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Playing Trump's Bizarre Hurricane Harvey Remarks
from Joel Osteen's Ark · #60
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4 minNews
Tim and Ray play and react to audio of Trump praising 'what a crowd, what a turnout' and thanking his cabinet during a Hurricane Harvey briefing, dissecting the narcissism and detachment in his remarks.
- 17:22Trump calls Hurricane Harvey a "great crowd" and "turnout" while touring the disaster zone.
- 17:43Tim notes Trump tells the local official he's become very famous, exemplifying his detachment from the actual crisis.
- 19:40Trump's acceptance-speech cadence—thanking his cabinet and saying "we want to do it better than ever before"—treats the disaster like an awards ceremony.
- 20:07Tim observes that Trump's framing as "we want to make sure we do this right" masks a deeper gamesmanship about optics rather than genuine relief.
- 20:40The constant pivot to "we want them to say, that's how you do it" reveals narcissism bleeding through even in a moment of national disaster.