The Daily Blast: Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult in Odd Rants as Polls Take Brutal Turn

The Daily Blast: Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult in Odd Rants as Polls Take Brutal Turn

We’ve noticed that whenever the news is bad for Donald Trump, Karoline Leavitt dials up the cultlike obsequiousness to 11. She just let out a strange rant basically declaring that Iran will have entered into “unconditional surrender,” as Trump wants, whenever he says it has. In another odd moment, she dismissed widespread MAGA criticism of Trump’s war by essentially declaring that MAGA is whatever Trump says it is. The two displays really went full North Korea in other ways, too. And that’s no accident: an average of high quality surveys now shows that support for his Iran war is at an abysmal 38 percent, perhaps the lowest initial support for a war ever. Another analysis finds that Trump’s net approval on immigration has dropped by 20 points since last year. And his economic numbers are awful. We talked to Salon’s Amanda Marcotte, a skilled decoder of MAGA. We discuss how this presidency is in trouble on multiple fronts and the role of cultlike praise in managing the base at such difficult moments. We also ponder how his physical decline, and the prospect of a world without Trump, is hovering in the background of all of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Daily Blast: Trump’s Rage at Jim Comey Backfires as Case Against Him Goes Off Rails

Donald Trump’s use of state power to persecute his enemies is escalating. The Justice Department indicted James Comey for allegedly threatening Trump with a social media post of seashells spelling “86...

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Trump Meets a King and Prepares for an Emperor

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DSR Daily April 29: King Charles Royally Shades Trump During Visit

DSR Daily April 29: King Charles Royally Shades Trump During Visit

On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we cover King Charles’s speech to Congress, Oil prices skyrocketing yet again, the Senate blocking measures to prevent war with Cuba, and more.  Learn more about your a...

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The Daily Blast: Krugman: Trump Screwed Himself Badly on Iran—and May Not Even Know It

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In today’s episode, economist Paul Krugman lays out an expansive case that Donald Trump holds a losing hand in the war with Iran. Krugman argues that Trump can’t seem to admit that the Strait of Hormu...

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Siliconsciousness: The King Kong v. Godzilla of A-holes and Other Big Stories of AI

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Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in court, but beyond the high-profile legal drama, a wave of industry-shifting stories is unfolding. Mat Honan, Editor-in-Chief of MIT Technology Review, joins ...

28 Huhti 40min

AI, Energy and Climate: IEA’s New Energy and AI Report: Thomas Spencer and Siddharth Singh

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The International Energy Agency just released a new report on energy and AI, updating its landmark report on that topic last year. The new report – called Key Questions on Energy and AI -- provides au...

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DSR Daily April 28: Correspondents’ Dinner Suspect Charged as White House Lashes Out at Democrats

DSR Daily April 28: Correspondents’ Dinner Suspect Charged as White House Lashes Out at Democrats

On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we discuss the charges against the suspected Correspondents’ Dinner attacker, Trump’s displeasure with the latest Iranian peace proposal, a new redistricting fight in Flo...

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The Daily Blast: Trump Press Sec Goes Full MAGA Cult in Crazed, Angry Tirades at Media

The Daily Blast: Trump Press Sec Goes Full MAGA Cult in Crazed, Angry Tirades at Media

Republicans are blaming Democratic rhetoric for inciting the alleged assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. To that end, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt unleashe...

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