The Press Conference That Did Him In?

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🗓️ 16 August 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Jacob Weisberg is joined by fellow Trumpcast cohosts Virginia Heffernan and Jamelle Bouie to talk about Donald Trump's press conference yesterday and why this is a significant turning point in his presidency. Slate Plus members, stay tuned after the show to listen to Jacob and Virginia chat about what the decent people in the Trump administration should be doing now. To sign up for Slate Plus go to Slate.com/TrumpcastPlus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:03.3	The White House put out some talking points tonight.
0:06.1	This is what they say.
0:07.6	The president was entirely correct.
0:09.8	Both sides of the violence and Charlottesville acted
0:12.3	inappropriately and bear some responsibility.
0:14.3	There's another one that says he has been a voice for unity and calm.
0:18.9	This is Allison in Wonderland stuff.
0:23.1	I think we saw the president's true colors today
0:25.7	and I'm not sure they were red, white, and blue.
0:28.0	We see the soul of him when he's flying off the handle and when he's tweeting.
0:32.1	Why for the president does it seem easier to suggest
0:35.1	US intelligence operatives are behaving like Nazis
0:39.0	than to call these actual Nazis?
0:42.4	Nazis.
0:46.4	Hello and welcome to Trumpcast, the show about the man
0:50.1	who says he actually owns one of the largest wineries in the United States.
0:55.2	In Charlottesville.
0:56.9	Actually, it's not even close to being one of the largest wineries, even on the East Coast.
1:02.2	I'm Jacob Weisberg here with Virginia Heffernin.
1:04.9	Are you calling the president a liar?
1:06.7	Take it.
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