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Pence's Insurance Policy and the Cabinet of Weirdos
from Bribes and Bruschetta · #19
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5 minTim riffs on wanting to just be rich and quiet, then pivots into discussing Mike Pence as Trump's possible assassination insurance, Steve Bannon's role, Giuliani being passed over, and the chaotic, unprepared transition process.
- 33:00Tim wishes he'd just gotten rich, shut up, had a quiet apartment, and done nothing else with his life.
- 33:31Pence might be Trump's insurance policy—assassination him and you get gay conversion therapy guy instead.
- 34:01Trump filled his cabinet with people he doesn't know: Steve Bannon, the Breitbart editor and chief strategist.
- 34:38A former prosecutor as Secretary of State would be a nightmare for Trump's legal exposure.
- 34:58Chris Christie was involved in the transition for fifteen minutes and then dropped, then they put him in the basement.
- 35:19Pence refused to sign the transition document NDA, holding up the entire hiring process of four thousand people.
- 35:42Trump told 60 Minutes he wants to spend weekends at Mar-a-Lago and his golf course instead of the White House.
- 36:03Obama had to explain to Trump what a president actually does; Trump really didn't know.
- 36:20Trump's family looks solemn and unhappy, not realizing he could go down as a criminal instead of just staying a billionaire.
- 36:57Tim pitches a show concept called Trump's America, featuring one of the Trump children explaining why they're not racist.