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26:37

Best of the Daily Blast: Trump Blurts Out Damning War...

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2026/09/07

Original air date: April 3, 2026During Donald Trump’s speech on Iran this week, he revealed too much. In a line that sounded partly ad-libbed, hedeclaredthat the Strait of Hormuz “will open up naturally. It will just open up naturally.” This should be read as a straight-up admission that Trump has no idea how to fix the colossal mess he’s made, and that he’s just washing his hands of it entirely. That’s utterly damning. Meanwhile, Politicoreportsthat Republicans privately fear the speech did

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21:37

Best of the Daily Blast: Trump Accidentally Admits...

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2026/09/04

Donald Trump just erupted at MAGA allies for opposing his war. Inone tirade, he attacked Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and others as “FAKE MAGA.” Inanother, he slammed them as “Low IQ.” Similarly, his pollster, John McLaughlin,claimedthe MAGA base “doesn’t consider” those critics “conservative” anymore. So disagreeing with Trump intrinsically makes you non-MAGA? This reveals Trump believes MAGA is whatever he says it is at any given moment—thatTrump and his pollster really do view MAGA as a cult

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23:10

Best of the Daily Blast: Trump-GOP Panic over ICE...

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2026/09/03

Original air date: January 30, 2026President Trump and the GOP are in a growing panic over ICE. Trump’s advisers aresinkinginto recriminations. Republican officials arepublicly admittingthat his immigration agenda “seems to be not working” and that the GOP is “losing” the political battle over it. Others aresuggestingthat Alex Pretti’s killing was “murder” and that it’s time to “recalibrate.” Yet MAGA figures are pulling in the other direction. Media Mattershas a good roundup: Many are urging

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27:38

Best of the Daily Blast: Why Trump Will Be Removed...

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2026/09/02

Original air date: April 17, 2026In today’s episode, George Conway argues that as improbable as it might seem right now, congressional Republicans will ultimately decide they have no choice but to remove Donald Trump from office before his term ends. Conway, the former GOP lawyer-turned-Trump-critic, isrunning for Congress as a Democrat. One of his adsis a montage of all the horrorsthat Trump has unleashed, followed by Conway’s promise to be a different kind of Congressman in response. In our

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27:12

Best of the Daily Blast: Krugman: Trump Screwed...

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2026/09/01

Original air date: April 29, 2026In 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 Hormuz problem has cornered him.Krugman also details why the situation could get worse, if Iran continues holding out and constraints on oil supply drive the global economy into recession.As Krugman puts it, this will keep getting uglier for Trump until he “swallows his

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20:31

Best of the Daily Blast: Trump Secret Plane Swap...

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2026/08/31

Original air date: August 13, 2026 By now you’ve heard that when Donald Trump left the NATO summit in Turkey last month, he was clandestinely transferred from Air Force One to an alternative plane to avert a credible Iranian threat. It appears many of his cabinet members were left on Air Force One. Now new leaks make the story look darker: It turns out Trump brought several of the aides who are personally closest to him on the safe alternative flight. This, even as he left numerous journalists on

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23:21

Trump Accidentally Wrecks GOP Midterm Message in...

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2026/08/28

This week, Donald Trumpaggressively highlighted a long screedfrom a MAGA influencer that sharply criticized the GOP for failing in all kinds of ways. This is aimed like a laser at depressing the Trump base. Making this matter more, Trump keeps saying stuff like this himself: Herecently declaredthat his voters are not angry at him, they areangry at Republicans. Translation:Trump voters should hold the GOP accountable for failing him. This directly undercuts the GOP midterm strategy of campaigning

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24:20

Trump Unravels as Leaks Reveal How Aides Feed Him...

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2026/08/27

Donald Trump isreportedlyinstructing advisers to spend big on midterm ads...about himself. Sources leak toThe Atlanticthat Trump advisersare telling him the real reasonthe polls look so bad is that voters are unaware of his many stupendous successes. He is apparently so unwilling to accept the reality facing Republicans that he’snixing their efforts to make their races more local—and less about him. All this comes as Republicansopenly fearTrump’s trade war with Canada will hurt their chances. That

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22:51

Trump’s Fury at Canada Takes Unhinged Turn—and...

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2026/08/26

Donald Trump’s rage at Canada is growing more unhinged. He justposted a deranged threatto rename Lake Ontario with the phrase “Lake America.” But it gets worse: He also intimated that the U.S. won’t be “doing much business with Ontario any longer.” That would be seismic, but here’s the thing: Trumpappears to actually want this outcome. That’s why he’s plunged us into a trade war with our ally. But it’s backfiring: Canada justreleased its listof American products that will face retaliatory tariffs,

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28:34

Krugman: Trump Just Revealed Extraordinary Contempt...

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2026/08/25

The other day, Donald Trumpunveileda new “plan” to curb beef prices by suspending tariffs on huge amounts of beef imports, while claiming the beef will be sold to the U.S. at a big discount. But he wouldn’t say which countries will be importing the beef or how he secured that commitment. In this, Trump accidentally revealed that his tariffsactually do raise consumer prices, debunking his own claim that other countries pay the tariffs.This, even as he just escalated his tariffs on another front

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20:19

Trump’s Fury Worsens at Natalie Harp Mess as Leaks...

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2026/08/24

Donald Trump’s handling of the Natalie Harp mess has backfired big time.The Atlanticreportsthat Trump’s own anger is why Trumpworld exploded so vehemently after Senator Jon Ossoffhighightedtheir closeness. As the media focused on Harp, Trump grew “furious,” which led aides to “take their cues” from him, leading to more lashing out, but this “backfired spectacularly,” prompting more attention—and more leaks.The New York Timesreportedthat some advisers think her sway is “poisonous,” and even that

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19:47

Trump Tirade Goes Nuclear as MTG Issues Midterm...

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2026/08/21

Donald Trump just issued acrazed, rambling tirade, vowing to hit Iran with the “MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN” while threatening “TREMENDOUS”economic consequences to any country that helps Iran. News organizations arestrugglingto divine what he means and what it’s supposed to accomplish. Regardless, it shows just how stuck Trump is in this quagmire. Meanwhile, Marjorie Taylor Greeneoffered her own extended predictionthat the GOP is facing a brutal midterm because Trump’s broken

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23:55

Trump Hits Brutal New Polling Low as Dems Win Stunner...

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2026/08/20

Donald Trump’s approval rating just hit anabysmal low of 33-64 in Reuters polling. That’s only one survey, but Trump also just hita new low of 37-59inNew York Timespolling averages, which suggests he’s likely in the mid-30s and may be trending toward the Reuters number. This comes as Democratsappear to have flippeda state legislative district in western Pennsylvania that Trump won in 2024 by 18 points. Though that race hasn’t been called yet, either way it’s an 18-point shift, a very good omen

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23:07

Trump Aides Unnerved by Natalie Harp Mess as Ossoff...

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2026/08/19

The White House and MAGAexploded in furyafter Democratic Senator Jon Ossoffpointed out during a speechthat Donald Trump loves to “travel with Natalie” on the presidential jet. “Natalie,” of course, is Natalie Harp, theyoung aidewhom Trump relies on heavily for emotional support and basically controls information flows to him. Yet despite all the fake MAGA outrage, Semaforreportsthat in fact, Trump’s own aides are “unnerved” by their closeness. That shows Ossoff is forcing a much-needed conversation

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22:28

Trump Rage Erupts Over Iran as Aides Leak...

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2026/08/18

The 60-day deadline for a deal between Donald Trump and Iran has passed, and he’s in a lather over it. First Trumpraged to Fox Newsof his displeasure with Oman’s negotiations with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz. “If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the s--t out of them,” he fumed nonsensically. Then, under questioning over foreign policy, heerupted at a female journalist, repeatedly instructing her to “be quiet, be quiet, be quiet” in a vile and abusive tone. Meanwhile, officials leaked their

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24:49

Trump’s Angry Tirade over Gas Prices Backfires in...

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2026/08/17

At a rally the other day, Donald Trump handed Democrats the perfect soundbite. “For you to pay atiny little bit morefor your gasoline,” Trumpseethed, “just remember” it’s to deprive Iran of a nuclear weapon. He said higher prices are “okay,” and that “I will never apologize.” Trump’s angry sneering tone on the words “tiny little bit more” projected deep contempt for all who dare object to hardship imposed on them by his needless war, and the moment producedharshmedia coverage. Separately,

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24:21

Fox Hits Trump with Brutal Polling as Aides Privately...

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2026/08/14

Intriguingly, Fox News has lately been hitting Donald Trump with terrible polling news. In recent days, Fox has found Democrats slightly ahead in Senate races inMaine,Texas, andIowa, and up by a lot inNorth Carolina. Critically, Trump’s own favorability numbers are very bad in all those states, even though he won three of them, two by double digits. In all four, his numbers among independents are shockingly awful. Meanwhile, on the Iran war—which is central to why his standing is cratering—Trump

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22:04

Trump Secret Plane Swap Suddenly Looks Darker as...

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2026/08/13

By now you’ve heard that when Donald Trump left the NATO summit in Turkey last month, hewas clandestinely transferredfrom Air Force One to an alternative plane to avert a credible Iranian threat. It appears many of his cabinet members were left on Air Force One. Now new leaks make the story look darker: It turns out Trumpbrought several of the aideswho are personally closest to him on the safe alternative flight. This, even as he left numerous journalists on the original plane, which effectively

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19:21

Trump Blurts Out Vile Plot to Steal Midterms as...

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2026/08/12

While interviewing Donald Trump, a MAGA media personalityurged Trump to consider declaringa national emergency to seize control of our elecctions. Trump’s response was ugly. “Let me just say that stranger things have happened,” Trump said. “I’ll leave it at that.” In other words, Trumpwantsit understood that declaring a national emergencyabsolutely isbeing considered. This comes as Politicoreports that Republicans are privately bracingto face Trump’s “wrath,” now that the Senate has gone on recess

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23:06

Trump Approval Hits Another New Low—and Even GOP...

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2026/08/11

In afascinating new analysis, CNN’s Harry Enten calculates that Donald Trump’s net approval on the economy is 33 points underwater. That’s a shocking 42-point swing from during the 2018 midterms, when Trump was in positive territory. On top of that, Enten notes that in themost recent CNN poll, Trump’s net approval on inflation is50 points underwater, and that this hasn’t been rivaled by any other president. Meanwhile, Republican pollsters and strategiststellThe Wall Street Journalthat they fearthat

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