Trump Has a Nuclear Arsenal—and Can Remember 5 Whole Words

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🗓️ 24 July 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Feeling comfy? Secure? Relatively unbothered by the state of the world? Then consider this: The President of the United States, who holds at his fingertips a devastating nuclear arsenal, also is bragging on television about acing a dementia test that involves remembering five whole words and counting backwards by seven. It’s one of a number of pleasant scenarios contemplated by Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast on the latest episode of The New Abnormal. “What I am so impressed with in this administration is how dumb everyone is,” Molly quips. She and Rick muse about which rich scumbags will get shout-outs in those sealed Ghislaine Maxwell court documents. Prof. Eddie Glaude, the Chairman of Princeton’s African American Studies Department, ponders whether Trump is the worst president in 150 years—or the worst one ever. The Beast’s Michael Tomasky wonders which foreign government will attack our election this time. And Molly has a few words for all the media geniuses who think Donald Trump has totally changed his M.O. because he’s finally starting to acknowledge the pandemic: “The guy only has one tone, which is deranged.” Plus! Will Mike Flynn do donuts in a tank on the White House Lawn? Will Bill Barr literally wipe his ass with the Constitution, or settle for a metaphorical move? And what does this phrase mean? “Person. Woman. Man. Television camera. Sean Hannity. Bat shit cuckoo pants.” Want more? Become a Beast Inside member to enjoy a limited-run series of bonus interviews from The New Abnormal. Guests include Cory Booker, Jim Acosta, and more. Head to newabnormal.thedailybeast.com to join now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi folks, it's Rick Wilson and welcome to the Daily Beasts, the new abnormal.
0:04.6	Hi, I'm Molly Zhangfast, a left-wing pundit and editor at large at the Daily Beast.
0:09.7	I'm also an editor at the Daily Beast, a former Republican political strategist, best-selling
0:14.1	author and full-time troublemaker.
0:16.2	We're here to have fun, sharp conversations with some of the smartest people in media,
0:19.9	politics, business and science that help make what's happening in the country and the world
0:24.9	clear.
0:25.9	We try to keep Rick to the minimum number of F-bombs and try to keep our kids, pets and
0:31.8	other wildlife sounds from invading our respective bunkers.
0:35.2	Rick Wilson, wait, can we just talk about this thing?
0:37.5	Wilson, woman, television, Sean Hannity, fat shit, cuckoo pants.
0:43.4	That's not one word.
0:44.7	Well, I decided that in my cognitive test it was going to be allowed because when you're
0:50.6	a star, they let you do what you want.
0:53.3	Oh, that's going to get cut out.
0:55.7	Well, listen, I have a, I think, a both titillate and terrifying audience.
0:59.5	As a guy who spent some time in the Defense Department and back in my youth, I can tell
1:03.9	you that the nuclear weapon system in this country has very little friction built into
1:08.8	it, and that the president has sold an almost unfettered authority to launch nuclear weapons
1:13.3	at any time he chooses.
1:15.0	I'd also like to point out that the current president of the United States who holds
1:18.4	at his fingertips that fell and devastating nuclear arsenal also is bragging on television
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