The Gospel According to Trump
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🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 98 minutes
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JD Vance and Mike Johnson defend Donald Trump's fight against the pope, while Trump says "he's all about the Gospel" and Defense Secretary Hegseth leads soldiers in prayer using a fake Bible quote from "Pulp Fiction." More troops are on their way to the Middle East as the United States and Iran look for a short-term agreement before the ceasefire expires Tuesday. Republicans worry that Trump's "nonsense" is distracting from their midterm affordability message, and a New York Post reporter publishes an excerpt from Health Secretary Kennedy's diary in which he recalls cutting off the penis of a roadkill raccoon. Then, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan stops by the studio to talk to Tommy about her campaign for Senate, how ICE's operations in her state have reshaped the race, and what she wants to see from Democratic leadership in the Senate.
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| 1:11.6 | Welcome to Pod Save America. I'm John Fabro. I'm Dan Pfeiffer. On today's show, the Holy War rolls on. |
| 1:35.3 | Trump is still fighting with the Pope. J.D. Vance is lecturing the Holy Father about theology, |
| 1:40.3 | and Pete Hegsef is leading the troops in prayer using a fake Bible quote from Pulp Fiction. |
| 1:47.8 | We'll get into all of that, as well as the latest with Trump's other war in Iran, which, according to Trump is either over or just getting started, sometimes in the same sentence. |
| 1:57.3 | We'll talk about Republicans in Congress hitting the panic button on the quote nonsense coming out of Trump's mouth, |
| 2:03.5 | an RFK Jr's trip to Capitol Hill where TMZ asked him about a newly surfaced diary entry in which he writes about cutting the penis off of a dead raccoon to, quote, study it later. |
| 2:17.7 | That's what she said? |
| 2:19.8 | I guess. |
| 2:21.2 | I don't know. |
| 2:22.1 | Then Minnesota, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, one of the Democrats in the primary |
| 2:25.9 | for the open Senate seat there, talks with Tommy about the race and dealing with the ice |
| 2:30.4 | occupation of her state. |
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