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Cliff Sims

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1691 total appearances

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

They're the ones who broke the stories of all the things that were happening in Watergate during the Nixon administration.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

Well, Bob Woodward wrote two or three books about the Trump era.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

And there's a scene in one of his books

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

where he talks about, it's during the campaign when Steve Bannon first joined the Trump campaign.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

And there's this scene where Steve walks into the 14th floor of Trump Tower, into the war room, and there's nobody there except for one person.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

His name's Andy Sarabian.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

He was the war room director.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

And Steve's like, where is everybody?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

And Andy says, you know, oh, well,

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

This is everybody there.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

We don't really have a team.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

Basically, it's like this whole scenario of dialogue that happens.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

And Steve dramatically says, I want everybody back in here from this moment until the day the election happens.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

It's this dramatic scene of we're going to rally the troops and we're going to have everybody in this room.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

We're going to be a whole thing.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

It's a really dynamic story, except for the fact that it never happened.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

Andy Sarabian's one of my best friends.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

Seeing this film, I'm like, did this happen, Sarabian?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

He's like, dude, nothing even remotely like that ever, ever happened.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#136 Cliff Sims - White House Myths, Doomsday Bunkers and Holding the Nuclear Football

And Bob Woodward never called Andy Sarabian to ask him if this story ever happened.