When reality catches up to desires

-- On the Show:

-- Donald Trump plays golf and hosts a vacant state fair while the federal government neglects rising grocery costs and stagnant wages

-- Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican leadership preemptively claim the midterm elections will be stolen due to slipping approval ratings

-- Companies tied to the sons of Donald Trump and Howard Lutnick seek $9 billion in federal financing for mining projects in Kazakhstan

-- Donald Trump publicly declares the war with Iran is over while the United States military conducts new airstrikes against Iranian missile sites

-- Trump repeatedly claims absolute victory in international diplomacy before terms are finalized, damaging American negotiating leverage

-- Right- wingers falsely claim Donald Trump's state fair on the National Mall is packed despite video evidence showing empty grounds

-- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defends a conditional ceasefire while revealing that Jared Kushner is leading diplomatic talks in Doha

-- Trump posts to social media about bogus property damage at the Reflecting Pool and planning an expensive federal golf course

-- Senator Roger Marshall defends strict voter restrictions by comparing fraud claims to the proactive licensing of commercial airline pilots

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(00:00) Start

(01:34) Trump ignores America's problems

(09:48) Republicans already claim the midterms will be stolen

(16:26) Trump's sons are tied to more corruption

(26:37) Trump's Iran ceasefire is in jeopardy

(34:28) Trump is in way over his head

(41:25) Trump's poorly attended America 250 state fair

(48:40) Karoline Leavitt returns to the podium

(55:56) Trump wants an expensive public golf course

(1:02:40) Republican Senator still pushing 2020 election fraud

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