Sarah Longwell

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Yeah. And so did JVL. So it's hard to know because I also listen to you guys, especially when we're doing crossovers. And so we just have we have a both a parasocial and a real social relationship.

Yeah. And so did JVL. So it's hard to know because I also listen to you guys, especially when we're doing crossovers. And so we just have we have a both a parasocial and a real social relationship.

You know, I was annoyed by the speech for the positives in it, because I think that Trump did a pretty effective job on several fronts. Number one was creating heartwarming moments with and this is I mean, on right wing Twitter right now, the the big. takeaway is that Democrats did not clap for the young boy with brain cancer and that they are ghouls.

You know, I was annoyed by the speech for the positives in it, because I think that Trump did a pretty effective job on several fronts. Number one was creating heartwarming moments with and this is I mean, on right wing Twitter right now, the the big. takeaway is that Democrats did not clap for the young boy with brain cancer and that they are ghouls.

So I actually didn't catch that if they didn't.

So I actually didn't catch that if they didn't.

Yeah. And I think that it is possible that what the reaction was, was a frustration of you are sort of putting the camera on this young guy, and it was a sweet moment, right? His dream was to be a Secret Service, they made him a Secret Service thing, but I think that my guess is Democrats were sitting there being like, this guy is cutting pediatric cancer research right now as we speak. And like,

Yeah. And I think that it is possible that what the reaction was, was a frustration of you are sort of putting the camera on this young guy, and it was a sweet moment, right? His dream was to be a Secret Service, they made him a Secret Service thing, but I think that my guess is Democrats were sitting there being like, this guy is cutting pediatric cancer research right now as we speak. And like,

If I had to get in their brains, it would be things like that. But anyway, I thought I also thought the part where he went through the USAID stuff and like crack jokes about it and got laugh lines out of it like that right now. I've got Tommy on the show on Saturday and we're talking about foreign policy.

If I had to get in their brains, it would be things like that. But anyway, I thought I also thought the part where he went through the USAID stuff and like crack jokes about it and got laugh lines out of it like that right now. I've got Tommy on the show on Saturday and we're talking about foreign policy.

And one of the things that I think Trump has done, especially on the right, is to create a constant sense of. Of scarcity. And when people have a sense of scarcity, they are constantly doing the math of, oh, money goes to Ukraine. It's not going to Americans. Money's going to this weird country I've never heard of.

And one of the things that I think Trump has done, especially on the right, is to create a constant sense of. Of scarcity. And when people have a sense of scarcity, they are constantly doing the math of, oh, money goes to Ukraine. It's not going to Americans. Money's going to this weird country I've never heard of.

When Trump does this thing where he's like pronouncing countries names as though are these places even real?

When Trump does this thing where he's like pronouncing countries names as though are these places even real?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Normally, the leader of the free world might not be keen to admit that they don't know where these different places are on the map. But Trump is happy to do it. And frankly, that lands, right? Because people also don't know where these are. And so while it was filled with lies and the smug faces of Mike Johnson and J.D. Vance behind him sort of Fake laughing at everything he said.

Normally, the leader of the free world might not be keen to admit that they don't know where these different places are on the map. But Trump is happy to do it. And frankly, that lands, right? Because people also don't know where these are. And so while it was filled with lies and the smug faces of Mike Johnson and J.D. Vance behind him sort of Fake laughing at everything he said.