Trump Limps into the New Year

Majority 54

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🗓️ 1 January 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Ravi Gupta breaks down Donald Trump’s retaliatory veto of a bipartisan water bill after Lauren Boebert supported releasing the Epstein files, revealing how far Trump will go to punish perceived disloyalty. He examines new reporting on Trump’s private threats—“my friends will get hurt”—as the Justice Department reviews millions of newly uncovered Epstein documents and cracks widen inside MAGA. Ravi also dives into escalating right-wing infighting, media chaos, and Trump’s sinking approval as even conservatives warn his obsession with retribution is backfiring. Plus, he unpacks new data on crime, the economy, public dissatisfaction, and why America’s real story looks nothing like Trump’s narrative. This and more on the podcast that helps you, the majority of Americans who believe in progress, convince your conservative friends and family to join us—this is Majority 54! Hiya: Go to https://HiyaHealth.com/MAJORITY and get your kids the full-body nourishment they need to grow into healthy adults. Hims: Hims: Thanks to HIMS! Start your free online visit today at https://hims.com/majority for your personalized ED treatment options Nutrafol: Get results you can run your fingers through! For a limited time, Nutrafol is offering our listeners ten dollars off your first month’s subscription and free shipping when you go to https://Nutrafol.com and enter the promo code MAJORITY. Subscribe to Ravi's Substack: https://realravigupta.substack.com/ For more information visit: https://www.ravimgupta.com/analog Majority 54 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/majority54 Jason on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasonKander Jason on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonkander/ Ravi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RaviMGupta Ravi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ravimgupta Ravi on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LostDebate Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:14.5	This is Majority 54 and I am Ravi Gupta.
1:17.5	And today I'm going solo for this final day of 2025.
1:21.2	And what a crazy year this has been.
1:23.2	And it's ending, you know, exactly how we pictured it would at this point.
1:27.9	Trump is flailing on Epstein and he is punishing his own Republican colleagues.
1:35.0	He just vetoed a water bill seemingly in retaliation for Lauren Bobert, Representative
1:41.6	Bobert, supporting the release of the Epstein files. So this was a bill that
1:46.9	would bring clean drinking water to Colorado, and it was sponsored by Lauren Bobert and passed
1:51.6	unanimously by voice vote from the House and the Senate. And there was also another bill that Trump
1:58.3	vetoed that had to do with indigenous populations in Florida,
2:01.6	and he was punishing them because I think they didn't support ICE enforcement actions
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