Trump's Secret Prince
The Intercept Briefing
The Intercept
4.7 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2017
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Erik Prince—the most infamous mercenary in modern U.S. history—is Trump’s secret emissary. This week, an exclusive interview with Rep. Jan Schakowsky, who has fought a decades-long battle against Prince. Tavis Smiley talks about the “Santa Claus-ification” of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the 50th anniversary of King’s militant speech against the Vietnam War. Rep. Barbara Lee reflects on her own historic anti-war speech, delivered three days after 9/11. And Vice President Pence, who can’t be alone in a room with a woman who is not his wife, goes Psycho.
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| 0:00.0 | In 2000, Mike Pence told The Hill that he never eats alone with a woman other than his wife. |
| 0:14.0 | He also wants to tend any events where alcohol is served unless Karen is there with him. |
| 0:19.0 | Is mommy there with you? |
| 0:21.0 | He calls her mother. |
| 0:23.0 | I think we're alone now. |
| 0:25.0 | I think it doesn't seem to be anyone around. |
| 0:30.0 | I think we're alone now. |
| 0:32.0 | You know Mike Pence as the VP candidate for Donald Trump? |
| 0:36.0 | You also know him as a congressman for 12 years. |
| 0:38.0 | You know the governor of Indiana. |
| 0:40.0 | But do you know him as a dad? |
| 0:42.0 | No. |
| 0:43.0 | And as a father? |
| 0:44.0 | I wish you could go to his house and interview him. |
| 0:45.0 | I did just that. |
| 0:46.0 | We sat down with his family. |
| 0:47.0 | We got a little tour of their residence and heard some funny stories. |
| 0:50.0 | Take a look. |
| 0:53.0 | Governor, this is your office? |
| 0:58.0 | Well, I run the office and tend the cabins and grounds and do little errands from my mother. |
| 1:07.0 | The one she allows them might be capable of doing. |
| 1:10.0 | Well, I would love to meet your family. Do we meet your wife? |
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