The Last Days of Donald Trump's Presidency. Plus, Author Rich Cohen.

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🗓️ 18 January 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker discuss the last days of the Trump administration. They address the National Garden of American Heroes, the MyPillow guy’s support, and Trump's ranking as a U.S. president (2:45). Then later, Rich Cohen joins to discuss his new book, ‘Pee Wees: Confessions of a Hockey Parent' (22:30). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Guest: Rich Cohen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	David, Donald Trump wants to create a National Garden of American Heroes on his way out of
0:07.6	the White House, and one of those heroes is going to be former President Grover Cleveland.
0:15.9	Grover Cleveland, what I want to know is should we read anything about Donald Trump's
0:20.9	future political plans into the inclusion of Grover Cleveland?
0:26.0	Oh God, because he ran for office and he lost and ran again, is that what we're going with this?
0:31.8	I guess.
0:33.5	I mean, do we think Donald Trump really loved Grover Cleveland on any other terms other than as a possible
0:41.4	model for a political comeback?
0:42.8	You remember when he was talking to the Georgia Secretary of State or whatever and he just
0:46.7	complimented that dude's name?
0:49.6	That proposal of basically nothing.
0:51.1	Do you think he just liked it?
0:52.2	Yeah, I think it was Germany.
0:53.6	Yeah, do you think Grover Cleveland is on his list of cool names and that was it?
0:58.4	Grover Cleveland's real first name was apparently Steven.
1:02.4	Any elected to go by Grover?
1:05.6	I guess Steven Cleveland would have been a whole different thing.
1:07.9	But yeah, maybe Trump just liked that.
1:10.6	Can we just go ahead and say how much you've lowered your goals as an American President when
1:16.3	you say I want to be the next Grover Cleveland?
1:18.8	Yeah, not the next Washington, not the next Lincoln, not even the next US Great.
1:24.1	I want to be the next Grover Cleveland.
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