Trump in Total Collapse After Disaster Week as He Face Plants on Stage

17 Jan 2026 · 27 min · 9 chapters

Ask about this episode

Ask anything about it. ChatGPT or Claude reads this page and answers with the times it was said.

Connect VO and ask about every podcast you hear, including the moments you saved. Add to ChatGPT · Add to Claude

In short

IHIP News Podcast Episode Summary

Episode Title

Trump in Total Collapse After Disaster Week as He Face Plants on Stage

Episode Description In this episode, hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie "Pumps" Sullivan discuss the troubling state of former President Trump, highlighting his recent public appearances marked by slurred speech and erratic behavior. The hosts argue that Trump's administration has fundamentally altered the role of government, prioritizing profits over the welfare of the people.

---

Key Themes and Discussions

  1. Shift in Government Purpose
  2. Historical Context: Government previously aimed to provide essential services (e.g., air traffic control, schools).
  3. Current Administration's Approach: The hosts argue that the Trump administration seeks to make citizens dependent on the government by promoting policies that harm public welfare.
  1. Critique of Trump's State and Policies
  2. Health Concerns: References to Trump's slurred speech and possible health decline.
  3. Environmental Policy: Criticism of the rollback of EPA regulations, emphasizing profit maximization over public safety.
  4. MAGA as a "Death Cult": The hosts assert that MAGA policies lead to increased sickness and poverty among citizens, making them easier to control.
  1. Republican Party Transformation
  2. Historical Evolution: Comparison of the Republican Party's state before and after Trump's rise.
  3. Radicalization of Moderates: Discussion on how moderate Republicans have become more radicalized, often abandoning their principles in support of Trump.
  4. Criticism of Republican Leaders: The hosts express disillusionment with figures like Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio, who have supported Trump despite previous criticisms of him.
  1. Human Rights and Foreign Policy Critique
  2. Lindsey Graham's Actions: Examination of Graham's interactions with the Iranian regime and his recent sudden advocacy for human rights.
  3. Skepticism Towards MAGA's Humanitarian Claims: The hosts question the sincerity of Republican leaders who suddenly champion human rights, drawing attention to historical biases and racism within the party.
  1. Emerging Political Trends
  2. Shift in Electorate: Acknowledgment of a growing leftward shift among traditionally Republican voters disenchanted with Trump's leadership.
  3. Call for Authentic Leadership: Emphasis on the need for Democratic leaders who can stand firmly against corporate greed and offer clear, progressive policies.

---

Key Takeaways

  • MAGA Policies: The hosts describe MAGA policies as detrimental to public health and safety, making marginalized groups more vulnerable.
  • Moral Collapse in Politics: There is a deep concern over the moral decline within the Republican Party, which the hosts believe has been exacerbated by Trump's influence.
  • Future of Democratic Leadership: Anticipation for a new wave of progressive candidates who can immediately address pressing issues like corporate power and human rights.
  • Public Sentiment: There is a notable shift among voters who are increasingly opposed to the cruel treatment of marginalized groups, indicating a potential change in political dynamics moving forward.

---

Closing Thoughts Jennifer and Pumps express a determination to hold all political leaders accountable, suggesting that the political landscape is evolving in ways that may not yet be reflected in polling or consulting group analyses. They encourage listeners to remain engaged and critical of the evolving political narrative.

Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.

Chapters

Tap a time to open that second in VO

The Shift of Government Purpose

0:46 to 2:16

Exploring how the current administration has altered the role of government.

“Like anybody is going to listen to a man that walks in to the Oval Office with a black eye higher than a kite on ketamine while his little kid is rubbing boogers all over the Resolute desk.”

Environmental Policies Under Trump

2:17 to 4:52

Discussion on the rollbacks of environmental regulations by the Trump administration.

“And they do all of this with the support of the family values.”

The Cult of Personality and MAGA

4:53 to 7:48

Analyzing the toxic masculinity and the cult-like following of Trump.

“Although the one time they had him spruced up pretty good to remember he was high as a kite.”

The GOP's Transformation

7:49 to 10:00

Examining the radicalization of the Republican Party and its alignment with MAGA.

“You have people that fall that were maybe moderate Republicans that were so put off by him from the very beginning.”

Human Rights and the Iranian Protests

10:01 to 12:54

Discussing the situation in Iran and the hypocrisy of certain American politicians.

“Now, listen, what's happening in Iran is the Iranian regime is horrific.”

Skepticism Towards Conservative Leaders

14:02 to 15:25

Exploration of the humanitarian claims made by conservative leaders regarding Iranian support.

“And then he just gets spoonfed from the homophobic racist base, just straight up homophobia because it lives in this movement.”

Critique of National Security Policies

15:26 to 17:44

Discussion on the troubling national security memo targeting dissenters and its implications.

“These people don't give a fuck about people in their own country.”

Shift in Republican Voter Sentiment

17:45 to 21:45

Conversation about the changing attitudes of lifelong Republicans towards the current political climate.

“Schumer in the letter says, I am deeply alarmed by your recent memorandum seeking to implement National Security Presidential Memorandum 7.”

Calls for Progressive Political Action

21:46 to 26:04

Argument for the Democratic Party to adopt a strong, progressive stance against corporate influence.

“And I have to tell you guys, and I'll let Pump speak for herself.”
Hear the part that matters, and keep it.Open this episode in VO. Double tap your headphones to save a moment as you listen.
Get VO free

Transcript

Automatic transcript. May contain errors.

0:04All right, this MAGA regime is intentionally shifting the purpose of government. It used to be government was to help the people, organize the people, provide things for people. And when I say that, provide things, I'm not talking about what the MAGA fleabags would think, oh, they all want to be on food stamps. No, I'm talking about air traffic control, highways, schools, postal service, et cetera. Well, this administration wants to make everybody sick, poor, independent upon them. Even Elon Musk has been saying in the last couple of weeks in videos, you shouldn't worry about your retirement. No one will need to save any money.

0:46Everyone will be taken care of. Like anybody is going to listen to a man that walks in to the Oval Office with a black eye higher than a kite on ketamine while his little kid is rubbing boogers all over the Resolute desk. All right. But I guess three out of 10 Americans do listen to him. This is super serious. The Environmental Protection Agency is to protect us, the Americans, from carcinogens and things that can cause cancer clusters, etc. Not in Trump's America. The Environmental Protection Agency is about destroying the environment and maximizing profits. Listen to the stroke victim here. And we're canceling the EPA's absurd tailpipe emission standard, one of the worst ever.

1:33and I revoked the California emissions waiver to stop San Francisco communists from regulating automobiles all over our nation, all over our world. So, okay, number one, the stuttering, the slurring, the marbles in his mouth. I mean, it's very obvious that we're dealing with a stroke victim here. He almost sounds shrunk, which is what I think the affect of post-stroke, I think he's had a massive stroke and the White House has covered it up, which we've referred to in other episodes. But this is serious. They have changed regulations to line up, not with public safety, but with just a company or two or three with their profits.

2:18And they do all of this with the support of the family values. The hill I'm going to die on is that I am pro-life. And in fact, I have said this for a very long time, and I'm going to continue to say it. MAGA is a death cult. All of their laws, all of their actions lead to deaths. When you look at their policies, you look at, you know, we don't want vaccines anymore. We're, you know, their measles are, I went and got a scan the other day and it said there is an outbreak of measles. They want people to be sick because poor people and sick people, they are disposable. Peter Till said it straight up and he's J.D.

3:02Vance's benefactor. The rich people need to control the poor people, the dumb people. And I think that all these groups that are underneath Trump's grasp, especially white women, women are disposable to Trump. Everybody in his administration, Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump, obviously. Women are disposable. They are not necessary. They're necessary to breed, a la J.D. Vance, but they don't need them because they want white, rich men, hopefully Christian, but in the, you know, doesn't have to be. But they have to have complete control because they're profoundly unpopular. And they want sick people and they want poor people because those people are easier to control.

3:48All right. And then let's just think about this, you guys. Think about what the Republican Party was like 10 years ago, okay? Before Donald Trump descended from the escalator. Or maybe say a couple months after he descended when Lion Ted and Little Marco and Low Energy Jeb and everyone was Lindsey Graham, they were all saying, if the Republican Party elects this guy, we are screwed. That will be the end of the Republican Party. This guy's America's Hitler and on and on and on. Okay. And remember how they talked about the decorum of the office, the dignity of the office, and they revered the office of the presidency.

4:29This is their guy right now that they literally pretzel themselves on cable news. This is the guy that devout Christian Scott Jennings goes hard in the paint for all day, every day on CNN. This is their guy right here. Play the clip. You ever noticed Joe would always cough before a speech? State of the Union, he gets,

4:59ladies and gentlemen. And then it would be like very short. Although the one time they had him spruced up pretty good to remember he was high as a kite.

5:10so as you can see there this is it's not even entertaining this is a a dementia ridden stroke victim senior citizen who has um mental illness i mean clearly he has malignant narcissistic personality disorder he's surrounded by a cult of personality and in this world this toxic masculinity world, at least the world that I grew up when I was around men that I felt like were true alphas. If somebody was going on and on and on about another 83 year old man and wouldn't shut up about him, at some point, the other alphas in the room would go, get over it. Why are you such a pussy? You're the president now.

5:53Why do you keep bringing it up? But in the MAGA form of masculinity. I guess it's now like this, you know, of course we know Trump is very effeminate. He, he, his affect to me is he's a very effeminate man. He's very into makeup swirling his hair. Um, I'll never forget the day after he met Zoran, mom, Donnie, and he was donning his little scarf slash turtleneck. He's into his, uh, interior design projects. He likes to listen to Phantom of the opera. He likes long belabored meetings with his architect. There isn't these people say that they think drag queens are a problem. Let me tell you what, drag queens love compliments.

6:34There isn't a drag queen alive that could sit through a cabinet meeting like this man does. He's a very effeminate man. And this personality cult just constantly enables him. Like nothing he said there was funny, but real men would go, why are you being such a pussy about Joe Biden? He's not president anymore. Well, he has cancer for one. Here's the thing. I do agree with Lindsey Graham when he said, we'll lose the Republican party. I do not believe that a Republican party exists anymore. I think it's MAGA and the people that won't stand up to MAGA, I think that they have this cult has taken all of the power and Mike Johnson is number one, allowed it.

7:20But I don't think that a conservative Republican party exists anymore. I think that it is completely been eaten and taken over by MAGA. Do you agree with that? A hundred percent. I think you're spot on with that. I think that what has happened is the former conservative Republicans, at least the ones that I've known, have been radicalized by this movement. And so I think two things happened, Pumps. You have people that fall that were maybe moderate Republicans that were so put off by him from the very beginning. They grab him by the pussy, his horrific business, filing bankruptcy, bankrupting casinos, knew that he was a blowhard and didn't buy into it.

8:07People that don't fall prey to this type of propaganda. Critical thinkers, conservative critical thinkers, I think they shifted to the center to center left. The majority of the Republican Party, however, because they have a steady diet of Fox News, aren't really big critical thinkers. A lot of racism mixed in there. Consistently and constantly value money over human life. I believe that all of these people got more and more radicalized, and they made a big bargain. With each vote, each time they trumped, and by the time they get to triple Trump. They're so broken morally. It's broken them in a way that now they're hellbent on saying, oh my God, we were so wrong.

8:54He was a huge mistake. I'm coming out of it. We're like quadruple, quintuple, infinity, double down here because if they admit, it's like Pandora's box. If they admit one flaw in him, then they have to look at 10 years of supporting this. And I think with each horrific, immoral action that this man has done, it has primed his cult to accept more and more depravity. Now, I would argue that they were broken from the jump to arrive at this political party, because I think the ones that were genuinely conservative, who you might have a tax policy difference with, a foreign policy difference with, I don't think they ever got on board with the Trump train.

9:37And I think that number is very, very, very small because we can look at just the ones we know. Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, they were fucking awful before. Terrible. Even Trump picked on them. And now they're a gajillion times worse than they ever were because of this contagious moral collapse in which they've engaged. Which brings me to Lindsey Graham and the subject of Iran. Now, listen, what's happening in Iran is the Iranian regime is horrific. It is a brutal religious regime that is very repressive. There's been all sorts of sanctions. Their inflation is insane and extreme conditions have brought people to the streets to protest and fight for their freedom.

10:30For me, as an American, when the United States, and I support all Iranian people, I support all people around the world that want to get away from a repressive government and live free and peacefully. That's my wish for all of humanity. For me, when I see people, Americans, American politicians that are racist, that are okay with racism, that are clearly anti -immigrant, start acting like all of a sudden they're for human rights, my antennas go up. My antennas go up big time. Here is Lindsey Graham sitting down with the son of the Shah of Iran with Make Iran Great Again hats. And this to me is just a super duper red flag.

11:26Play the clip. Lindsey Graham here with the crown prince of Iran. Iran, I have followed you, your passion, the way you articulate the hope of your people. It will be up to the people of Iran to pick their next leader. I can't wait to have a chance to do that. But you are really risen to the occasion. Compelling narrative for the long-suffering people of Iran. And I believe with all my heart that help is on the way. Okay. This is Lady Graham, all right, who we all know is a huge supporter of Donald Trump's. The fact that anybody in MAGA is saying that they stand with the protesters while Gestapo is shooting American protesters is so incredibly insane to me.

12:25But this makes me think, because the one thing Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz always talk about is every country except for the United States of America, specifically Israel. And so when I see that alliance there, and I am not a foreign policy expert, my antennas go way, way up. because I have to say to the Iranian people, to Venezuelans, to Americans, which were living in it, this MAGA movement is not about inclusivity and help and lifting up the marginalized. That's not what it's about. Let me just show you some tweets here to illustrate this point. So you all know Richard Grinnell, the old queen that runs the Kennedy Center, right?

13:15The soul queen over there. All right. So he tweets, I help sneak gays and lesbians out of Iran. And for the first time ever, someone has said, I want to wait just a bit. There is real hope coming from the inside. I don't think you can stop this now. and a MAGA person straight out of central casting immediately responds, don't be bringing gay and lesbian Iranians to America, bro, because that's, that is the slop that is the MAGA movement right fucking there. That's it. And Richard Grinnell then tells this guy to fuck off. But Richard Grinnell thinks that somehow he's safe in this MAGA movement and that he's some humanitarian and sneaking these gay Iranians into America.

14:05And then he just gets spoonfed from the homophobic racist base, just straight up homophobia because it lives in this movement. And I just am very skeptical of these conservatives that act like they give a fuck about human rights. All of a sudden, now their panties are in a wad. We've got to go help Iranians, which I want Iranians to have help. I am not an expert enough in foreign policy to know exactly how to do that. But I do know this from living in this regime and covering the Trump administration from the election to now. These people are not helpers. These people are exploiters. These people have a bunch of shit up their sleeves.

14:54They're not going to liberate Iran. They're going, there's some sinister plan behind it. And I, again, I want to emphasize that the plight of the Iranian people has nothing but my unconditional empathy, but be careful with anybody like Lindsey Graham or Donald Trump or Benjamin Netanyahu or Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz. These These people don't give a fuck about people in their own country. If there are Iranian Americans here in this country, their plans are to send them to concentration camps and deport them. So all of this, all of a sudden we have, we have a humanitarian crisis and that those people care about it.

15:46I'm not buying. And so I don't know if I just stepped in it or not, because I know that these situations, foreign policy wise are loaded and that people that have connections to Iran or people that are Iranian Americans are grieving. They still have family over there and that this is an incredibly stressful, repressive, violent situation. And I stand with all people in support of universal human rights. And I just know with everything in me that these little twerp, white Christian nationalists and that little old queen, Lindsey Graham, they don't give a fuck about Iranian humanity and human rights.

16:32They do not give a shit. And that old queen, Richard Grinnell, over at the Kennedy Center that's completely ruined the Kennedy Center in record time. That's his greatest accomplishment. He just got served up some red meat homophobia that is ubiquitous in the MAGA movements. I ain't buying any of this, but pumps, I want to close and I want to get your opinion on this. Chuckles. All right.

17:00These guys are not fighting for us. They're not fighting for the country. And there is a, uh, independent journalist named Ken Kleppenstein. And I use his work a lot. He's really incredible. He's doing incredible work. He exposed this NSPM 7. It's this national security memo where basically they are targeting Americans that look like pumps in me that just opposed the regime as somehow terrorists. Or if you use the word anti-fascist or Antifa, then you're on a terror list and all of this stuff. This thing's been out. Ken broke this story three months ago. Chuckles just woke up from his nap And he sent Pam Bondi a letter about it.

17:47Pop this up. Schumer in the letter says, I am deeply alarmed by your recent memorandum seeking to implement National Security Presidential Memorandum 7. And Ken Klippenstein comments here so alarmed that he waited three months to comment on it for the first time. And this is like Neville Chamberlain was if we give him a one and being a pussy, chuckles and Hakeem are like at a 10. These strongly worded letters and I'm deeply disappointed. All of this is just like Susan Collins. And so when I hear people, I used to get irritated when I would hear people say there's no difference between the parties.

18:35I'd be like, like hell, there isn't difference. I can tell you from a person that lives in a red state, there's a dire difference, But I can see how working class Americans would see, well, what's the difference between the parties? What's the difference between Susan Collins and Chuck Schumer? They're both deeply concerned. I'm very alarmed. Welcome to adulthood. Every goddamn day, I'm alarmed at something. Welcome to the human existence. What's your take on that, Pumps? Here's the thing. I remember when that whole thing happened, and I'm really kind of speechless, but he is just now three months late.

19:13Right? I thought that was in the rearview mirror. I mean, I thought, so here's the thing. On the current leadership we have in Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, you've lost me. I'm out. Until I see that you are taking active steps to stop this regime. And by that, I mean defending ICE, impeachment. I want to see action. I don't want to see another fucking strongly worded letter because we are so far past that. We've been past that for almost a year. But it's nice to know that really important. This is something that you have information on and I do, too, that I think could be helpful for the Democratic Party.

19:56And listen, it is anecdotal and we are offering this free of charge. in your personal friend group that you've had for years, like your sorority sisters, your high school friends, your mom friends, the majority of the time that you've known them, they have been Republican voters. And since this Trump 2.0, the percentage of them that hate Trump is what? Oh, I was just with them this last weekend and it is 100%. percent think that it's over. And these were lifetime Republican voters, correct? Same with my, I've always had more progressive friends, but I do have some that were centrist Republicans.

20:39The shift that is happening in the electorate has moved so rapidly to the left that I don't think these consulting groups that the Democratic Party is hiring is even calculating it. And when I talk to friends that live in other states, and Pumps has friends that live in other states too, and again, you guys, this is anecdotal. There is a massive leftward shift happening in the country that the governing class, Chuckles and Hakeem, and the consultant groups that they're hiring when they try to crowdsource their morals and crowdsource their conviction and crowdsource their opinions they haven't caught up with yet.

21:23And the nation did an article pumps that said, Democrats set to win despite themselves. And I think that that may very well happen. So sometimes in the comment section, some of you all will say, don't bash Democrats. And it's like, no, we have to, because otherwise we don't have credibility. That's what MAGA does. That's what Scott Jennings does. He gets on and he never bashes the Republicans. We have to hold all leaders to account, even Democratic leaders, because I'm telling you guys, there is a shift that is happening in this country that is not registering places, but we see it in the comment section of this beautiful community we've built.

22:06And I have to tell you guys, and I'll let Pump speak for herself. She was the epicenter of Republican culture her whole life. And I'm telling you guys, they are dropping like flies. Yeah. Raised in it, registered Republican, the whole nine. Here's the thing that I think, you know, I heard that the Democrats are crowdsourcing and doing focus groups on this ICE video about Renee Good. Are you fucking kidding me? Everybody everybody saw it. Everybody knows what it said. You don't need to pay consultants to do it. But I think that when you have lifelong Republicans in my life that I know, including myself, it was, you were raised in privilege.

22:48You were white, you were upper middle class. So all, and very Christian, very evangelical, not all in my friend group, but a lot. So it was, we're better than them. We're divine. We're righteous, all that shit. Okay. But putting all that aside, people don't like to see other people murdered. People don't like to see people, I mean, obviously the Stephen Millers of the world too, but the large majority of people in my life do not enjoy watching people be shackled and handcuffed. They don't enjoy the clips from Seacott when they see Kristi Noem with her really expensive watch in front of all those people piled in a cell.

23:31It's easy to vote Republican when it's just, oh yeah, well, I mean, they're mean to gay people and they're racist, but it's not in my world every day. You can block it out. This is impossible to block out. It is in your face. It is the manifestation of everything terrible about human beings in our society that we have demeaned and dehumanized people more than we have pets. People are more apt to dehumanize people than their fucking pets. So we have a real problem. And I think just based on my life, it starts with the evangelical Christian movement. I'll die on that hill. That's where it starts.

24:13But people that have just a modicum of privilege and common sense, they look at this and they're horrified. That's been my experience. They do not like it. I think the Democratic Party is in for a rude awakening in these midterms because their electorate is not like MAGA. We're not like, what are our marching orders? Who is the person that we vote for here? We want politicians that aren't beholden to corporations. We want a politician that has the balls to watch that video and say, I don't need to crowdsource it. Save the goddamn money. We need to abolish ICE. And I will take that message to the electorate and say, do you want to fund a domestic terrorist organization that does this to fellow Americans?

25:02The majority, overwhelming majority of Americans will say, no, we don't want to pay for that. We don't like that. And they're in for a very rude awakening because there is a massive leftward shift where people like me who've always been liberal, I've gone further to the left. People that were Republican light have moved to center left. And the more and more information you get about corporate greed, the more difficult it is to stomach. And I firmly believe that if the Democrats took a message of we believe in firmly regulated capitalism, some people call it democratic socialism. I think if they message we believe in firmly regulated capitalism that keeps us safe, that fights to where people don't live in abject poverty.

25:52But these corporations have too much power. These corporations are picking our president. Nobody should have$300 million just sitting around while they're high on ketamine all the time to go elect some dipshit that then does all of this shit. And so the Democratic Party needs to quit crowdsourcing their morals and lift up leaders like Chris Van Hollen, who is serious about human rights. He is serious about it. He doesn't have to go crowdsource it. And so I think that these if we make it to these midterms, we're going to see a lot of progressive candidates. And I think the 2028 candidate is not going to be somebody who we think it is.

26:37I think it's going to be somebody who comes out with conviction and doesn't have to crowdsource their morals and isn't afraid to answer any question or go on any platform and be uber, uber disciplined. And I think that is who is going to rise up in the Democratic Party. And I don't think we know who it is right now. It's not going to be Gavin Newsom. It's not going to be Kamala Harris. It's going to be somebody who isn't chicken shit to stand up to corporations and billionaires. All right. That's all we have. Like, subscribe. We'll be back later with more news.

From the publisher

Trump has another slurring filled freakout on stage. It's clear he is declining fast.


Order our new book, join our Substack, shop our merch, and more by clicking here: https://linktr.ee/ivehaditpodcast.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

More from IHIP News

All 1,257 episodes
Trump in Total Collapse After Disaster Week as He Face Plants on StageIHIP News · 27 min
Listen in VO