About this episode

This episode discusses British elections, Donald Trump's China visit, and the ongoing saga of Trump supporters and their gold phones.

On this week's episode: Marsh will explain British elections just in time for the empire to fall ... Donald Trump gets through his China visit without jumping out of the car at a red light and running around it ... and Trump supporters still won't have their gold phones. To support our show on Patreon, go here: patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: mintmobile.com/skepticrat quince.com/skepticrat Headlines sources: Trump’s China summit: https://www.opb.org/article/2026/05/15/key-takeaways-from-trumps-china-trip/ England Local election results 2026: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2026/england/results#council-scoreboard The More Than 30 Scandal-Hit Reform Candidates Elected Last Week: https://bylinetimes.com/2026/05/12/the-more-than-30-scandal-hit-reform-candidates-elected-last-week/ How Mamdani and Hochul Are Solving New York City’s Budget Crisis https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/nyregion/mamdani-budget-nyc.html Trump phone shenanigans: https://www.pcmag.com/news/after-delays-scam-accusations-trump-mobile-says-t1-phone-ships-this-week…

People in this episode

Host: Marsh

Topics covered

• British elections
• Donald Trump
• China visit
• Trump supporters
• gold phones
• Taipei
• Eurovision

Keywords

• British elections
• Donald Trump
• China visit
• gold phones
• Eurovision
• politics
• news

Sponsors

Mint Mobile, Quince

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Donald Trump, Evil Giraffes on Mars, Trump Mobile

Places: Taipei, England

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