Vladimir Putin: Trump's Russian running mate?
The News Agents - USA
Global
4.3 • 719 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Putin has called Trump politically persecuted, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has opened an impeachment inquiry into the president, and Joe Biden has saved the economy but now just wants to go to bed.
It's another normal week in America. David Frum - former speechwriter for George W. Bush - joins us and we ask if any of this is moving the state of political play.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents USA podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.6 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:13.4 | So the latest endorsement of Donald Trump has come today from an economic forum in, |
| 0:19.3 | just checking my notes, Vladivostok. |
| 0:22.6 | That was Vladimir Putin, and he's coming to the defense of Donald Trump |
| 0:39.8 | and calling the attempt to prosecute him rottenness of the American political system. |
| 0:45.6 | He says that he thinks the cases against Trump amount to political persecution. |
| 0:51.0 | And I guess many Americans think that too, almost all of them, of course, that want Trump to win the presidency in 2024. |
| 0:57.7 | How useful is it to have Putin as your running mate? |
| 1:02.2 | And what will the Democrats do with that now? |
| 1:05.2 | Welcome to the Newsagents USA. |
| 1:10.4 | This is the Newsagents USA with Emily Maidliss and John Sobel. |
| 1:19.6 | So today on the Newsagents USA, what's happening? |
| 1:22.9 | Well, Donald Trump has been flipping burgers in Iowa with boys from a frat house. This is what it sounds like. |
| 1:30.1 | Great, great looking people. Thank you, everybody. Oh, look, my man is here. |
| 1:34.2 | How are you doing, President Trump? I'm doing good. What do you think about this? |
| 1:38.5 | This is some turnout. I guess the youth likes Trump. |
| 1:42.6 | We don't know if the youth likes Trump. We spoke to the boys in the frat house. |
| 1:46.1 | Unfortunately, they're not allowed to come on |
| 1:47.8 | because their frat house has to remain politically non-aligned, |
| 1:52.1 | or so they told us. |
| 1:53.4 | But Donald Trump clearly is setting his path to Iowa |
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