Trump Begs SCOTUS for Help, He's Drowning and E-Mails Expose His Fear

29 Jul 2026 · 14 min · 5 chapters

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In short

The hosts argue Trump is panicking about death and using religion and fear-based messaging to fundraise, while also claiming his legal and political troubles (SCOTUS, E. Jean Carroll) and poor polling will hurt Republicans ahead of the midterms.

Guest backgrounds

No named guests appear; the episode is a two-host discussion (referred to as “Pumps” and “Jennifer”).

Key claims

Trump’s “heaven”/near-death email is a grift; he’s fixated on mortality; “bullet pierced my skin” is misleading. They allege GOP “communism” attacks are projection and confusion, citing Ted Cruz and “Mondami”/Democratic figures. They claim Democrats’ midterm advantage is mainly repudiation of Trump, not enthusiasm.

Notable examples

Trump’s fundraising email; references to Save America Act; polling negatives (immigration -22, economy -40, Iran -42, inflation -50, gas -58); Trump/Eric Jr./Barron Trump wealth and contracts; Trump urging SCOTUS to block E. Jean Carroll defamation damages ($83.3 million) on presidential immunity grounds.

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Trump's Obsession with Mortality

0:45 to 2:36

Analyzing Trump's email about his near-death experience and religious claims.

“And I love the idea that Trump is religious in any sort of way.”

Critique of Trump's Claims

2:36 to 4:34

Critique of Trump's embellishment regarding the bullet incident and his super PAC.

“So it's interesting to me he has this war chest.”

Ted Cruz and Communism Claims

4:34 to 6:36

Discussion on Ted Cruz's comments linking Trump to communism and GOP tactics.

“Well, Pumps, you talked about how they got a memo about, you know, the socialist messaging.”

GOP Enthusiasm and Trump's Decline

6:36 to 10:34

Exploration of lack of GOP enthusiasm and Trump's declining polling numbers.

“You also hear reports that this is not an election coming up that is, we are so pro-democratic candidates.”

Trump's Legal Battles

12:18 to 14:00

Discussion on Trump's appeal to the Supreme Court regarding E. Jean Carroll's case.

“him in court again, and he was forced to pay her.”
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0:04Trump is desperately trying to get into heaven, mostly because he doesn't want to hang out with Lindsey graham or charlie kirk anymore here is a campaign uh grift a new grift in an email he has sent out it says friend i want to try to get to heaven i came millimeters from death when that bullet pierced through my skin in 2024 my triumphant return to the white house was never supposed to happen but i believe that god saved me for one reason to make america great again and we've seen emails similar to this in the past and he is still trying to griff off of this i also think he is getting way more scared of dying.

0:39Well, I was going to say this tracks with the reporting we did yesterday that he's really all consumed with thoughts about his own mortality. He can't stop thinking about it. And I love the idea that Trump is religious in any sort of way. You could see when he was reading his eulogy of Lindsey Graham at his funeral, whenever he got to any sort of scripture part of it, it was a real, real struggle for him. He calls it two Corinthians, which for those of us in the community, formerly in the community, it's not two Corinthians, it's second Corinthians. He doesn't even hold the Bible right side up.

1:21Remember that in Trump 1.8? But here's something that I want to point out. He said a bullet pierced his skin. That to me is an interesting choice of words, because we all know that this bullet just barely nicked his ear and it immediately healed. And we have no foundation whatsoever that that actually, I mean, not trying to be a conspiracy theorist, but I think we're past because of the evidence that we have talked about ad nauseum on this program, the lack of transparency, the way it was handled, a shooter on the roof. Secret Service never allows that. So this is fishy from jump. And I just think for Trump, that is a very interesting choice of words.

2:10A bullet pierced his skin. But at the time it was, they tried to kill me. I almost died. It's like, bitch, you're healed within one day. So did it really pierce your skin? It's ridiculous. And I just want to point this out to everybody. Trump has this massive super PAC with hundreds of millions of dollars in it. To date, where has that money been going? Trump's super PACs help Trump, period. So it's interesting to me he has this war chest. Even if, let's say, the Supreme Court said, oh, baby, go for it in 2020 and 28, his approval numbers alone aren't going to get him elected. He's old as fuck.

2:53So there is absolutely no way that this$200 million, in my opinion, is going anywhere but in the Donald J. Trump personal account, like everything else. Let's remember that point after this Ted Cruz video I'm about to play. So Ted Cruz goes on Hannity and he's ranting about communism. Mondami, you know who does own a pied-a-terre? That would be comrade Mondami, who has a palatial estate in Uganda. But that's always the case. Fidel Castro was a billionaire. Putin is a billionaire. The leaders of communist regimes are always rich. They steal and rob from those they govern. Look at what money. I mean, projection.

3:42Here's the deal. I thought Trump was an authoritarian. According to Ted, he's a communist. Yeah. And let's not forget 12 companies, the United States, the United States has taken a stake in their earnings, which to me is Donald Trump's pocket. Again, that's my opinion, because we have yet to see. He was asked a question the other day about where's all the money from Venezuela? We're getting billions from it. And it's going to the United States. Really? We haven't seen$1. It went to Qatar. What are you talking about? So this is truly this communism thing is everybody got a memo. We got to scare everybody about the Democrats.

4:25So we're going to start throwing the word communism out because the dipshits that watch right wing media have no idea what it means. And Ted Cruz just eloquently described Donald Trump without intent, in my opinion. Well, Pumps, you talked about how they got a memo about, you know, the socialist messaging. they've received another memo and we have reporting on the other memo house gop memo shows parties quote socialist scare tactics are not working ahead of the midterms a conservative firm is warning house republicans to smear liberals as communists saying that socialism alarms far fewer in the abstract so it's the battle between socialism and communism which one They don't know the difference, by the way.

5:10I'm kind of confused by that. These people do not know the difference. But as the wealth disparity continues to grow and the American lower income people, poor people are being left behind and actually just stepped on and crawled over. And you see Mondami saying, okay, we're going to freeze rent. We're going to make accessibility to groceries at a huge discount. We are going to work. The government is going to work for you. You see socialist party members saying we want free health care for everybody. Guess what, guys? So do most Americans, except for the super rich that think they are entitled and it's a privilege to have health care, despite the fact that we are the only first world country that does not provide free health care to its citizens.

6:02They don't want you to have it because they don't give a fuck if you're poor and they don't give a fuck if you get sick. Medical bankruptcy, Kamala Harris said it best, it should not be a word that is used because the only place it is used is the United States. Well, and there's more bad news for the GOP ahead of the midterms. Politics and poll trackers from the Washington Post, Republicans see scary lack of enthusiasm among core voters ahead of midterms. Pollsters and GOP groups are raising the alarm about an unmotivated base in an election year that would be tough no matter what, given the president's low approval.

6:40Here's an interesting thing about this. You also hear reports that this is not an election coming up that is, we are so pro-democratic candidates. This is an election. It's a repudiation of Donald Trump and his administration because the Democrats have spent the last 18 months with their heads up their ass, not fighting. The Democrats, the establishment, the progressives, they can't get together because there's such a hold with the establishment that they will not come around to the ideas of their base. So make no mistake. This is not about how great Democratic candidates are. This is how bad, how pitiful and embarrassing the Trump regime has been, in my opinion.

7:30I think that's a really important point, Pumps, because we've seen that Trump has now gotten us into a war that is raging on today, five months, that we said was going to be three weeks. The only piece of legislation that he's focused on is the Save America Act, which is basically trying to help him break the election to stay in power. Um, he's literally not doing anything for any American and Americans see that and they want something different. And their only option is Democrats. The Democrats need to get on message and really start, you know, putting forth what we are for and what will come if we take over the House or the Senate in the midterms.

8:19But I think that it is much more of a repudiation of Trump than this big party for Democrats. And Trump is hitting new record low polling. Immigration, he's at negative 22, which is a new low. Economy, negative 40. Iran, negative 42, new low. Inflation, negative 50, a new low. And gas prices, negative 58. So, yeah, he is the greatest at having the worst polling of, I think, any president. And here's another thing. When you look at, OK, you're a worker. You are paycheck to paycheck. You are having trouble affording health care. You have to choose between your medicine and feeding your kids. And every time you turn on the screen, we've got Trump with this reflecting poll that he's throwing a buddy, you know, a$14 million no bid contract.

9:16And then another buddy, he is the same buddy he's throwing the fucked up, he's going to repair it. The same person is going to repair it. You're seeing Don and Eric Jr. aka Dem and Dumber being awarded government contract and being billions. You find out that Barron Trump, who is 20 years old, is making hundreds of millions of dollars. Trump himself, just based on what we know and have documented, has increased his wealth more as a president of the United States than he did his entire fucking life before he got into politics. And he is putting up monuments to himself. It looks like Marie Antoinette vomited all over the Oval Office.

9:58All of these aggrandizements to himself are coming. But nothing has come for the American people. And I just believe even the dumbest person in rural Oklahoma that is a God fearing Trump supporter at least sees that and says, why did he get everything? And we don't. Now, again, he probably says he's so great. He's their leader. He deserves all this. And I'll eat ramen for the next week so that he can have all that. Those people are out there. Don't get me wrong. But at some point, human nature is going to kick in. It's why are we giving all this to him and he is giving nothing to us? I mean, hopefully.

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12:17And we, we know recently that aging Carol beat him in court again, and he was forced to pay her. He is now going back to the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump has urged the Supreme Court to once again step in his messy legal brawl with magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, appealing an 83.3 million jury verdict for defamation on the grounds that, as president, he's immune from the litigation. Pumps, what do you know about this? Okay, what I know about this is these allegations do not stem when he was president necessarily. The Supreme Court has already ruled. Just because it came from the press office doesn't mean it's presidential.

12:59He has tried this argument before the Supreme Court with near the exact same facts, and the Supreme Court declined to hear it because he doesn't have ground. So this is the same thing that just, I think, less than 60 days ago, the Supreme Court declined to get in the middle of. So my guess, which I hate to bet on the Supreme Court being consistent, A, and not being fucking ass deep in corruption, because that is clearly not fed it out by the evidence. But if they are true to a ruling they made less than 60 days ago, they will deny this claim and he will end up having to pay this money. And he doesn't want to pay it.

13:39Here's the deal. This is a man that can't face accountability. He is acting like this is E. Jean Carroll's fault. Bitch, you were on all the time defaming her after a court of law had said you defamed her, you are an adjudicated rapist, and he gets on, and he was threatened with contempt 10 times because he wouldn't shut the fuck up. All right, well, Pumps, you want to close this out? All right. Please like subscribe and go to the link in the show notes to buy Jennifer's book coming out in October. Not today fascists. It's such an important read before the midterms.

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