Blessed Be the Shade: Papal Edition

About this episode

The episode discusses various political events and controversies surrounding Trump, including military actions and impeachment articles.

This week on The Final Word , the crazy gets even crazier and we are asking the only question that matters: has Trump ever met someone from Chicago before? Trump and Vance thought they could intimidate a Chicago Pope. Adorable. Meanwhile, over in the Senate, Republicans blocked the same Democratic resolution for the fourth time — yes, fourth, as in “we’ve seen this episode already” — that would’ve forced Trump to stop U.S. military action in Iran without Congress signing off. And Trump is still insisting the war is “almost over,” which is starting to sound like when someone says they’re “five minutes away” but they’re still in the shower. J.D. Vance admitted that young voters “do not love” Trump’s Middle East policy. We’re shocked, shocked we tell you. House Democrats rolled out articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Hegseth, and Trump threatened — again — to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. At this point, we’re thinking he’s collecting threats like Pokémon cards. Then Attorney General Todd Blanche said Americans should be “happy” that Trump is personally involved in Justice Department decisions. And right on cue, the Justice Department asked to vacate the…

People in this episode

Host: Frangela Duo

Topics covered

• politics
• impeachment
• military action
• Trump administration
• Justice Department
• young voters
• Chicago Pope

Keywords

• Trump
• impeachment
• military action
• Justice Department
• Chicago
• young voters
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Justice Department, Federal Reserve, House Democrats, Proud Boys, Oath Keepers

Places: Chicago, Iran

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