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The Loneliness of Donald Trump

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2017

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Rebecca Solnit reads her story The Loneliness of Donald Trump. You can follow along or read the story on LitHub by clicking here. And hey, are you a Slate Plus member yet? If not, why not? Join Slate Plus today to listen to Rebecca Solnit chat with Virginia Heffernan for this week's bonus segment. Just go to Slate.com/TrumpcastPlus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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He now lives within himself, which is a dangerous place for him to be.

0:06.4

But the reality of it is that he's not a strategic thinker, and he's in a moment now, it's

0:11.1

perilous.

0:12.1

Who knows, we may get to a point where the question is asked, what did the president

0:16.5

know and when did his son-in-law tell her?

0:25.3

Hello, Trumpcast listeners.

0:27.3

Give something special for you today, a reading by Rebecca Solnit.

0:32.1

She's the author of books including Men Explain Things to Me and Hope in the Dark.

0:36.8

She's also a columnist at Harper's and a contributor at The Guardian.

0:41.1

And last week, Rebecca published a story that I thought was just fantastic.

0:45.7

It was on the site LitHub, and it really went viral.

0:49.6

After reading it, I just sent our message and asked her if she'd come on the show and

0:52.9

read it, which she generously agreed to do.

0:56.1

It tells the story of, well, you know what this is about.

1:00.1

If you want to read this story, click on the link in the description for this episode.

1:05.2

And if you want to hear Rebecca talk about the story with my co-host, Virginia Heffernin,

1:09.2

you should sign up for Slate Plus.

1:11.6

When you join, you'll get the full suite of Slate Plus benefits, including bonus segments

1:16.2

of your favorite Slate shows like the political gabsast and the culture gabsast, as well

1:21.6

as ad-free versions of this show, Trumpcast.

1:25.0

So go to Slate.com slash Trumpcast Plus to sign up today or to start your two week free

1:30.9

trial.

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