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Revolving Door Politics, Eric Trump, and Election Regret
from Depths of Self-Deception · #30
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
2 minDiscussion of financial and oil industry ties to government, a rumor about Eric Trump handling foreign/domestic policy, and Tim's fantasy of endlessly voting for Hillary just to avoid political conversations with morons.
- 2:43Tim on the revolving door of finance and oil into politics, noting oil executives have never been less powerful in government.
- 2:57Citibank allegedly gave the Obama administration a list of approved cabinet candidates.
- 3:12Eric Trump supposedly told a potential VP candidate he'd handle foreign and domestic policy while Trump just made America great again.
- 3:33Tim would have moved to a swing state to vote multiple times if Hillary had won, just to avoid political conversations with moron friends.
- 3:50People with no knowledge of politics are now trying to figure things out, reading books, which Tim sees as more damaging than apathy.
- 4:09When people discover how the government was fucking them, suddenly the background corruption becomes front and center.
- 4:23Now everything is balls out in the open, unlike before when it was hidden.
CitibankDonald TrumpEric TrumpHillary ClintonObama administration