Trump’s Highland Fling, Epstein Evasions & South Park Destroy

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

Politics, Government, News

4.6 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Trawl, Jemma is holding the fort while Marina dials in from across the pond — on an Aperol-fuelled mission to confront Ron DeSantis (allegedly).

Meanwhile, Trump’s been busy spreading his own unique brand of diplomacy terrorising Scotland, schmoozing Ursula von der Leyen with his usual brand of gibberish, and trying to memory-hole Epstein. He also undermines Starmer, slags off Sadiq Khan and gets annoyed with starving Gazans for not saying 'thank you.'

There's some incredible South Park chaos, a Jerome Powell punch-up, and Keir Starmer’s latest attempt at relatable politics – with all the grace of a Turdbury meal deal. As always, it’s chaotic, unfiltered, and one hell of a scroll.

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0:00.0	Nigel, as you know, is a friend of mine. Nigel's done very well. He's a friend of mine. And Keir's a friend of mine.
0:10.1	Hello and welcome to the trawl where we drain the swamp of American chaos, one trending ex post at a time.
0:17.5	I'm Gemma Forte. And I'm Marina Perkins. And this week, Trump has been visiting the good
0:23.1	people of Scotland, much to their horror. And there were some wonderful takes on social. So we had a
0:30.1	picture that was posted on X by the Merciless One. And he wrote, us Scots do have a certain way with
0:37.4	words. And there were two people
0:39.7	holding up a sign in Scotland ready for Trump's arrival that said, you were shite in Home Alone
0:46.6	too. So good. So good. And true. I also like this one as well posted by Yub Yub-Yub-70, who wrote Scotland at its iconoclastic best.
0:59.2	And it was a sign, like a chalk sign outside of what I'm going to guess is a fishmongers.
1:04.5	And the sign said, free bags of fish guts to throw at Trump.
1:09.3	You're welcome.
1:12.9	I certainly would have picked up a bag myself.
1:21.3	All going well then. And by the way, trawlers, same as last episode, Marina is away at the moment.
1:44.5	Okay. So she's not in her normal spot for this record. But thanks to a bit of detective work, and I did, I've got someone to follow her. I have found out where she really is. So, Marina, you say you're in Italy, but I think you've snuck over to the US of A to confront Ron Tousantis. You need to admit it. And I've got footage, by the way. And by the sounds of it, you've been on the apperoles. Hey, stop, stop, stop. Get out of here. Get out of here. Get out of here. Get out of here. Get out of here. Get out of here. So we
1:59.5	used to have the...
2:01.1	Yeah, that's Rondosantis trying to speak to everybody.
2:05.6	He was trying to talk about Hulk Hogan and the guy in the crowd basically yelled,
2:09.7	you're a paedophile and also yelled,
2:11.3	you built alligator Alcatraz, and that was on live TV.
2:15.5	And that really happened.
2:24.6	Music that was on live TV. And that really happened. Right. So it obviously wasn't Marina. Can you imagine anybody thought it was, but there you go.
2:31.8	Trump has been gadding about, basically, over the last week,
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