‘I've never seen in my lifetime a president accomplish so much of what he promised so quickly and so effectively.’
Jamie Weinstein is joined by self-proclaimed “MAGA lefty” Batya Ungar-Sargon to defend Donald Trump’s first 100 days as president and explain how a “lefty” can be MAGA.
The Agenda:
—Batya’s MAGA journey
—MAGA Reaganites vs. MAGA lefties
—Batya on The Fifth Column
—Exporting American exceptionalism
—Trump’s first 100 days
—Trump’s meme coin
—North Korea style worship
—“Trump sees a tariff like a Swiss army knife.”
—Immigration and due process
Noah Hickey is an associate multimedia producer at The Dispatch, based in Tampa, Florida. Prior to joining the company in 2024, he interned at The Dispatch, worked as a musician, and attended Polk State College in Lakeland, Florida. When Noah is not producing podcasts and running The Dispatch's social media, he is probably playing slide on his American Ultra Luxe Telecaster and writing music for his band Foxhall.
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