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Juliette Kayyem

👤 Speaker
4 total appearances

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The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump Stunt Backfires as Crowd Prepares to Torch Him!!

to avoid. We've got some politics with the Iranian team. The United States should let the entire team in. This is now getting silly and petty. In New York, you're going to have American citizens who have a right to protest, right to heckle. That's all going to happen. No one should be surprised about it. That's America. But what you do have on the security overlay, and I think the Secret Service, and unfortunately

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump Stunt Backfires as Crowd Prepares to Torch Him!!

This just has to happen, given that Trump is coming. They're going to basically control the outer perimeter. That means New Yorkers are not going to have the experience that they would want, including the watch parties. You'll have watch parties elsewhere. That's the price of having a president visit one of these. I hope it's the only one, because I do think, regardless of who the president is, this would happen in any situation, it's just an increased burden.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump Stunt Backfires as Crowd Prepares to Torch Him!!

And unless absolutely necessary, like an Olympics, generally sitting presidents avoid things like that because of the burden on safety and security. You really don't see sitting presidents come to events like this for that reason. So you'll see the mayor adapt. I think he did the right thing, however reluctantly, in terms of closing those watch parties nearby, and then maybe open up more watch parties outside of the secure zone.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
Trump Stunt Backfires as Crowd Prepares to Torch Him!!

All right. Juliette Kayam, always great to have you. Thank you so much. It's going to be a summer. Yes, it is indeed. It's already started.