Trump's $2.2B income since returning to office
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Susan Glasser: Our Money-Grubbing President
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Jul 2, 2026
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Introduction: Tim Miller Welcomes Susan Glasser
At 1:53 · chapter starts 1:13
Tim Miller opens the show with a brief ironic aside — 'not much happening, not a lot of embarrassments for America on the world stage' — before introducing Susan Glasser, staff writer at The New Yorker, co-host of the Political Scene podcast, and co-author of The Divider with her husband Peter Baker. The two have an easy rapport from prior appearances, and the episode's ambitious agenda is set immediately.
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