The quiet part of Trump knows that this has been an object failure. The lacquering part of Trump

and the denialism of Trump, which has been the cornerstone of his success for his entire public life,

is now what's kicked in. You've heard of five-stage clingers. He's going to go into five-stage

denialism. He's going to triple down on this

lie because he has no other choice. He can't get out of this situation and get the prices

lower in the United States and the straight semi-opened unless he does that. And so this is a way

worse deal. He'll tell people it's a way better deal,

and he'll live in that denialism. But down deep, he knows that this is an abject failure.

I'm Joanna Coles. This is The Daily Beast podcast. And oh my, do we have a conversation for you

today that I think is going to get you shouting at whichever device

you listen to the podcast on. It's Anthony Scaramucci, used to work with Trump. You know him

well. He's a regular favorite of this podcast being very provocative, really throwing down the

gauntlet to Democrats on this one and saying, come on, Trump is still

winning the culture wars. He's still winning, guys. That's what he thinks. Yes, the price of

gas is up at the pump. Yes, people don't like ice. But Trump still has a kind of chokehold

on the culture wars. And Anthony is worried that if Democrats don't step up,

the November elections are not going to be what I think we're all assuming is, well,

take back the House and maybe take back the Senate. It's a very provocative conversation.

Stay tuned. Just want to remind you,

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