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The Greatest Con Artist in the History of the World? | Strategy Session W/ David Cay Johnston
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36:29Now PlayingDavid Cay Johnston didn’t mince words about Trump’s latest meeting with Putin, calling it “an embarrassment for the whole country.” Watching Trump clap “like a seal” while U.S. troops rolled out a red carpet for the Russian leader, Johnston says it showed just how easily Trump can be manipulated — proof, as Rick Wilson put it, that the player has been played.
There’s been even more chaos around Trump in recent weeks, with Stuart Stevens describing him as entering a “manic stage” and Johnston pointing to the Epstein files as the threat Trump fears most. Wilson argues that flooding D.C. with National Guard troops is less about security and more about spectacle, designed to give MAGA the image it craves. Stevens adds that Mississippi’s governor is deploying troops to Washington while ignoring violent crime in his own backyard.
Johnston traces the pattern back to Trump’s father, who staged publicity stunts decades ago to grab headlines. That early lesson in showmanship, made Donald “the greatest con artist in the history of the world.” Stevens put it more bluntly, saying we now have a president who has handed control of the military to “crooks, stooges, evil people” and even a “weekend drunk from FOX.”
But they save the sharpest challenge for Democrats. Johnston says voters are still waiting to hear: “What have you done for me? What are you going to do for me?” Instead of clear answers on wages, health care, and small business support, Democrats bury people in policy while Trump sells lies that voters are buying. Until they learn how to sell a vision that speaks directly to people’s lives, Johnston warns, the con will keep working.
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