Trump and Pod Save America Agree: JD Is Lame
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Welcome to Pod Save America. I'm Jon Favreau.
I'm Jon Lovett. Tommy Vitor.
On today's show, we'll talk about the news that Trump appears to be giving up on his $1.8 billion insurrectionist slush fund. He also seems quite uninterested in ending the Iran war, saying he, quote, couldn't care less whether talks break down. We're also going to talk about Tuesday's big primaries this week in Iowa and here in California, as well as more turbulence in Maine for Graham Plattner. And more turbulence for J.D. Vance in his quest to become Donald Trump's number one boy, chosen successor. Then New Jersey Senator Andy Kim talks to me about the horrifying conditions he witnessed at the ICE detention center in Newark, where the senator was pepper sprayed by federal agents. Before we start, you guys see that CBS's Scott Pelley accused Barry Weiss of murdering 60 Minutes?
That sounds like a really fun meeting to have attended.
It was an all-staff meeting convened by Weiss's new hand-picked executive producer, Nick Bilton. No Weiss at the meeting.
She really set him up. It's your first day at the office. You're trying to find the bathrooms. You're seeing where your badge works and where your badge doesn't work. Scott Pelley's saying, you piece of shit. I will fucking rake your dead corpse over the bones of Don Hewitt.
And obviously, Lovitz was hyperbole, but not as much as you might think. Honestly, it was pretty close. Reading Oliver Darcy's status has the whole transcript of the meeting. It was something. Anyway, I just bring that up because if all of you want to support the growth of an independent pro-democracy media company that Barry Weiss can't murder. At least not yet. Not yet. Please consider becoming a Friend of the Pod subscriber. You get ad-free episodes of this show, all your favorite Crooked Pods, subscriber-only shows like Polar Coaster with Dan Pfeiffer, our secret extra episode of Pod Save America, and full access to all of our sub-stack newsletters like Open Tabs. Check it out at crooked.com slash friends.
All right, let's get to the news. With the Middle East still a mess and gas prices still high, the president is once again working hard to communicate to the American people how little he cares about these things.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–8:36
2
What does Trump think about JD Vance's presidential potential?
8:36–9:43
3
How is the White House responding to the Anti-Weaponization Fund situation?
9:43–10:21
4
What are the implications of the recent primaries in Iowa and California?
10:21–10:45
5
What did Senator Andy Kim witness at Newark's Delaney Hall Detention Center?
10:45–26:37
6
What are the conditions like for detainees at Delaney Hall?
26:37–27:32
7
How does the ICE detention system impact the detainees' legal processes?
27:32–33:09
8
What are the political ramifications of the current immigration policies?
33:09–1:38:48