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The New Abnormal

Trump Is More Like a Court Jester Than a King

The New Abnormal

The Daily Beast

News & Politics

4.67.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of The New Abnormal, President Donald Trump’s attempts to fashion himself as America’s king fall flat with antics that are more akin to a court jester. Plus! Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Spencer Ackerman discusses Elon Musk’s potential undue influence over the Department of Defense, and MacArcthur Genius Cristina Jiménez Moreta delves into how Trump’s second term has escalated attacks on immigrants.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN-HLN guy and current cable news conscientious objector.

0:06.1

I'm a former libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left.

0:09.6

Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and recovering lobbyist.

0:13.4

But today, I'm an unapologetic, woke commentator on America's threats to democracy.

0:18.5

And I'm producer Jesse Cannon, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the rails.

0:23.0

We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and entertaining people

0:27.5

in politics, media, and beyond.

0:29.6

Our goal is to try and make sense of our current crazy world, our new abnormal, and hopefully

0:35.2

even make you laugh through the tears.

0:37.3

What an excellent show we have for you today.

0:39.4

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Spencer Ackerman, joins us to discuss how Elon Musk could

0:43.8

use little-known government databases to dominate the defense industry and why his growing

0:48.2

influence over U.S. security should alarm everyone.

0:51.0

Then we'll talk to MacArthur Genius, Christina Jimenez, who's the co-founder

0:54.6

of United We Dream, and she'll discuss the escalating attacks on immigrants under Trump's second

0:59.1

term and how Democrats need to join communities in organizing to fight back. But first, let's

1:04.5

have some fun. It is as if this president, this person, this man, Donald Trump Trump just stays up at night trying to figure out ways to piss people off, like in all honesty.

1:18.5

But really, this week calling himself a king on social media after he ended a New York City congestion pricing program, like really took the

1:30.7

fucking cake. It read like this, of course, all in capital letters, because he doesn't know

1:36.1

what lowercase is. Congestion pricing is dead. Manhattan and all of New York is saved. Long live

1:42.6

the king. Fuck off.

1:45.7

My God, you're more like a court jester than anything else.

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