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First Meeting Trump in 2010 and the 'Popularist' Mix-up
from Steve Bannon Emergency Podcast | The Tim Dillon Show #433 · #433
3 min
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Bannon recounts being dragged to a 2010 meeting with Trump before he was considering a presidential run, giving him the populist/Tea Party pitch, and Trump repeatedly mispronouncing 'populist' as 'popularist.'
- Tim met Donald Trump in August 2010 after being asked by documentary filmmaker Dave Bosi to join a meeting about Trump's potential presidential run.
- Tim thought it was infeasible for Trump to run for president at that time.
- Tim gave the populist part of the presentation and immediately realized Trump was serious and understood complex economic issues.
- What would take hours to explain to Goldman Sachs or McKinsey about China and the trade deficit, Trump grasped immediately because he watched Lou Dobbs religiously.
- Trump insisted on calling himself a 'popularist' instead of 'populist' despite Tim's repeated corrections.
Donald TrumpLou DobbsDave BosiChinese Communist PartyGoldman Sachs