MAGA's Big Fat Greek Scandal

Jon Favreau (0:00)

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Welcome to Pod Save America. I'm Jon Favreau.

Dan Pfeiffer (1:47)

I'm Dan Pfeiffer.

Jon Favreau (1:48)

On today's show, we'll talk about how the great Republican midterm panic has begun.

Trump throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks, including more money, the week of big Senate debates in Maine, Michigan, Iowa, and maybe Texas, now that Trump has weighed in. And of course, we'll discuss the absolutely insane report about Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle demanding that a Trump donor pay off her $100,000 AMEX bill in exchange for influence peddling and so much more. Then you'll hear Lovett's conversation with Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon.

But first, Crooked Con is coming up, November 5th through 7th in Washington, DC. We really want you guys to be there. We are excited to announce 24 different conversations and debates across four stages. Everything from the Democratic brand, which is awesome, to the future of AI, to building a winning campaign. We've also got a live taping of Still Counting with Nate Silver, Claire Malone and Galen Baruch and that's in addition to Pod Save America, Love It or Leave It and Strict Scrutiny live shows. It's going to be so much fun. Go to crookedcon.com, get your tickets now. We want to see you in DC. It's going to be a good time. Everyone's going to be talking about it. You're going to need to be there to know what happens. And you know, maybe you can ask a question yourself and there's going to be all kinds of fun surprises. So get yourself to DC., crookedcon.com.

Dan Pfeiffer (3:11)

And right now the staff is trying to figure out fun surprises.

Jon Favreau (3:17)

I mean, I don't want to reveal anything right now. I don't think I'm supposed to. So now maybe we're going to get to work. Yeah. All right, Dan. Twenty five days out from the midterms and the Panikins are panicking as they do. As they do. Trump's approval keeps getting worse. Not better. The Democratic lead on the generic ballot keeps getting bigger, not smaller. I think Nate Silver has it at nine points as of this recording, which is a new high. The New York Times just did about three dozen interviews with some extremely unenthused Trump voters in Western Michigan.

Here's a little taste of what they said. A couple quotes from the interviews. He's losing touch. He's not making sense. There's very low energy on the Republican side. He's just not there in my head anymore. Devastating. But this is my favorite. President Trump has been saying, vote as if I was on the ballot, and that's exactly what I'm going to do, not vote.

These are all Trump voters, Dan. They were Trump voters. Meanwhile, Trump's top two political advisors fled the country to advise a Putin-aligned client in the Balkans. Had some better business overseas, so they skipped town for a little bit.

Mike Johnson told Fox News that if he loses his job as speaker, he would move back home to start a lawn care business if that's what God wants.

True. It's a true story. But Trump himself? Well, the president is logged in on what the American people want him to be focused on, handing out medals to AI billionaires and to himself. Let's watch.