Trump makes us crazy, but who has the cure? Taking stock of the Democratic debates amid a climate of fear from rising fascism and declining democracy with psychiatrist, Dr. Justin Frank.
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2019
⏱️ 62 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Thom reviews the Democratic debates and considers the performances of the candidates. - The Mueller Report - Thom reads from pages 110-114. - Will American Democracy survive Donald Trump? A lot of Americans feels like Donald Trump is taking away their future. Thom Hartmann goes over the best way to deal with Trump induced stress. - Does Trump have a fantasy that he is the only person who can make America great again? Dr. Justin Frank believes that Trump is suffering from the God Complex and that he can control everything in his path. It is dangerous that Trump believes that only he can start or stop a war with Iran at a moment’s notice? - Listeners call in with comments and questions about Trump induced stress and coping techniques. - For the Book Club, Thom reads from chapter one of his books, Walking Your Blues Away, discussing PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:15.0 | And greetings my friends, Patriots, |
| 0:19.0 | Lovers of Democracy, Truth and Justice, |
| 0:21.0 | Believers in Peace, peace freedom in the American way |
| 0:23.6 | Tom Hartman here with you. Last night was the second of the two debates. I |
| 0:28.5 | really wanted I thought it would really be better for us to all discuss the debates in total. Winners and losers, I'll share |
| 0:36.0 | with you my initial thoughts. Again, I'm not taking a position on who I think needs to be |
| 0:40.9 | the Democratic candidate, as I've said before, if they resurrected Richard Nixon, |
| 0:44.9 | I'd probably vote for him over Donald Trump. |
| 0:47.1 | Donald Trump is a clear and present danger to our democracy. |
| 0:50.1 | He was at the G20. |
| 0:51.7 | And in a press conference with Vladimir Putin, President Putin of Russia, |
| 0:56.3 | he was asked, would you please tell Mr Putin not to interfere in our elections? |
| 1:00.1 | And he's like, oh sure, and he rolls his eyes. He eyes he says Mr. Putin will you please not interfere in our |
| 1:05.1 | elections and Putin says well of course I won't they both get a good laugh out of |
| 1:09.6 | it right obviously Trump knows and Jimmy Carter pointed this out by the way Jimmy Carter said Trump is an |
| 1:15.0 | illegitimate president because of Russian interference in the election and now we know |
| 1:19.4 | it wasn't just Russia that Saudi Arabia was in there that Israel was in there that the United Arab Arabia was in there, that Israel was in there, that the United Arab Emirates |
| 1:24.4 | was in there, that there were several other countries that appeared to be throwing money |
| 1:28.2 | into our elections illegally or legally or buying social media or trying to hack into voting systems. God only knows. |
| 1:36.0 | Mitch McConnell is still blocking legislation that would provide money to states |
| 1:42.0 | to strengthen their voting systems. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Thom Hartmann, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Thom Hartmann and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.