223. Trump’s Latest Vanity Project Is Proof He’s Losing
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Why does Katty Kay say Trump is losing and how does that set the tone for the episode?
Trump is losing. I know his character. I've seen it up close and I know he knows he's losing too. Just look at Iran, Epstein, gas prices. It's all going wrong. And even today, the press is refusing to cover his New York trip to visit Mondani. We all know how much that will hurt his ego. So Caddy, he needs to distract us.
Q, the Kennedy Center destruction, and the drone arch that he's building. We're gonna look at all of that in the first half. And in the second half of the show, Trump's flip-flopping on whether to join Saudi strikes on the Houthis in Yemen and what it means for Trump's relationship with MBS.
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Welcome to the Rest is Politics US with me, Katy Kay.
I'm Anthony Scaramucci.
How are you? You're back at home. You must be so relieved to be back in New York.
I'm doing well, although I have to tell you I just want to thank everybody in the United Kingdom. And there were uh two lovely people in bath that gave me a t shirt, guys. It's in the laundry. I promise to wear it on the show. Uh and caddy, I got this for you.
What are Trump’s threats to the Kennedy Center and the “Arc de Trump” and why are they seen as distraction tactics?
See, this is from Allison Minor, Caddy. So big shout out to Allison. Uh this is a loose site block, uh, the Mooch and Caddy K. Look at that. Nice. So that's coming your way when I see you in Washington.
Well we like monuments, we like things that with our names on, right, on this programme.
What is granite? And Jell-O have in common, Cad.
Granite and Jell-O. Well, I can see that granite is building, and I guess Donald Trump likes jello.
No, I th it's Donald Trump is the answer, okay, because it's granite for the monuments and gold and marble. And it's jello for the foreign policy. Okay. Yes, I see that. He's gonna put snipers on the arch, but he can't hold a decision for seventy two hours. Cannot do it.
So this is the big Arc de Triomphe, Arc de Trump, as it's being called in Washington, which is looks like something out of some sort of national socialist architect's draw. Spear would have had it in his bottom drawer, and it looks horrendous with a massive kind of gold thing. It now looks like Trump says he's going to push ahead with that. And the way he's going to push ahead with it, Anthony, because he's a little worried that maybe some people are going to object to this, i.e., the Supreme Court. Is he's now said that he's gonna make this arc into effectively a military bunker with drone launching pads on the roof and sniper positions and not just sniper positions, but all of the ammunition for the snipers in the Arc.
I don't know if you've ever driven around the étoile, that kind of crazy roundabout around the Art de Triomphe in Paris. I don't, if you had to go and grab ammunition quickly from the Art de Triomphe, you'd have to. dodge about 10 lanes of cars getting there. You'd be run over on the way there. Anyway, this arc is going to be in the middle of a roundabout that I can guarantee you is going to be a constant traffic jam. And yet somehow this is going to be sniper central. What's going on?
Okay, so now we've got to take out the Trump decoder ring. I'm reaching into the cereal box and clicking through the ring. And I just want to remind people when Trump said he was a doctor when he was wearing the flowing robes of Jesus, it was one of his comms people said, Just say the photograph was doctored.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Why does Katty Kay say Trump is losing and how does that set the tone for the episode?
0:01–2:01
2
What are Trump’s threats to the Kennedy Center and the “Arc de Trump” and why are they seen as distraction tactics?
2:01–8:21
3
How does the discussion explain Trump’s flip‑flopping on joining Saudi strikes against the Houthis?
8:21–15:23
4
Why is the White House press pool refusing to cover Trump’s New York visit to Mayor Mondani?
15:23–22:39
5
What does the episode reveal about Trump’s obsession with monuments, gold, and personal ego?
22:39–31:01
6
How do the hosts describe Trump’s decision‑making chaos and its impact on U.S. foreign policy?
31:01–37:28
7
What is the significance of the trade‑related talk about Canada, Mondani, and the Kennedy Center’s future?
37:28–40:14
Speakers
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