Trump Jr. Loves Boats, Hates Rhinos and Is So-So on Democracy

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🗓️ 1 September 2020

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Ike Barinholtz—of Eastbound and Down, Suicide Squad, and Mindy Project fame—loves, and I mean LOVES, Donald Trump Jr. It was a passion that grew white hot on safari. “I went with DJ TJ, we went to beautiful Tanzania back in 2014 and it was amazing,” Ike tells Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson on the latest edition of The New Abnormal. “We talked to the locals and they were really great. And then this really nice man, he was a guide. And he took us to just the most majestic group of sleeping rhinoceroses and we just blew their fucking heads off. It was beautiful.” But Ike admires one of the president’s top four smartest children for more than his guns. Ike also appreciates Don’s nuanced political views, especially when it comes to boats. “Look, everyone is born with a boat. We know that, but only people who really commit—to not just the boating lifestyle, but also the MAGA lifestyle—have earned the privilege to fuck up all of the wakes in a lake. And so once again, DJ TJ is right and that's why I'm supporting him in 2024.” Plus! Trump Senior turns the White House lawn into a NASCAR parking lot. Melania goes dictator chic. And Molly—this part is serious, I swear—recites a Tiffany Trump tweet over an electropop beat. 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.
0:16.1	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	Try to keep Rick to the minimum number of F-bombs and try to keep our kids, pets and other
0:32.0	wildlife sounds from invading our respective bunkers.
0:35.0	Hey, so Molly, do you feel like it's a better or worse thing for the coming fascist dictatorship
0:39.6	if the Department of Justice had interior minister Bill Barr fires more senior intelligence
0:45.2	officials from the DOJ and replaces them with political appointees?
0:49.2	Only if you stop the briefing at the same time.
0:52.7	Hey, you know what?
0:53.9	John Rackliffe, the current acting sort of pseudo DNI, has also stopped the briefings.
0:59.3	It's almost as if and call me crazy.
1:02.0	We're a couple of weeks from a major election where the same people who were fucking with
1:06.7	our last election, who was that?
1:09.9	I think they packed so that Hillary...
1:12.6	Was it Russia?
1:13.6	Yes it was.
1:14.6	Well, now we're not going to have Congress get briefings from the Justice Department or
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