A Dangerous, Bumbling, Racist Idiot

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A Dangerous, Bumbling, Racist Idiot

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Jan 12, 2018

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Jacob Weisberg talks to Brian Klaas, author of The Despot's Apprentice, about Trump's dictatorial tendencies and why the Republicans are still refusing to call out the President after his "shithole" comment yesterday.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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A quasi-daily podcast from Slate chronicling Donald Trump's rise to the presidency and his current administration. Journalists Virginia Heffernan and León Krauze talk to reporters, historians, psychiatrists, and other experts to help explain who this man is and why this is happening, right now, in the United States of America.

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Why This Podcast Isn't Neutral: Glenn Greenwald on media neutrality, objectivity, and the history of an opinionated press. by Slate News
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A Contested Convention?: Jacob Weisberg talks to Jeff Greenfield about possible GOP scenarios. by Slate News
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Is Trump A Racist?: Jacob Weisberg talks to Jamelle Bouie about his latest article "How Trump Happened" by Slate News
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When He Sues You for 5 Billion Dollars: Jacob Weisberg talks to Tim O’Brien about what it’s like to be sued by Donald Trump. by Slate News
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Brussels, ISIS & Islam: Jacob Weisberg talks to former Islamic extremist Ed Husain about how Trump is perceived within Muslim communities. by Slate News
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Nate Silver's Bad Prediction: Leon Neyfakh talks to Jordan Ellenberg and Dave Weigel about whether it’s fair or not to criticize Nate Silver for missing Trump. by Slate News
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America's Berlusconi: Jacob Weisberg talks to Beppe Severgnini about the parallels between Donald Trump and Silvio Berlusconi. by Slate News
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Negotiation 101: Seth Stevenson guest-hosts and talks to Columbia Business School lecturer Aaron Wallen about negotiation tactics. by Slate News
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Here Come the Vichy Republicans: Jacob Weisberg talks to John Podhoretz, Editor at Commentary Magazine, about Vichy Republicans and striking back at Trump’s twitter supporters. by Slate News
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Let's Talk To A Shrink: Jacob Weisberg talks to Dr. Ben Michaelis, a clinical psychologist, about narcissistic personality order. by Slate News
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A Public Display of Autoeroticism: Jacob Weisberg talks to Mark Singer, a staff writer at The New Yorker, about his 1997 profile of Donald Trump and whether he's changed in the past 20 years. by Slate News
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The Mooch (Live From Cleveland): From Slate's Facebook live session on Wednesday afternoon – Jacob Weisberg talks to Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci, a Trump donor, about why he thinks everything will be just fine once Trump becomes President. by Slate News
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The Pivot: Jacob Weisberg talks to Mark Leibovich about Trump's transition into a more tolerable candidate. by Slate News
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Life on the Trump Trail: Leon Neyfakh guest-hosts and talks to Seth Stevenson about what it's like to write about a candidate who hates you. by Slate News
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I LOVE Women!: Jacob Weisberg talks to Slate's Christina Cauterucci about Trump's core philosophy: misogyny. by Slate News
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The GOP's Top Trump Buster: Jacob Weisberg talks to Stuart Stevens, Mitt Romney's top political strategist in 2012, about stopping Trump. by Slate News
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Slate's Trumpcast Trailer: A roundup of all things Donald Trump. Hosted by Jacob Weisberg. by Slate News
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Are You Nervous?: Jacob Weisberg talks to Jamelle Bouie to reassure everyone (kind-of) that Donald Trump will never be President. by Slate News
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No Koch Money: Jacob Weisberg talks to Jane Mayer, a staff writer at The New Yorker, about the Koch brothers and whether or not they're serious about supporting Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. by Slate News
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My Mom's Voting For Him: Hanna Rosin of Slate's DoubleX Gabfest and NPR's Invisibilia calls her mother to ask why she's voting for Trump. by Slate News
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Should Republicans Thank Trump?: Jacob Weisberg talks to Sam Tanenhaus about why Trump is exactly the reckoning the GOP needed. by Slate News
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America's Putin: Jacob Weisberg talks to Masha Gessen about the similarities and differences between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. by Slate News
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A Brief History of the Drumpfs: Jacob Weisberg talks to Gwenda Blair about three generations of the Drumpf family. by Slate News
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What's With The White Working Class?: Slate’s Jacob Weisberg talks to Barbara Ehrenreich about the white working class. by Slate News
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A Campus Outlier: Jacob Weisberg talks to a college student about his support for Donald Trump. by Slate News
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Dictators’ Favorite Sleazebag: Jacob Weisberg talks to Frank Foer about the history of Paul Manafort, Trump’s political strategist. by Slate News
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The Gaudy Construction Project On His Head: Jacob Weisberg talks to Ashley Feinberg about yet another expensive, ugly construction project from Donald Trump – his hair. Plus, a conversation with Trump biographer, Michael D'Antonio. by Slate News
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Don’t Call Him a Fascist: Jacob Weisberg talks to Professor Stanley Payne about why we should reconsider calling Trump a fascist. by Slate News
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What to Call Donald Trump: Jacob Weisberg talks to Aaron James about different types of a-holes and where Trump fits in. Plus a sketch about "John Miller." by Slate News
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Moral Larceny...With Flair!: Jacob Weisberg talks to Wayne Barrett about "the first detailed examination of Trump’s business practices to appear in the press." Plus, another round of Donald’s latest tweets. by Slate News
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