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Trump Impeachment Chances and Succession's Media Families
from The Great Francis James · #110
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3 minTim and Dan speculate about whether Trump would resign if Democrats retake Congress, compare him to Nixon, and pivot into a discussion of HBO's Succession and real-life media dynasties like the Murdochs.
- 13:37Trump won't resign gracefully like Nixon; he'll dig in and fight back.
- 13:48Tim describes how people have supposedly tried to make Trump's legal problems disappear if he changes trade policy, but he refuses and acts like a lunatic.
- 14:05Watching Succession sparked Tim's interest in wealthy media families and how vicious they are with each other.
- 14:28Media families in New York City—there are only five or six of them, and the Murdochs are one example.
- 15:01Trump and Murdoch represent a certain type of person obsessed with controlling information and media.