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Anderson Cooper 360

To Tell The Truth; Conspiracy Theorist-In-Chief; Trade War Delayed?; "Trumpification" Of Conservatism

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Pres. Trump Defends Epstein-Clintons Conspiracy Theory, The Latest In A Pattern Of Baseless Claims Spread By President; Uproar Over Trump Aide's Remarks About "Give Me Your Poor"; Pres. Trump Blinks On Tariffs; 2 Calif. Counties Sue Over New Trump Admin. Rule That Could Deny Green Cards, Citizenship To Immigrants Receiving Public Assistance; Pres. Trump Blinks On Tariffs For Some Chinese Imports, Delays Them Until December 15 For "Christmas Season"; Pres. Trump Tears Into Former WH Comms Chief Scaramucci; Pres. Trump Blasts His Former WH Communications Director; Pres. Trump On Scaramucci: "He's A Nervous, Neurotic Wreck"; Pres. Trump Blasts Former WH Communications Director After Scaramucci Pulls Support For Trump's Re-election; Max Boot On The "Trumpification Of Conservatism"; Max Boot Responds To National Review Attack; A Killer's AttackTo learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good evening, thanks for joining us.

0:03.0

Is it just me or does the current President of the United States have a lot of time on

0:06.0

his hands?

0:07.0

Like, more time than any president I've ever heard of.

0:09.3

I mean, we know he watches a lot of cable news early in the morning, seemingly all night,

0:13.2

even on the weekends, between rounds of golf, which is hard because, as we know, he plays

0:17.1

a lot of golf.

0:18.1

I know the enablers of the White House call the giant blank spots on his scheduled executive

0:22.3

time.

0:23.3

But can you actually imagine any real executive at any reputable company sitting around

0:29.1

watching so much cable news and then tweeting so much made up stuff and then retweeting

0:33.5

other people's dribble?

0:35.4

This is not a new question, of course.

0:36.7

It's been asked before, but I bring it up tonight because the President has once again

0:39.8

been playing one of his favorite games, suggesting a conspiracy exists without any proof and with

0:45.6

the intention of hiding any potential blowback on his own possible actions.

0:50.5

Today, the President defended his new conspiracy, mongering, by falling back on the one of the

0:55.8

lamest excuses which he has used time and time again.

0:59.0

So I just want to quickly give you the backstory.

1:00.8

You probably know shortly after Petaphal financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead, a comedian,

1:06.4

who, according to his website, doesn't actually have any upcoming dates at all, but does

1:09.8

sell t-shirts and ringtones and has appeared on Fox News, sent a tweet, essentially suggesting

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