Cage Match Inside the White House

About this episode

The episode discusses the internal turmoil within the White House as Trump prepares for a UFC match, alongside various political updates and an interview with Ron Brownstein about the upcoming elections.

As Trump prepares for his UFC match on the White House lawn, Politico reports that "knives are out" inside the White House, with staffers reeling from a president "increasingly frustrated with everyone, from his own team to the Senate." Jon and Alex discuss the toxic workplace and then break down the rest of the news, including Trump's on-again, off-again relationship with Iranian negotiators, incredible new details about how the White House handled its Epstein crisis, and Trump admitting that he "love[s] the inflation." Then, veteran political journalist Ron Brownstein talks to Jon about the Democrats' chances of taking the House and Senate in November.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here . For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jon, Alex

Guest: Ron Brownstein

Topics covered

• Trump administration
• political workplace
• Iran negotiations
• Epstein crisis
• Democrats' election chances

Keywords

• Trump
• White House
• politics
• Iran
• Democrats
• Epstein
• UFC match
• Senate
• November elections

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Politico, White House, Democrats, Senate, Epstein

Places: Iran

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