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196. Trump’s Iran Deal: One Big American Failure?
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Democrats, Midterms, and the Road Back
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The final chapter turns from diagnosis to prescription. Scaramucci implores Democrats not to write off the 80 million Americans who voted for Trump — many of whose parents and grandparents voted Democratic — by dismissing everything the UFC represents. The key question for 2026, he argues, is whether the midterms are fought on culture or corruption. Katty Kay is clear: forget impeachment, go after the corruption [1] — Katty Kay "Katty Kay's advice to Democrats is blunt: drop impeachment, focus on corruption. The UFC event handed them a gift — Trump visibly trading s…" 39:45 . The UFC event delivered an almost absurdly legible example — Trump publicly trading stock in a company he's promoting from the South Lawn of the White House. That's the message, she argues, that cuts across tribal lines. Scaramucci closes with the line that perhaps best captures the Trump era's paradox: he cannot understand how a thrice-married man with documented ties to Jeffrey Epstein became the anointed champion of the religious right — but he gives Trump credit for pulling it off, calling it 'the con of the con on top of the con.' The show ends with a teaser for the bonus episode on Anthropic and the Trump administration's relationship with AI.
Katty Kay's advice to Democrats is blunt: drop impeachment, focus on corruption. The UFC event handed them a gift — Trump visibly trading stocks in a company he's promoting from the White House lawn is corruption made tangible for every voter.
