Trump's Versailles on the Potomac

About this episode

The episode discusses President Trump's new D.C. construction project and political nominations, along with various political updates and media events.

President Trump announces yet another D.C. construction project — a renovation to the Lincoln Memorial dubbed "The Trump Promenade" — as well as the nominations of his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche for Attorney General and shitposter-turned-FHA Administrator Bill Pulte for acting Director of National Intelligence. Alex Wagner joins Jon Favreau to discuss the latest, including California's torturously slow primary tallies, new allegations against presumptive Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner, and Scott Pelley's dramatic last stand at CBS's "60 Minutes." Then, Jon reveals how he was accidentally invited to the UFC fight on the White House lawn.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

Host: Jon Favreau

Guest: Alex Wagner

Topics covered

• Trump administration
• political nominations
• California primary
• Senate race
• media coverage
• UFC event

Keywords

• Trump
• nominations
• California primary
• Graham Platner
• Scott Pelley
• UFC fight
• Lincoln Memorial

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 60 Minutes, The Trump Promenade

Places: California, Maine, D.C., Lincoln Memorial

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