6

This is a creature of routine who is incredibly paranoid, like any mafia, so like any aspiring

1:05.5

dictator.

1:06.5

And so he doesn't want to be in a place where he's going to be worried about being assassinated

1:12.8

and where he just, he can't function, especially at his age.

1:16.6

So I assumed you would stay in the US.

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