Rick Wilson & Kurt Andersen

**Molly Jong-Fast** (0:00)
Hi, I'm Molly Jong-Fast, and this is Fast Politics, where we discuss the top political headlines with some of today's best minds. And Natalie Harp posted over 150 pro-Trump tweets on January 6th, 2021 We have such a great show for you today. The Lincoln Project's own Rick Wilson joins us to discuss Trump's Natalie Harp problem that won't go away. Then we'll talk to author Kurt Andersen about his new book, the one that everyone is talking about, The Breakup. But first, the news.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:34)
So Molly, Mr. Trump, he's real, real busy these days. As we know, it's not a laser focus on affordability, it's redecorating and apparently his stock portfolio.

**Molly Jong-Fast** (0:46)
Yeah. Is Trump trading on insider information? Well, he's certainly trading. Trump disclosed just over a thousand financial transactions for the month of June. Remember, Trump never bought stocks in his first term. So everything in this administration is so suspicious. Like, you know, you can't necessarily prove it because you don't have someone in there, like listening to his phone calls. But like, this is such an insane contrast from the first Trump administration. So he disclosed over a thousand financial transactions for the month of June, buying and selling stocks, bonds, EFETFs, which track the markets.
And he reshuffled his portfolio and he sold a bunch of ETFs. So again, President Donald Trump, thousand stock financial transactions, selling, buying. He rotated in and out of stocks, bonds, exchange trading funds throughout the months. His transactions totaled between 78.1 million and 263.1 million. Seems normal. I mean, it's like, but it's also he's, you know, he's selling companies that are he's doing deals with, where he is helping the stock go up and buying. I mean, you've got market sell offs and then he's trading. I mean, it's like what Congress has been doing that they need to stop doing, but like 10 times worse, you know, and the stocks are bouncing back. But he, I mean, it's just exactly what, if you, any other person would probably go to jail for this. I'm just telling you, like, if you worked, if you were in a corporate governance position and you were trading in a way that looked like you were getting inside information like this, I mean, this is just so, it's so sketchy. You also sold Bitcoin.
It's just not how any of this is supposed to go. And it's also, more importantly, it just shows he's not really focused on his job, which is being president. It's just a very insane thing to witness. And it's also, it's not how the presidency is supposed to work. You know, if you're, to quote Hillary Clinton here, public servants are supposed to serve the public.

**SPEAKER_2** (3:19)
Yeah, well, that ain't what's happening. They're also supposed to look out for the American people, and that's also what's not happening.
I think this quote is pretty, pretty amazing. My, I have a question. You know, when I was in Japan, I kept seeing horse meat on the menu, and I decided to abstain. I found that a little bridge too far, but now that he won't say where we're getting this quote unquote beef from, I have a feeling you and I are trying horse.

**Molly Jong-Fast** (3:44)
What?
Just let the record show Jesse is very tired. This is from a tree, a tweet that Donald Trump said when he was on the plane, flying back from wherever it was, probably, I don't know where he's been, but he was, I guess he was flying from New Jersey to his little Grand Prix in DC, which shows how laser focused on affordability Donald Trump is. Play the tweet, but I just want to point out that it was hosted by a Trumper called the Patriotic Blonde.

**SPEAKER_2** (4:19)
Nothing feels more on brand for this.

**Molly Jong-Fast** (4:21)
Yeah.

**SPEAKER_3** (4:22)
The question is, what do you have to say to US farmers who feel that the deal is benefiting Argentina more than it is them as they are?

**Kurt Andersen** (4:29)
Argentina is fighting for its life, young lady. You don't know anything about it. They're fighting for their life. Nothing is benefiting Argentina. They're fighting for their life. You understand what that means?

**SPEAKER_3** (4:40)
They have no money.

**Kurt Andersen** (4:41)
They have no anything.

**SPEAKER_3** (4:42)
They're fighting so hard to survive.

**Kurt Andersen** (4:44)
If I can help them survive in a free world, I happen to like the president of Argentina. I think he's trying to do the best he can, but don't make it sound like they're doing great.

**Rick Wilson** (4:53)
They are dying.

**Kurt Andersen** (4:55)
All right?

**SPEAKER_3** (4:55)