"TRUMP'S NUMBERS ARE TANKING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER."

That Trippi Show

Joe Trippi

News, Government, News Commentary, Politics

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Gavin Newsom is taking the fight to Trump - by being Trumpy on social media. Why Joe thinks it can be really effective - and why Democrats shouldn't get bent out of shape about it. Also: You've probably heard about record numbers of Americans "ashamed" Trump is president - but why is it so much worse for Trump under the hood? Just how bad is the economic situation for Trump and MAGA? Plus, a listener question we've been excited to get to for a while...Track Trump's approval and look at some of the numbers Joe and Alex use every week here: https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome, family, friends and complete strangers.
0:04.0	The deceased led a full life.
0:06.0	She rubbed shoulders with royalty and socialized with socialites.
0:10.0	She was dead rich and was dead fabulous, and now she's just, well, dead.
0:16.0	But while some will mourn her loss, others will be busy trying to get their grubby little mitts on her glorious assets.
0:24.4	The Inheritance on Channel 4, a devious new game.
0:28.1	Start Sunday 31st of August.
0:44.7	Hey everybody, it's Joe Trippy, and welcome back to that Trippie show with my co-host, Alex Sashlo.
0:50.6	This week, and incidentally, Alex wrote this introduction in all caps.
0:51.7	Why?
0:56.2	Because Gavin Newsom would like to thank you for your attention to this matter. To be fair, I write them always in all caps. Why? Because Gavin Newsom would like to thank you for your attention to this matter. To be fair, I write them always in all caps, but yeah.
0:58.8	Yeah. Okay. Plus, remember that remember that remember that number about how many
1:06.3	Americans are ashamed I've been talking about. It's even worse for Trump than that. And what's going on with the media landscape these days? I'm excited to get to this listener question. Alex, where should we get started? Well, I'm going to stay in all caps. I'm not going to yell the whole episode. But Joe, it is another week of Gavin Newsom taking on Trump very visibly.
1:28.3	And this time he's been tweeting in all caps.
1:31.0	He's been posting just like Trump.
1:32.5	He's been parodying him on Twitter a lot.
1:35.3	The thing I want to get to, two things.
1:37.3	But first, it's weird.
1:38.9	A lot of Democrats are like really upset about this.
1:41.9	And I don't get it.
1:43.3	And like I know I think Jamie Raskins now
1:46.0	tweeting it and tweeting like this too which but like why is everyone so bent isn't it a good thing
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