Tim O'Brien: Trump Has Always Been a Drama Queen

The Bulwark Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 8.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Trump doesn't care that Jan 6 was an assault on democracy and the Constitution. He was only irked that his own staff thwarted his made-for-TV coup. Plus, Liz Cheney's speech, SCOTUS' impact on the midterms, and the Democrats' missing street fighting gene. Tim O'Brien joins Charlie Sykes today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.2	Welcome to the Bullwark Podcast.
0:39.5	I'm Trele Sykes.
0:40.5	It is Thursday and I am back in Wisconsin after spending a few days out in Colorado, which
0:46.9	means a middle-larger on mountain time.
0:49.9	And we are, what we have a lot to catch up with, and we are joined by one of our good
0:54.5	friends, Tim O'Brien, Senior Columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, also a political analyst
0:59.4	for MSNBC, an author of Trump Nation, the art of being the Donald, a biography published
1:06.9	in 2005.
1:08.1	So, first of all, happy Thursday, Tim.
1:11.7	Thank you, Charlie.
1:12.7	It's 2022 and we're still talking about Donald Trump.
1:16.3	Do you feel like you're caught in this doom-loop of time warp that we are still talking about
1:22.5	this guy?
1:23.5	Fortunately, and unfortunately, comically and tragically, the man doesn't change.
1:28.5	You know, he's been a toddler since he was three and he hasn't changed.
1:35.6	You know, he's still a toddler today.
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