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The Michael Steele Podcast

Trump's Self-Inflicted Economic Failures (Quick Take)

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Michael Steele speaks with Sam Stein, Managing Editor at The Bulwark, about Trump's self-inflicted economic failures and what Democrats should do right now.

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0:00.0

So let's go pick a little ass.

0:01.8

What do you think the Democrats need to do right now?

0:06.1

You got that ass, donkey.

0:08.7

I get it.

0:09.7

I've heard better jokes.

0:11.3

I would say, well, I don't know.

0:14.9

Where do you come down on this?

0:15.7

Like, there's the debate right now where it's like, you know, they need to moderate

0:18.9

and they should therefore adopt moderate policies. Or is it that they need to show their sort of, you know, generationally changing

0:27.5

or maybe they don't need to do anything at all because, you know, it's always going to be a

0:32.1

referendum in the midterms. And look at these special election results. You're doing great.

0:37.0

I kind of

0:37.8

jump between a few of those and before I give you my answer, I want to hear yours.

0:44.1

So if you know anything about me and how... This first time we met. Right. First time you're

0:50.0

back. I'm going to redefine the edge uh and i'm going to do everything i can to

0:59.1

cut you with it and and that's that's what the democrats do not have a propensity towards

1:07.6

a political fight so you just say slash.

1:11.8

I say, look, what I did in, when I was a county chairman outgun here in Prince

1:21.0

George's County, 58,000 Republicans to 800,000 citizens, right?

1:26.5

Right.

1:26.8

What I did is state party chairman outgunned two to one in Democratic registration,

1:32.5

yet I got a governor elected in 2002.

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