In short
The episode argues that Donald Trump and his allies are being manipulated by foreign “bad actors,” and that their domestic messaging is hypocritical and detached from reality. It claims Trump’s dyed hair is an “insane” distraction and cites alleged manipulation by Benjamin Netanyahu (UAE warning about Hamas before Oct. 7; Netanyahu allegedly ignored security briefings; money transfers to Hamas). It also targets Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff for dehumanizing Palestinians and for “sucking up” to Vladimir Putin, including claims about optics in Kiev and prior Trump-Putin friendliness. Notable examples include Putin’s “car” gesture, Germany’s far-right surge led by Alice Weidel, and Scott Bessent’s pro-growth economic claims.
Guests
Ruth Ben-Ghiat (historian/analyst).
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Chapters
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0:30 to 3:05
Discussing Trump's new hair color and political implications.
“All right, Donald Trump dyed his hair brown or perhaps the bunny boiler bought the wrong color.”
Netanyahu's Warning Ignored
3:05 to 7:00
Analyzing Netanyahu's failure to heed warnings about Hamas.
“If only we could read about that, Jared.”
Manipulation by Global Leaders
7:00 to 11:10
Examining how Trump and Kushner are manipulated by foreign leaders.
“Alarm bells are ringing across Europe after a landslide election victory puts the far right on the brink of holding power in a German state for the first time since the Nazis.”
Midterms and Political Accountability
11:10 to 12:06
Discussing the upcoming midterms and calls for accountability.
“all of the war crimes committed by Pete Heckseth, there needs to be a big reckoning.”
Transcript
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0:34All right, Donald Trump dyed his hair brown or perhaps the bunny boiler bought the wrong color. Here he is just on Labor Day. He just rolls out a new hair color. Nobody really is talking about it. It's absolutely insane. We have this president who goes on and on and on about gender affirming care. And here he is dying his hair brown. Here's Pete Hegseth making sure everybody's juiced up on testosterone in the military. We are truly governed by the biggest dorks ever. I mean, truly, truly. But I'm not the only one that notices this. You're not the only people that notice this. Really bad actors on the world stage know that Donald Trump is the easiest person on the planet to manipulate.
1:18One of those people is Benjamin Netanyahu, and there's bombshell reporting coming out, pop this up. UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed personally called Netanyahu 10 days before October 7 and warned Netanyahu that Hamas was preparing a massive operation. Netanyahu ignored him and didn't bother briefing Israel security chiefs about the alarm. I had heard some reports of this right after October 7 that Egypt had also warned Netanyahu. So now these are two reports combined with the fact that Benjamin Netanyahu was sending money in cars from Qatar to Hamas. It's almost as though he wanted all of this to happen so he could justify genociding an entire population.
2:08And then, of course, you have to have partners when you want to do really bad things. And there's a reason that Benjamin Netanyahu, On the one hand, oh gosh, we are incredible. We are an incredible democracy. Israel is just an incredible democracy. Yet they back a guy who tried to overthrow a free and fair election. They wanted Donald Trump. Why did they want Donald Trump? Because he's a dipshit that's running around changing his hair color. And all you have to do is say, God, man, you're great. Follow us into war. And Donald Trump's like, yeah, sure, I'll do it. Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who is about as qualified as Kai Trump to be dealing with international affairs, dehumanizes Palestinians on the world stage.
2:52Play the clip. It has not worked for a very, very long time. It was basically built by NGOs and terrorists, and it's been a dystopian place for a long time. I wonder why. I wonder why Gaza has had so many troubles since 1947. If only we could read about that, Jared. And here's Kushner and Witkoff, which are basically Tweedledee and Tweedledipshit, our foreign policy's best foot forward on the world stage, sucking up to Vladimir Putin, another person who knows that Donald Trump is so easy to manipulate. Play the clip. We were sitting outside just now, me, Jared, and Carol, and then Yuri joined us, and we were all talking about when we retire, we'll have all these incredible stories and incredible memories, and yours will be right at the top of it all.
3:49I mean, it's just, it's unbelievable the American weakness on stage while the entire right-wing media ecosystem want to tell us Trump's such a badass. They are getting played by Netanyahu, by Vladimir Putin. And after the meeting with Putin, they went to Kiev to try to help Putin achieve his goals. Let's play the clip. He has certain objectives. He expresses that he wants to achieve, but obviously there are different aspirations he has for his country that can also be achieved once this is concluded and we'll continue to have a positive dialogue in order to find the pathway to get there. President Trump comes from the business world, which in the business world, you think about things in the context of win-win, how do you create opportunities for both sides to do what's in their interest?
4:39Now, Donald Trump thinks win-win. He's going to win first, and then he might throw some stuff to you and Ivanka later. Jared Kushner is in the pocket of the Saudis. And right now you have this whole narrative in like the New York Post and right-wing media that Zoran shouldn't go to 9-11, which is absolutely insane. Absolutely insane. He is the mayor of New York City. But all these people have is this propaganda, propaganda that everyone that is a Muslim is a terrorist, except for the Muslims that give Jared Kushner$2 billion. So do you see how they start carving out? Who can pay us? They're okay.
5:21And then the people who are incorruptible, who don't take money from bad actors on the global stage, regardless of religion, they try to make them the boogeyman. And here's Ruth Ben-Ghiat with some analysis on all of this. Pop this up. Get talking points from ally patron first, then head to enemy. leave Kremlin in Russian vehicles normally reserved for Russian leaders to drive home optics of puppets and masters. They are representing Putin in Kiev as well as Putin's asset in Washington. And this goes way back to Trump 1.0 when he had the Russians immediately in the Oval Office and only the translator was in there.
6:03Throughout anybody else, let's remember in Alaska when Donald Trump had American troops roll out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin, and Trump stood there back when he had orange hair and clapped like a seal for him. These very bad actors are manipulating Donald Trump to get exactly what they want, the dismantling of the United States as a superpower. Jared and Whitcoff, Tweedledee and sweet old dipshit have no idea how they're getting played. Putin's like, here, take my car. So like, oh, my God, that's so nice. Thanks, Vlad. We really appreciate it. Meanwhile, Putin is playing the long game, controlling these idiots all the way to get everything that he wants.
6:50And all of these bad actors are really gaining steam all over the world. There's a far right party in Germany that is surging in elections. Pop this up. Alarm bells are ringing across Europe after a landslide election victory puts the far right on the brink of holding power in a German state for the first time since the Nazis. That doesn't sound very good. Well, who's the leader of this party? This party is led by a woman who carries the water for the patriarchy. This is unbelievable. This is just like Barry Weiss right here. Pop this up. Alice Weidel becomes the first leader in the world who is anti-immigration but has an immigrant wife, is anti-LGBTQ +, but is a lesbian herself, opposes LGBT adoption but has adopted two children, and is a hardcore German nationalist but lives in Switzerland.
7:46This is kind of a combo between Barry Weiss and Laura Ingram. You know, they want to preach all of these traditional family values, yet Laura Ingram over on Fox, has adopted children, never even mentions, nobody in Fox, nobody ever asks her the question, like, why aren't you in a traditional family? Which I don't care. I support Laura Ingram more than Laura Ingram supports herself. And the same with Barry Weiss. Here she is carrying the water for the patriarchy. And here we have it right here. At the core of all of this is just breathtaking hypocrisy. And then speaking of demon queens, of course, we have Scott Besson.
8:25And here he is giving his economic message for the midterms. Play the clip. So my message is underlying economy is very strong. Job growth is strong. Wage growth is strong. I believe as we sit here now, the economy is accelerating. I think we're going through a productivity burst. And I think we are going to get to the other side of this Iran conflict with a safer world, with an Iran that cannot have a nuclear weapon, and that we are in the liftoff phase. It's just amazing. I mean, really, I don't think he said one true thing, not one. And Lara Trump is just sitting there just like, oh my God, you're nailing it.
9:04We are truly governed by the biggest dipshits on the planet. Scott Besson and all of these people in Trump's orbit are so out of touch with what's going on in the United States because for them, the economy is booming. I think it's Whitcoff and Howard Letnick, whose sons are just making billions of dollars. But that's before we get to Dumb and Dumber and Ivanka and even Barron's made$150 million. dollars. If you're Trump or you're a Trump ass kisser, the economy is booming for you. Absolutely. But let's just remember that Iran didn't have a nuclear weapon. All of this is done at the behest of Benjamin Netanyahu, who the evidence is clearly mounting here.
9:49He knew about Hamas. He knew what was coming. He did nothing to protect the citizens of Israel. And yet he wants to lecture everybody about us critiquing his government. He wants to lecture everybody about democracy. It's just absolutely a joke. With 56 days, 56, you guys, to go until the midterms, polling shows an effective tie in the Senate. Pop this up. The DDHQ forecast now has the U.S. Senate as a pure toss-up for the first time since early June. The average seat outcome across 1 million simulation remains a 50-50 tie, which would be a narrow win for Republicans, thanks to Vice President, our little smoky-eyed sociopath, and his tie-breaking vote.
10:35So this is really great news. But everything I read online this weekend, I think Brian Tyler Cohen posted it, everything you think, like he's going to do this in the midterms to cheat, bank on it. Bank on them doing everything they possibly can to cheat, to try to cling on to power. Because these people, all they have are lies. Everything is an absolute veneer. It's a house of cards. In the midterms, we can pull out one little card here and it's all going to come crumbling down. Accountability for Jared Kushner and all of his double dealings, Elon Musk and all of the, I think, probably crimes he committed with Doge, Donald Trump, all the grifting, all of the war crimes committed by Pete Heckseth, there needs to be a big reckoning.
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