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Trump's Charlottesville Flip-Flop and the Trump Tower Lobby
from Cheese Plate Time · #58
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
2 minDiscussion of Trump's shifting statements on Charlottesville — condemning Nazis, backtracking, then blaming both sides again — and the observation that his craziest moments happen when he's standing in the lobby of Trump Tower.
- 7:58Tim contrasts his study of money and economics with his own focus on the cosmetics and optics of everything.
- 8:41Trump never condemned Nazis before and plays it cool on white nationalism, just tells people to be nice.
- 9:10On Monday, Trump capitulates to pressure and blames the Nazis in a flawed but direct speech.
- 9:24The next day, unprompted and with no new event, Trump reverses course and says both sides were to blame.
- 9:43Some of Trump's craziest pronouncements have come from inside the Trump Tower lobby, where he feels very comfortable.