Welcome to the Mary Trump podcast.

Let's dive it.

It is bordering on the impossible to keep track of

everything that's going on in this country and in the world. And I have to be honest with you,

I have struggled at times in order to find the through line, to connect the dots, and to keep my eye on the overarching themes.

But every once in a while, an event occurs that serves as an alarming distillation of where we are as a country.

That serves as a microcosm for many of the dysfunctional,

dangerous things that are unfolding in America in 26,

while we are in the middle of an unconstitutional, illegal war of choice.

And a recent event that checks off those boxes was a UFC match held over the weekend.

And it's the people, some of the people who attended this event I want to focus on, because it helps us find that through line that is so difficult to uncover.

It is under so many layers of horror. I don't know if you remember this.

We talked about it last week. Joe Rogan, who is one of those people responsible for getting Donald back into the White House in 2024 has been taking to his podcast

to criticize Donald,

especially in the context of his horrific immigration policies

and most recently the aforementioned unconstitutional,

illegal war of choice in Iran.

Here's what happened when Joe Rogan showed up at this UFC event.

Oh, look, there he is.

Shaking hands with the guy, he now pretends to claim should no longer be in the Oval Office.

Now, I know this is probably, seems unlikely, but I guess Joe Rogan wasn't entirely sincere in his criticisms.

And then that brings us to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is also at this event.

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