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The Gist

Yeah, We're Scared Too

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In one tweet, George W. Bush appointee Eliot Cohen became the face for anti-Trump conservatives: "After exchange with Trump transition team, changed my recommendation: stay away. They're angry, arrogant, screaming 'you LOST!' Will be ugly." With the news this week that senior State Department officials have resigned en masse, Cohen says there are reasons to be very worried about America's role on the world stage. Cohen is the author of The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force. For the Spiel, more and more reasons to distrust Vladimir Putin.    Today's sponsor: Dunkin' Donuts. Upgrade your day with DD Perks. Earn a free Dunkin' Donuts beverage when you enroll by using promo code DDPODCAST, and speed past the line in-store with on-the-go ordering. Download the Dunkin' app and enroll today. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at slate.com/gistplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:07.6

It's Friday, January 27th, 2017. From slate, it's the just dime, Mike Pesca.

0:13.7

And today Theresa May, Prime Minister of Great Britain, the UK.

0:18.3

I said Great Britain first, not the UK, because I don't want to overly rhyme the thing.

0:21.9

I met with Donald Trump and they held a press conference afterwards.

0:25.8

And there Tom, a British journalist named Tom identified as Tom, asked the following question.

0:33.1

How can the British Prime Minister believe you?

0:35.5

Because you have been known in the past to change your position on things.

0:38.5

And also May, there's a question to both of you.

0:40.7

People are fascinated to know how you're going to get on with each other.

0:43.2

You're so different. The hardworking daughter of a vicar, the brash TV extrovert.

0:48.9

Have you found anything in common personally yet?

0:51.6

Excellent, now there's brushes you might think.

0:55.0

Okay, then, let me give it another try.

0:57.4

You, Miss May, who once held the position at the association for payment clearing services.

1:05.4

And you, Mr. Trump, who once shaved Vince McMahon's head in a punitive measure at a world wrestling extravaganza.

1:16.6

You also owned a US FL team.

1:20.1

You, Miss Prime Minister, who has been described as sensible, if underwhelming,

1:28.2

having once failed to garner more than 10% of the vote in the bi-election in the parliamentary constituency of barking.

1:39.6

And you, Mr. Trump, who were once described as the American burluscony,

1:46.2

as a man experiencing, and I quote,

1:49.9

an existence unmolested by the rumbling of a soul.

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