Trump vs Pope, AI Jesus & What the Melania?!

About this episode

The episode discusses Melania Trump's strange denial regarding Epstein, Donald Trump's self-comparison to Jesus, and the deteriorating situation in Lebanon.

This Trawl begins, as you do, with Melania Trump making a deeply strange, entirely unprompted statement insisting she has “nothing to do with Epstein”, a denial so out of nowhere it immediately raises more questions than it answers. And somehow, that’s just the start. Because this week also brings Donald Trump recasting himself as Jesus in a social media post that’s as revealing as it is absurd, while the Pope steps into the global conversation - a reminder of how power, influence and image still intersect on the world stage. Meanwhile, in Lebanon, the situation continues to deteriorate with escalating violence and humanitarian consequences that should be leading the news, but aren’t. From surreal distractions to stories of real-world consequence, Jemma and Marina track what gets amplified, what gets ignored, and why. Because when the headlines veer from messianic self-posting to pre-emptive denials, it’s worth asking what we’re not being made to look at. Thank you for sharing and please do follow us @MarinaPurkiss @jemmaforte @TheTrawlPodcast   Patreon https://patreon.com/TheTrawlPodcast   Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@TheTrawl   Twitter…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jemma Forte, Marina Purkiss

Topics covered

• politics
• media influence
• current events
• humanitarian issues
• social media

Keywords

• Melania Trump
• Donald Trump
• the Pope
• Lebanon
• social media
• politics
• humanitarian crisis

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Lebanon

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