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I'm Dan Pfeiffer.

Dan Pfeiffer in studio for this momentous pod.

Oh, how lovely. It's great when Dan comes to town.

We're all on our best behavior.

On today's show, we're going to talk about how Trump is ending 2025 in a much weaker political position than he started.

And what that means is we head into a big election year. We'll also talk about the big wins Democrats scored in Tuesday's elections and look ahead to the midterms, specifically the Democratic primary for Texas Senate in March, which will pit Jasmine Crockett against James Telerico.

Then we'll answer the question that's probably been on no one's mind,

which women-hating Nazi influencer is actually a virgin.

A segment that will be followed by my conversation with a very serious member of Congress,

Adam Smith, who's the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee

and undoubtedly psyched that he agreed to appear on this show. But let's start with the man who

wants struggling Americans to know that he sees you, he hears you, and he feels your pain. President

Donald Trump, who launched a much hyped and anticipated affordability blitz this week,

where he humbly acknowledged our economic reality and pledged to fight harder for the people

who sent him back to Washington. Here's Trump speaking to Politico's Dasha Burns and then at a

rally in Pennsylvania. I wonder what grade you would give. A-plus. A-plus. Yeah, A-plus, plus,

plus, plus, plus. plus plus plus plus plus plus plus

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