Trump's Putin Obsession

Majority 54

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🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Jason Kander and Ravi Gupta break down Trump’s deranged Truth Social rant about slavery and the Smithsonian, as critics warn he’s whitewashing history to rally his base. They analyze whether this is a calculated distraction or a major issue in the campaign, as Trump doubles down on Confederate monuments and military base renaming. Kander and Gupta also dive into the latest from Ukraine, including Trump’s bizarre comments on his “warm” relationship with Putin, Zelensky’s lighthearted jokes with reporters, and the unusual role Melania may be playing behind the scenes. Plus, they discuss new revelations about Fox News personalities coordinating with Trump during the 2020 election, strange moments from Trump on the campaign trail, and how Democrats are facing a hidden-in-plain-sight voter registration crisis heading into 2028. 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! Cook Unity: Go to https://www.cookunity.com/majority54free for Free Premium Meals for Life. Thanks to CookUnity for supporting the show! Mud/Wtr: Get up to 43% off your entire order, plus free shipping and a free rechargeable frother when you use code MAJORITY at https://mudwtr.com 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 Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For 30 years, we've been opening doors, opening doors for small businesses and large, opening fully stocked fridges and same-day deliveries, opening birthdays and graduations and new homes and happy tears and new shouldn't-havs, opening ambulances and life-saving support, opening roads that open up cities and countries and continents, opening up the
0:22.9	world. See how the Mercedes-Benz sprinter can open doors for your business at your local Mercedes-Benz
0:28.9	dealer today. Trump is in full, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain mode. How should we
0:36.5	handle these distraction tactics?
0:38.5	How should you, in your conversations with friends, handle it? We'll get into that.
0:43.5	Just when it seems like Trump might be able to grasp the threat of Russia, his Putin addiction
0:48.0	relapses. Have Dems remotely addressed the challenges that we failed to overcome in our party
0:53.3	in 2024? It's time for a
0:54.9	check-in on that. Welcome back to the podcast for the 54% of Americans who regularly vote for
0:59.7	progress in every election. I want to convince their friends and family members to join our
1:03.6	majority. This is Majority 54. All right, Jason, let's start with some breaking news. It seems like
1:10.2	J.D. Vance, Pete Hagseth, and Stephen Miller visited Union Station, which is a wonderful train station in Washington, D.C. to discuss the National Guard and Military and Federal Presence in D.C. Let's go to this video.
1:26.6	Mr. President, wire troops station, spirit Union Station on the National Mall. and federal presence in D.C. Let's go to this video.
1:29.3	Yes, President, wire troops station,
1:30.5	here at Union Station,
1:31.6	on the National Mall,
1:35.3	instead of areas in D.C. where crime is statistically highest.
1:37.8	Well, if you've ever been to Union Station in the last few years with your family,
1:39.4	you know the crime is actually extremely high
1:41.4	right here in Union Station.
1:43.4	You have vagrants, you have drug addicts you
1:45.5	have so vagrants yeah it's uh vagrancy we're in a movie from the 30s i mean yeah forgetting the
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