224. Trump Is Caving to Xi: Will Maga Turn on Him?

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Why are Republicans distancing themselves from Donald Trump?

Anthony Scaramucci 0:01
Republicans are starting to distance themselves from Trump, and the president is seriously panicking. His attempt to ban and distract the media has failed disastrously. Why? Because all they can talk about is his terrible approval ratings. Could the Dems be heading for their biggest congressional win in 50 years? Meanwhile, Donald Trump can't stop competing. Complimenting President Xi during his visit to the United States. Shi is holding all the cards here. I'm going to explain why Donald Trump will be relying on China for years to come. This episode is brought to you by eToro.
Katty Kay 0:44
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Anthony Scaramucci 0:56
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Katty Kay 1:09
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Anthony Scaramucci 1:18
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Katty Kay 1:40
Welcome to the rest is politics US. Anthony, it was very nice to see you last night in Washington, DC, the nation's fair capital.
Anthony Scaramucci 1:48
I had a great time, Caddy. Thank you for coming to Politics and Pros. And we had a nice turnout and got a t chance to talk to some people about my book, which uh I have been doing for the last ten days, Caddy. Everyone wants to kill me, but that's fine. Okay.
Katty Kay 2:01
Keep keep the good fight going. I know how happy you were to see all of you know, the way that Donald Trump has beautified Washington. You hadn't been down for a while, so you'd not really seen the big pictures of him on all the buildings and, you know, the Kennedy Centre and all of that.
Anthony Scaramucci 2:16
Washington looks strained. To use Graydon Carter's line, he uh Trump is a short fingered Vulgarian. It it's like two short fingered Vulgarian hands have compressed the city. Washington looks strained to me. I I was I was bummed out yesterday when I flew back. I was like, the city doesn't look right. That has typically been a tranquil, uh conformist, easy city, and it is tense in that city right now, Caddy, and that's that's the facts.
Katty Kay 2:45
I mean I don't feel I'm gonna say I don't feel it walking around the city. It feels where I live in my neighborhood feels pretty normal. But I do feel it when I go downtown 'cause you notice all the pictures and changes.
Anthony Scaramucci 2:55
You live there, so I I came in, I get hit with the impact. You know, like listen, New New York is booming. You you come up to New York, everyone's mad at me for saying positive things about Mondani, but I'm a I'm an objective person. New York is booming. You go to Washington, there's a tenseness in that city right now. Uh and it's not great. And the the surrounding thing going around on in in in the White House, I was really disappointed by
Katty Kay 3:20
All the fencing around it anyway.
Anthony Scaramucci 3:22
Do we have a blue wave coming?
Katty Kay 3:24
Well, I mean it's I wanted to look at that this week because we have now had since Labor Day, which was September the seventh, now a couple of weeks after Labor Day, this is the traditional kickoff of the midterm election season. And we have had m about two dozen major polls have come out around the midterm elections that I am told by people who spend time in the White House Are freaking people out in the White House. You texted me earlier this week, Anthony, which made me think of doing this segment on this, because um the numbers are dropping out of the president's approval rating. And if you look at all of the four major issues, this is just one of the polls, this is the NPR Marist poll on gas prices, inflation, immigration, and foreign policy.
Katty Kay 4:14
Which are basically that's the war. Democrats are ahead on all of those four issues, even on immigration. Remember how far ahead the Republicans were on immigration?

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