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The NPR Politics Podcast

Trump Tweets About Mental Stability Fuel Conversation About Fitness

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

Politics, Daily News, News

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

President Trump spent much of the weekend at Camp David with other Republican leaders, talking about their agenda for 2018. But the headlines, instead, have been dominated by Trump's assertion that he is "a very stable genius." This episode, host/congressional correspondent Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, editor correspondent Ron Elving and a special guest - science correspondent Jon Hamilton. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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bomb cyclone. This podcast was recorded at...

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One ten Eastern on Monday, January 8th.

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Things may have changed by the time you hear this. Keep up with all of NPR's political

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coverage at NPR.org on the NPR 1F and on your local public radio station. Okay, here's

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the show.

1:01.2

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. President Trump spent much of the weekend at Camp

1:08.6

David with other Republican leaders. They were there to talk about an agenda for 2018, but

1:14.1

that was not the headline from the weekend. Instead, we're talking about the fact that

1:18.3

President Trump is, in his words, a very stable genius. Trump's defense of his mental

1:24.3

state brought that debate to the forefront will talk about that, and we will also yes

1:29.2

get to some of the other government news at Overshadowed. I'm Scott Detro, I cover

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Congress for NPR.

1:34.1

I'm Tamer Keith, I cover the White House.

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