Trump's WORST POSSIBLE INTERVIEW stuns reporter

[0:00] Donald Trump just gave what may be the most disastrous interview of his second term. [0:06] He sat down with Ross Douthat for 60 minutes. The entire thing was a mess. Trump looked [0:13] exhausted. And I'm hearing that we are we are getting noises, which I've been told, [0:17] oh, boy, be careful about those. The Trump's attitude was of being completely defeated. [0:25] And he gave astonishing answers about the Iran war and Vladimir Putin and his own corruption [0:33] and whether he's going to hell. Now, Ross Douthat has been attacked and praised for this interview. [0:40] I think there are moments where he does a really good job and he presses Trump. And when Trump tries [0:44] to change the subject, he follows up and he got some incredibly revealing answers. Trump looking [0:49] and sounding completely defeated. And he says about the Iran war, it's not a war. Nobody has [0:57] died. Nobody has died. You know, when you call it a war, it's not a war. If you look at what's [1:03] happened with Iran in the last six months, five months, six months, we haven't lost one soldier. [1:10] You know, I wrote one thing down. I think it's what is it? By the way, he took out notes. It is [1:14] not typical to see Donald Trump show up with notes. But what is he talking about? The Pentagon [1:20] has reported that more than 20 Americans have died associated with the Iran conflict, military [1:28] deaths, including 11 of them from hostile action. And Trump is sitting there going, it's not a war. [1:35] Nobody has died. It's not even a war. And it is an extraordinary thing to hear the commander [1:41] in chief of the US military say that when people have died. Service members have died. Now, Trump [1:48] then breaks out a Russian talking point and he goes, listen, Putin, Zelensky, Zelensky showed a lot [1:57] of disrespect to Russia. This is straight out of the vocabulary of Vladimir Putin. And, you know, [2:04] isn't it more understandable coming from President Zelensky, given that his country was actually invaded? [2:09] Well, it is. But when they had their first meeting, there was great disrespect shown to Russia. So [2:14] I'm not going to say anything. I mean, but balancing out. Well, invading. Well, [2:18] let's put it this way. The war never happened during my four years and it was never going to happen, [2:22] even though it was the apple of President Putin's eye. This is this is straight up Russian playbook [2:28] propaganda. Russia invades Ukraine. Russia bombs civilian areas in Ukraine. And Trump goes, [2:35] listen, I mean, Russia was disrespected. Russia. Russia hasn't been treated right. Putin's military [2:41] just bombed a school in Ukraine where there were people gathered for humanitarian aid. And Trump goes, [2:48] Russia's feelings were understandably hurt because of the disrespect. Oh, oh, the topic of Trump's [2:57] corruption and avarice and greed came up. And this was, I think, the best part of the interview. [3:03] And do thought starts with there's a report that your net worth is up three billion dollars. And Trump [3:10] goes, everyone's is. And Roscoe's not mine. There's a story that said that your net worths, [3:18] maybe it's changed with the stock market recently, but your net worth went up by three billion dollars. [3:23] Well, since you, since you returned. Okay, you ready? So everyone's, my net worth did not go up [3:28] by three billion dollars. You should have had stock. I, I should have, I should have had stock. [3:33] I should have had stock. Ross, you should have had stock. If you had stock, then you would be up [3:39] three billion dollars, just like Trump, which by the way, look, Trump doesn't even think of denying [3:44] it like that. That is an admission. 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So your son manages or helps manage a cryptocurrency company called World Liberty [5:45] Financial. You are. Which son are we talking about? You are a co owner of that company. That's correct. [5:50] That's correct. Right. This company is also partially owned by investors connected to the government of [5:57] the United Arab Emirates. I think if I told you that story and it was about the Biden family, if I said Joe Biden [6:04] is the part owner of a company and it has all of these investments from the Middle East, you would say that [6:10] sounds corrupt, right? Well, he did have a lot of you. But why is it? Why is it different? Well, here's [6:17] for you to tell you why, because I know nothing about it. But why? Get the guy. This is it. This is crazy. I made a [6:24] lot of money. But then why do you need the money? Why not just divest? Walk away? I do. Look, but no, you [6:30] didn't. Most of my money, most of my money is in is given to the biggest firms on Wall Street to invest in [6:37] their index funds. Yeah. So it came out that I traded traded like 40,000 stocks. So among the stocks would [6:44] be like that have a tiny little amount. It's billions of dollars. It's billions. I understand that. [6:51] But companies that are invested in by people in foreign countries, it seems like you could just walk [6:57] away from that. And then, you know, and then you would not be accused of corruption. He's trying. [7:02] And, you know, I think, Ross, do Trump's word salads are impenetrable and he'll always deliver [7:07] one no matter what. He'll deliver a word salad. He's never going to be speechless where what I think [7:12] do thought this really well is he follows up and Trump. Trump keeps insisting on, you know, well, [7:19] what about Biden? And here you're going to see him try. Well, my son's running. I'm not involved day to [7:23] day. But do thought is doing a good job here of trying to stay in a well guided direction. [7:32] People, the people who are investing in the company that you co-own with your sons who are coming from [7:38] foreign countries who want things from your government, don't you think they think that [7:42] they are buying influence? I don't know. But that's true. Look, every president has a problem. [7:49] You have people and they work for you and guys like you cover them and you do profiles on them. [7:54] And they become like everybody thinks that Trump loves them and everything else, [7:58] which in some cases is true. And some cases are not. This is true for every president going back [8:03] to George Washington. Every president has not owned a cryptocurrency company, however. [8:08] But they own something, whatever crypto was at the time. OK, you know, there's crypto. And before that [8:12] there was oil. OK. And every president has had this problem. By the way, the idea that crypto and [8:18] oil are similar. Oh, boy. So you have a guy, a trusted aide, everything's good. And then the trusted [8:23] aide says, sir, I love you so much and I'll be leaving. Sir, I said, well, good luck. No matter what [8:29] they do, there's a conflict because the president is all encompassing. Right. And this is not me. [8:36] Every president that there's ever been, they have people, many people. I watch it all the time. Every [8:42] time you have a president, the top people, sometimes they stay. I mean, I have some that will stay right to the [8:47] last day. But after they leave, they go crazy. They go crazy. It's true for every president. [8:54] Sometimes I feel like there have been noticed that this has nothing to do with the question. [8:57] More people doing things like that while serving in the administration. But listen, [9:03] I'm a bigger name than other presidents, whether we like it or not. There's another one of George [9:07] Washington. That's the place people notice how difficult it is. It's like impossible for Trump to [9:14] just give a straightforward answer. We're talking about a sitting president with these huge financial [9:20] interests, including new ventures. It's not just like, well, we had these leftover legacy businesses [9:25] of just real estate. He's doing digital trading cards. He's doing crypto world financial. He's doing [9:30] all this stuff while making decisions that affect those interests as president of the United States. [9:35] Trump just acts like, listen, I shouldn't have to answer this stuff. Presidents have this issue. [9:40] Now, finally, they get to the topic of religion and Donald Trump insists he is religious. And he says, [9:48] I'm a religious person. And based on my beliefs, I would go to heaven. Do you think you are? And [9:54] Trump goes, well, I sure hope so, because the alternative is not so good. Let's talk about death. [10:00] Okay. You have survived multiple assassination attacks. One came very, very close to you. [10:06] I imagine that that had some kind of effect on how you think about mortality. [10:11] What do you think happens when you die? Well, I hope I missed. [10:16] I mean, I mean to you. No, but I really missed. I hope I missed. I don't know. [10:19] I understand. I mean to you. I think I've done a good job. [10:21] What do you think happens to Donald Trump when you die? Well, again. [10:24] Not your memory, yourself. You mean where I go? Exactly. [10:28] Well, I'm a religious person. So in theory, I go to heaven. Do you think you're going to heaven? [10:32] I hope so. I don't want to go to hell. Oh, man. This is a remarkable interview [10:40] of just where is Trump right now? And he's worn down. He's increasingly struggling to defend the war. [10:48] He's repeating Putin's talking points. He's being pressed on financial interests. And his answers [10:54] are almost comically dismissive. Like he doesn't give a damn. He's just taken the billions. And the [11:01] most effective sort of part of it is this Ross do thought is a right winger. He didn't do any sand [11:09] bagging. He didn't have to manufacture any of this stuff. He just asked Trump questions and Trump provides [11:16] the material. And it is absolutely terrifying. Now, I've self so I've selected out another one [11:23] little bit of this interview, which I want to talk about next because it's so fascinating and important.