Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Sioux City, Iowa, November 3, 2022 (Stephen Maturen/Getty)

EA on Pat Kenny Show: The Latest Chaos in TrumpLand

I joined CEO Retort’s Tim El-Sheikh last Thursday for a 57-minute special about the destruction of America by the Trump Administration and the Trumpist MAGA movement.

We also chat about the Administration’s plot, amid its failing war on Iran, for “regime surrender” in Cuba, and we review Donald Trump’s far-from-successful trip to China.

I return to domestic politics to consider the problems for the Trumpists, and to evaluate the threat from pundits — some who claim they are Democrats — that lean into Trump’s “culture wars” propaganda.

I close on an optimistic note:

While much chaos, corruption, and damage is being caused, I remain with the hope — if not half-full, then “just a little bit full” — that people don’t want destruction and chaos. And they don’t really want corruption, either.

A lot of people drink the Kool-Aid. “Give Donald Trump everything he wants. The Reflection Pool in Washington that will no longer reflect, the Triumphal Arch that will block the beautiful view.”

But other folks will go, “Really, dude, really?” You’ve screwed up everything, and I am supposed to think your magical ballroom that hides a military bunker is what my work is going for?

  • 00:00:00: Introduction
  • 00:02:47: Encountering MAGA during my recent trip to Florida and his experience of continuing MAGA’s influence
  • 00:06:33: Trump’s manoeuvring for “regime surrender” in Cuba, directed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio
  • 00:16:1: Rubio believes Cuba is his ticket to the White House in 2028. Do Americans really care about Cuba?
  • 00:20:59 – Trump’s attempt to use China trip as a distraction
  • 00:24:49: Has Trump abandoned Taiwan?

  • 00:31:27: How the US tech CEOs in China exposed Trump’s systemic corruption
  • 00:38:37: – Why are the Republican Party and the mainstream media silent?
  • 00:48:54: How America’s uncertain future has overwhelmed analysts
  • 00:52:20: Has America reached Hungary’s “Orbán moment” in discontent over systemic corruption?