Times are changing. The president's message is not.

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🗓️ 23 June 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Today on Post Reports, Josh Dawsey and Philip Rucker on how a week of defeat for President Trump could play out. Jerry Brewer explains how NASCAR has become front and center in discussions about systemic racism.

President Trump rallies in red states to a sea of empty blue seats.

NASCAR doubles down in support for Bubba Wallace, the only black driver in the major circuit, after a noose was found in his garage after the league bans Confederate flags at its events.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:04.8	Hi, this is Vanessa Williams from the Washington Post.
0:08.3	Hey, it's Philip Rutger at the Washington Post.
0:10.9	Do you have a minute?
0:11.9	Hi, this is Dan Zagfe.
0:13.7	This is Post Reports.
0:15.2	I'm Martine Powers.
0:18.9	It's Tuesday, June 23rd.
0:23.4	Today court decisions, a lackluster rally and a new book all rattle the president.
0:29.6	Plus, NASCAR is reckoning over racism.
0:36.1	The book is an astonishing read in a sense.
0:39.3	Almost every page brings some new revelation or some new meeting or something that just
0:44.1	paint a president in a very negative light.
0:50.4	You may have been hearing about a new book that is out today, a memoir by John Bolton,
0:55.6	former national security adviser to the president.
0:58.7	It's a book that has all kinds of damaging things to say about what it's like inside
1:02.5	the White House.
1:03.8	The first book from a high level national security official who was actually inside the White
1:08.2	House that just brings so much vivid scenery to the presidency.
1:14.0	White House correspondent Josh Dossi has read the book.
1:17.8	And he talked about it with Allison Michaels on the post podcast, can he do that?
1:22.2	We wanted to share part of that conversation here.
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