Those 80s Moments That Politicized Trump

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🗓️ 6 December 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Virginia Heffernan tackles the history of Trump-Russia ties with Seth Abramson, author of “Proof of Collusion” and an arbiter of curatorial journalism. Virginia poses questions for Seth from Twitter, including a speed round examining the role of women whitewashing Trump, the prospective futures of Ivanka Trump and Michael Flynn, and the best and worst case scenarios for Trump at this point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I feel badly for General Flynn.
0:01.6	He's lost his house, he's lost his life.
0:04.7	And some people say he lied.
0:06.3	And some people say he didn't lie.
0:08.0	I mean, really, it turned out maybe he didn't lie.
0:11.2	Oh, my God.
0:13.5	Rochester Stone has already made so many public statements
0:16.5	that are inconsistent one to the other.
0:18.9	The filing shows the Cohen's cooperation did not just
0:22.0	begin an end with Mueller, which alone would be a big deal.
0:24.5	We had a chance to go inside the White House
0:26.5	with the first lady.
0:27.5	You could see the color red.
0:29.0	It represents the bravery, heart, and future.
0:38.8	Hello, and welcome to Trumpcast.
0:40.2	I'm Virginia Heffernan.
0:41.5	So sometimes I say that at this moment in history,
0:44.6	the dominant spectacle of American life
0:47.1	has been like two cable channels playing simultaneously.
0:51.2	One channel shows a mashup of the surreal life and celebrity
0:54.5	rehab.
0:55.3	Some of these people really were on celebrity rehab,
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