Pastor Insists Giant Gold Trump Statue Is NOT a “Golden Calf” | MAGA Mondays

Summary

Bulwark Takes: "Pastor Insists Giant Gold Trump Statue Is NOT a 'Golden Calf'" — MAGA Mondays (May 11, 2026)

Overview

In this episode of Bulwark Takes’ “MAGA Mondays,” Sam Stein and Will Sommer deliver an incisive, irreverent exploration of three surreal stories at the intersection of MAGA culture, spectacle, and American institutions: the unveiling of the massive gold Trump statue at Trump National Doral, the bizarre repair of the National Mall’s Reflecting Pool, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s sponsored, reality-TV-style family road trip. With characteristic banter, the hosts skewer the symbolism, grifting, and spectacle at work—all while providing commentary on the blurring lines between political power, celebrity, and crony capitalism in Trump’s America.

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1. Giant Trump Gold Statue: Not a "Golden Calf"

Theme:
A towering, 22-foot gold statue of Donald Trump is unveiled at his Florida resort, sparking Biblical parallels and widespread mockery. MAGA pastor Mark Burns adamantly insists it’s “not a golden calf.”

Discussion Points:

• The statue’s weird optics (wrapping, colors) led to initial disbelief online, but it is real, “the most gauche, embarrassing possible thing to put up” (Sam Stein, 02:21).
• Sculpted at the behest of a meme-crypto venture (“Patriot” coin), involving sketchy commissioning and payment disputes with the artist—who was forced to “make Trump skinnier than in reality." (Will Sommer, 02:53)
• Pastor Mark Burns at the dedication tweets, “Let me be clear: This is not a golden calf. We worship the Lord Jesus Christ in him alone. The statue is a celebration of life...a symbol of resilience, freedom, patriotism, strength and the willpower to keep fighting for the future of America.” [03:41]
• Burns pushes back on Biblical criticisms, but the internet is not convinced. “Yeah, it’s not a golden calf. It’s just a huge golden Trump.” (Sam Stein, 04:44)
• Trump himself did not attend the dedication—he called in:

  “Everybody is taking pictures of it...they stand up next to it and they have their picture taken. It really came out beautifully. I just want to thank you all, and we love you all.” (Donald Trump, 05:58)

Notable Quotes:

• “Don’t call it a golden calf, right up top.” — Will Sommer (05:11)
• “It suggests you’re deifying a fake god. There’s obvious Biblical connotations…problematic that they do this stuff.” — Sam Stein (07:01)
• “As our producer points out, the Golden Calf stuff goes back to Moses, so, you know, this is even a pre-Christian issue.” — Will Sommer (07:30)
• “If you put up a big golden statue of yourself in front of your house and you said, ‘I don’t know who put it there. It really doesn’t have anything to do with me.’” — Will Sommer (07:52)
• “This was in part the brainchild of a guy named Dustin Stockton” — a “We Build the Wall” fundraiser behind the Trump golden statue project (09:45)

Behind the Grift:

• The statue is a PR play by the creators of Patriot meme-coin—the entire stunt aims to “get some kind of Trump shine onto their meme coin.” (Will Sommer, 10:24)
• “Everything is such a grift.” — Sam Stein (10:35)
• “This is the kind of people who are behind the Trump golden statue.” — Will Sommer (09:59)

Timestamps:

• Dedication statement, 03:41
• Trump call-in, 05:58
• Art origins, 02:53
• Background on sculptor/crypto connection, 09:45

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2. Trump’s Chaos at the Reflecting Pool

Theme:
Trump’s direct intervention in National Mall maintenance turns the historic Reflecting Pool into a slapdash spectacle, using unqualified contractors and questionable methods—all for July 4th optics.

Key Discussion Points:

• The Reflecting Pool has recurring algae and drainage problems and requires constant repair. Trump claims he can fix it “a lot cheaper,” painting it blue “like a swimming pool.” (Sam Stein, 13:11)
• The job is awarded via a no-bid contract to a small-time water-proofing outfit, Atlantic Industrial Coatings—connected to Trump’s golf courses, but with “no expertise painting public pools at this magnitude.” (Sam Stein, 17:12)
• The fix “does not address one of the pool’s main problems, faulty plumbing in its filtration system.” (NYT, read by Stein, 14:16)
• Trump plans a July 4th motorcade drive across the newly painted surface for a press event—raising alarm from engineers about damaging the structure.
• “If it were my project, I’d require an immediate inspection.” — Pool expert, quoted by Stein (15:34)
• “If you can’t do a reflecting pool like this, what are you going to do with the Kennedy Center? …it’s destructive and it’s imperial and it is narcissistic.” — Sam Stein (18:40)

Memorable Exchanges:

• “When I saw this last week, I thought, oh, jeez, is the reflecting pool like highway grade?” (Will Sommer, 15:57)
• “It looks really, really bad.” (Will Sommer, 16:40)
• “This is something — clearly a rush job ahead of July 4th America 250. Even before this administration is over, we’ll be dealing with this again.” (Will Sommer, 17:00)
• “They have a pretty badass logo...I don’t know if Trump saw that and said, ‘That’s cool, let them take care of one of America’s most treasured monuments.’” (Will Sommer, 18:08)
• “They’re just going to paint [the Old Executive Office Building] white?” (Sam Stein, 18:40)

Timestamps:

• Critique and article read, 14:00–17:12
• Company background, 17:12
• “Badass” contractor logo digression, 18:08

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3. Sean Duffy’s "Great American Road Trip": Work, Grift, and Reality TV

Theme:
Transportation Secretary (and ex-Real World star) Sean Duffy spends seven months on a family road trip, filmed and sponsored by major companies—including those regulated by his own Department, blurring lines between public service, politics, and personal branding.

Key Discussion Points:

• Duffy and wife Rachel Campos-Duffy (Fox News) hit the road with nine children in a reality show-style “Great American Road Trip,” filmed over seven months.
• The trip includes posed Americana—Fenway Park, the Liberty Bell, hanging out with Kid Rock, John Rich, and a Ben Franklin impersonator. (Will Sommer, 23:43)
• The entire project is underwritten by Boeing, Toyota, Shell, Royal Caribbean, and others—firms with business before the government, funneled through a nonprofit created for the show.
  • “Is Sean Duffy just so rich from Real World…? The answer is no. It’s funded by companies like Boeing, which are regulated by DOT.” (Will Sommer, 23:59)
• Criticism for Duffy being absent from real DOT crises—“He’s working for the government. You’re a member of the Cabinet. The vacation aspect…remarkable.” (Sam Stein, 27:01; Will Sommer, 27:06)
• Parallels drawn to Pete Buttigieg’s paternity leave, contrasting media outrage vs. silence.
• The trip is styled as a nonprofit civic project, but “No one in my family, including my husband, were paid to do this…We did it for free.” (Rachel Campos-Duffy tweet, 35:19)

Notable Quotes & Moments:

• “To love America is to see America…We said we’re gonna do a road trip.” — Sean Duffy (26:21)
• “Toyota paid for this, put a lot of money into it, and in exchange, they clearly got ad placement. Perfectly right there.” (Sam Stein, 30:39)
• “If Boeing had been paying for Buttigieg’s vacation…but they didn’t film it, people would have been furious. But if you add the camera crew, I guess it’s all over.” (Will Sommer, 28:02)
• “It really looks like a Fox Nation show or something—that’s basically what we’re looking at here.” (Will Sommer, 34:02)
• “All production costs were paid for by the nonprofit…Do we know anything about this?” — Sam Stein (35:19)
• “Some of these [sponsors] are kind of just like, promoting travel…But definitely several of these are very closely regulated or should be.” (Will Sommer, 36:38)

Corruption, Spectacle, and Power:

• “It does get to the larger point, which is Trump loves spectacle…He values the idea of TV more than anything else. The reflecting pool is gonna be bright blue. We’re gonna have a UFC fight that everyone’s gonna watch. My transportation secretary is just with his big old family hanging out on the road…Doesn’t solve anyone’s problems, just creates more.” (Sam Stein, 38:05)

Timestamps:

• Fox interview and Duffy’s explanation, 26:19
• Discussion of sponsors and ethics, 34:40–37:03
• Trailer and analysis, 29:57–33:50
• Rachel Campos-Duffy’s response tweet, 35:19

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4. UFC Fight on the White House Lawn

Theme:
The administration turns the White House lawn into a venue for a UFC fight, selling it as a populist spectacle while providing exclusivity to the well-connected.

Details:

• Open invitation for UFC “fan festival” on the Ellipse, but the main event appears reserved for the elite.
• “This is truly like American carnage stuff…We might as well go see what the country has come to." (Will Sommer, 20:38)
• Rumors of inflated sponsorships ($1–1.5 million) to attend the actual fight; UFC claims $30 million loss but quietly monetizes access.

Timestamps:

• General discussion, 19:47–21:58
• “It looks so bad. Meanwhile in China, they’re building all this new technology…and it’s like, well, we figured out how to put the UFC in front of the White House.” (21:38)

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5. Closing Bits: MAGA Infighting & Upcoming Bulwark Live Shows

Key Extras:

• Will Sommer previews the coming “white nationalist influencer revolt” against Nick Fuentes (38:42) and plugs False Flag.
• Teaser for live Bulwark events in San Diego (May 20) and LA (May 21), with Will Sommer joining as “the Golden God.” (39:28)

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Episode Highlights & Takeaways

• Spectacle Over Substance: Each segment underscores a surreal marriage of political power and entertainment—giant statues, reality TV, and prizefights on sacred ground—all driven by the profit and grift incentives of meme coiners and corporate sponsors.
• Grifting, Cronyism, Moral Gymnastics: The gold statue and Duffy’s road trip epitomize the blurring lines between civic engagement and self-dealing, MAGA-style. “Everything is such a grift.” — Sam Stein (10:35)
• Biblical Irony: The show delights in the Biblical absurdity of the Trump statue, with tongue-in-cheek references to Moses, the golden calf, and the quasi-religious devotion inspired (and parodied) at every turn.
• Quotes that Nail It:
  • “It’s not a golden calf. It’s just a huge golden Trump.” — Sam Stein (04:44)
  • “It really looks like a Fox Nation show or something...That’s basically what we’re looking at here.” — Will Sommer (34:02)
  • “Trump loves spectacle…this all fits together. Doesn’t solve anyone’s problems, just creates more.” — Sam Stein (38:05)

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  Live events: May 20 (San Diego), May 21 (LA)

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Key Segments & Timestamps

• Giant Trump Statue, Meme Coin Grift, Pastor Defense: 01:01–11:23
• Reflecting Pool Chaos & No-Bid Cronyism: 13:11–19:47
• UFC on the White House Lawn: 19:47–21:58
• Sean Duffy’s (Sponsored) “Great American Road Trip”: 22:07–38:05
• MAGA Influencer Drama, Bulwark Live Event Plugs: 38:42–end

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The episode is a must-listen for anyone tracking the evolving absurdities, hypocrisies, and commodification of power in the Trump era.

Transcript

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[Sam Stein]

hey, everyone, it's me, Sam Stein with Will Summer for another episode of Mega Mondays. Sorry we came to you one minute late. I gotta blame our technicians. They're with our mics. No, I'm just joking. It was our fault. We're gonna get the mics to work. Technology. I think it's because it's raining. We have a pack show today. I'm so thrilled to be joined by Will because there's a lot to unpack. Honestly, when we were thinking about, like, the main stories, we. We definitely wanted to do golf again, but then we looked at the numbers from last week and decided we probably shouldn't do golf again. Bunch of you guys don't like golf. So we're going to be talking about the golden statue to Donald Trump down at his Doral property in Florida. We're going to be talking about the reflecting pool. What else we got on the docket?

[Will Sommer]

Well, we got Sean Duffy's road trip. Oh, trip.

[Sam Stein]

Yeah.

[Will Sommer]

This is such a packed schedule. There's stuff we're leaving on the table. You know, over the weekend, Laura Loomer claimed that a bunch of MAGA influencers are going to be exposed as Turkish agents. You know, now one has to, you know, take her with a grain of salt, as always.

[Sam Stein]

But maybe, maybe she would know the paola system. If anyone knows the payola system, it will be her. She knows.

[Will Sommer]

Yeah, she knows it inside and out.

[Sam Stein]

Yeah, I trust her on this one. All right, let's jump into it. We're gonna start with the Statue because this thing was blowing up online, basically. I saw a photo of it. I didn't think it was real at first. Can we put the photo of it up that we have? Yeah, let's put that up. It looks absurd. It's so massive. At first I thought it wasn't because it looked like it was some sort of Argentinian flag colors it was draped in, like, I. It didn't make sense to me that this was actually real thing, that people thought that this was not the most gauche, embarrassing possible thing to put up, and yet it is real. Can you explain what's going on here? Yeah.

[Will Sommer]

So this is the creation of some guys hawking a cryptocurrency meme coin, I believe, called Patriot dollar sign Patriot. And this has been a couple years in the making. You know, these meme coins. What you want is you want a big splash, right? You want some sense of, like, legitimacy. And so in this case, these guys commissioned this giant Trump statue. It got held up in, like, litigation or there were some disputes over payment with the sculptor. One thing I do want to note as we look at the sculpture here is the sculptor complained that the crypto guys made him make Trump skinnier than in reality. I think his initial model.

[Sam Stein]

All right, well, look, well, I think your Internet's kind of in and out, so let's hopefully get a good, good connection here. I'll just note that I didn't really understand the drapes because there is, like a weird toga type thing or Argentine Argentinian flag thing. Then it created a stir online because Pastor Mark Burns, who is this Trump sycophantic pastor, was kind of forced to defend it for obvious reasons. But basically, he went on to Twitter and he was like, today. And let's put up the tweet if we can, while we deal with will. And you can mute will while he's trying to do all that stuff. Today at Trump National Doral, Miami, we witnessed an unforgettable moment with the dedication of a 22 foot statue honoring President Donald J. Trump. Let me be clear. This is not a holding calf. We worship the Lord Jesus Christ in him alone. The statue is a celebration of life. It is a symbol of resilience, freedom, patriotism, strength, and the willpower to keep fighting for the future of America. Look, there was a lot of people online who are a little bit uncomfortable with the statue for obvious reasons. It suggests that you're, you know, deifying a. A fake God. There's obviously biblical connotations to having a golden statue of that Magnitude. But Pastor Burns stood by. Well, he was very much adamant that this is not a golden calf, which. Yeah, it's not a golden calf. It's just a huge golden trunk.

[Will Sommer]

Don't call it a golden calf. Right up top. I mean, it's, it is pretty crazy. I mean, you know, what's funny to me is, among other things, and, you know, I don't think we played the video, but basically they then Trump. Trump didn't even bother coming to. I mean, you kind of, maybe you don't want Trump there. If this is new. Want focused on the. Trump called in with Burns and they, you know, he, he, he said, you know, we, we love,

[Sam Stein]

man. Yeah, the Internet is total for you, Will. I appreciate that. I'm going to try to wing it while you figure it out how bad your Internet situation is. Don't leave, though. Just stay in. Let's play the Trump video. He did call in. Will's referencing this.

[Donald Trump]

It's. Everybody is taking pictures of it. Everybody is. My people told me that it's unbelievable. All day long they're taking pictures. They stand up next to it and they have their picture taken. It really came out beautifully. I don't know what to expect. I just want to thank you all, and we love you all, and God bless America. God bless you, sir. God bless you. We love you. God bless you. Mr. President.

[Sam Stein]

I will just say it's like, kind of pathetic that he couldn't even show up and that he had to do that. I feel a little bit for those guys. They look ridiculous, but they sort of deserve it. The other thing is, though, it's like this is not the first statue of Trump in gold that has been put up. Our crack. Researchers unearthed this statue from CPAC 2021, if we can get it. No, that's the, that's the Doral one. Let's do the CPAC one.

[Will Sommer]

Were you there, Will, at the unveil? Oh, yes. I have seen that in person. And, you know, at the time this made a stir. It's kind of like a Bart Simpson Trump, if you will. He's kind of like a little bad boy. He's wearing board shorts.

[Sam Stein]

It's ridiculous. And then you have like, the whole Trump Bible thing and, and obviously. And then what's it, what's. What's the woman's name who's like his lead pastor who's kind of wild and she's. Do you know what I'm talking about? White. What's. Paula White?

[Will Sommer]

Paula White, yes.

[Sam Stein]

Yeah. So it's like this I feel like this just fits into a larger pattern of sacrilege when it comes to Trump, but people just don't care. Obviously, I don't know what I'm talking about because I'm Jewish, but it does seem, like, problematic that they do this stuff.

[Will Sommer]

Yeah, I would say so. I mean. Yeah, you know, I think maybe you mentioned already the, you know, the image of Trump as Jesus and all this stuff. I mean, so it is. It is a. Yeah. And I mean, as our producer points out, I mean, the Golden Calf stuff goes back to Moses, so, you know, this is even a pre Christian issue.

[Sam Stein]

I think he was calling out my Judaism there, but I'm not going to take offense to that.

[Will Sommer]

It is bizarre in the video, it's kind of funny from one angle, it almost looks like the statue's talking rather than Trump being on the phone. If you don't see Mark, I really thought from the video that they had just had a recording that was going to be like, thank you so much for the statue. One funny thing here is that the Trump family, the sons, I think, have come out and said, we have nothing to do with this. Whatever. Well, besides the fact that it's being put up at Trump Doral, like, at your property, if you put up a big golden statue of yourself in front of your house, and he said, I don't know. I don't know who put it there. It really doesn't have anything to do with me.

[Sam Stein]

Well, it's funny you mentioned that, Will, because we actually made a statue, and we're going to put up at the Bulwark for this occasion, and we did an artist rendering of it. I don't know. Can we put. Is it ready for debut? Let's see if we can do it. Yeah, there it is. Okay. Yeah.

[Will Sommer]

Wow. Beautiful. Patron saint of podcasts. You know what? You know, for optic purposes, I'm gonna have to say I have nothing to do with this, but I do.

[Sam Stein]

Like, look at this. I mean, it matches the glory and splendor of the Trump giraffe one.

[Will Sommer]

And it's all golf for golfers as well.

[Sam Stein]

A lot of men in golf attire praying, daddy. I'm not sure why. Maybe they watched our show last week and they were just blown away by our golf content. You can see it's at the Bulwark Retreat, which does not exist. All hail Summer in signs. I'm not sure what the. Are they like, yeah, there's flowers there and golf hats that they're paying. Why did we choose golf? I feel like our AI Slop could have been a little bit better, maybe more on point. But you look great. Thank you.

[Will Sommer]

Beautiful. Yeah, yeah. We could take that haunting image down.

[Sam Stein]

No, no. Do you want to. Do you have anything to say like Trump did? What would you say?

[Will Sommer]

Yeah, they'll put me on the speakerphone and I'll say, thank you so much.

[Sam Stein]

Thank you. It's a beautiful statue.

[Will Sommer]

I did want to point out one more thing about this effort, which is that this was in part the brainchild of a guy named Dustin Stockton. And I was reading about this MAGA activist Dustin Stockton, and I said, now where do I know that name from? We Build the Wall. He was involved. He was one of the key fundraisers on We Build the Wall, which sent, you know, among other things, it's, you know, its leader to prison. So this is the kind of people who are behind the Trump golden statue.

[Sam Stein]

Just remind, and let's hope your Internet stays stable enough that you can finish this thought. Who paid for it? Again, like, how did. Where did the money come from for this?

[Will Sommer]

It was paid for by the creators of this cryptocurrency called Patriot.

[Sam Stein]

And the idea probably is they're trying to curry favor with Trump to get some regulatory.

[Will Sommer]

They're trying to make Trump like them. And I think they're also trying to, you know, kind of get some kind of Trump shine onto their meme coin so that people say, oh, this is like a quasi Trump endorsed meme coin.

[Sam Stein]

Everything is such a grift. But it's also so funny because it's like the most ridiculous things that would embarrass anyone, like, are what you have to do for Trump. Right? You have to build up a big golden statue. I'd be humiliated. I'd be mortified. I'd be, I'd say take it down. But he's like, you know, it looks. Looks kind of good. And then there's one other quote from Pastor Robert Jeffress who said, who was trying to, like, justify it. And he goes, and, you know, the great irony is it looks like President Trump has a better understanding of the bi. Of what the Bible teaches about the role of government than the Pope has. And I'm glad the President hasn't backed on. I'm sorry, that's in reference to him arguing with the Pope somewhat. Semi related story. So, yeah, all right, yeah, we can move on.

[Will Sommer]

Edition of the Bible that, you know, golden calves or golden Trumps are good.

[Sam Stein]

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[Will Sommer]

Whoa.

[Sam Stein]

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[Will Sommer]

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[Sam Stein]

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[Will Sommer]

Gotta spray down.

[Sam Stein]

Yeah. Most normal people don't keep a hose in their office. I do. It's how much I love the pocket hose. But all seriousness, it's a great time to have a good pocket hose. Spring season, you gotta fly, you gotta water your flowers and all that stuff. All right. Speaking of water. What a segue. Yes. We're gonna skip to the reflecting pool, so. And we'll do Duffy third. So I've been sort of tickled by this story about what's going on at the reflecting pool. People probably been following it. Basic gist is Donald Trump wanted a big repair was going to happen to reflecting pool because reflecting pool is a kind of architectural disaster. Low hanging water to make a reflection. But it means that it's going to get just, you know, filled with algae. It drains poorly. Like something like, you know, you have to repair it once a year, potentially got to fix the pivots. You got to repair all the time. They tried to repair it during the Biden administration. It was going to cost a lot. Donald Trump comes in, says, you know, I could do it for a lot cheaper and I can make it better and I could do it in time for July 4th. And so he's like, I'm gonna paint the reflecting pool blue like a swimming pool, and it's just gonna seal it. It's gonna be a poor, a small portion of the price tag, and you're gonna have beautiful blue reflection. And it turns out it hasn't gone to plan. So a big New York Times article over the weekend looked at the company that he had hired to do it. Appears to have some connection loosely with his golf properties, but has never done a project of this magnitude. It was no bid contract shocker. And already it's looking like a logistical nightmare because the way they've planned it, in addition to Trump literally driving over with his motorcade, it's going to turn green. And so before I get too well, I just want to read a couple portions of this time article because it's ridiculous. Let's start with this. The government documents obtained by the time say the contract has already cost far more than Mr. Trump said it would and that the repairs would be needed again far sooner. They also show that Mr. Trump's plan does not address one of the pool's main problems, faulty plumbing in the in its filtration system. As a result, experts said it's unclear if Mr. Trump's pool will remain blue or if it would be soon be obscured by a recurring layer of green algae. Painting is not going to solve that problem, said Tim Arhan, the chairman of the Aquatic Council consulting firm for the pool and hot tub industry. Mr. Arhan said he was also concerned about Mr. Trump's decision to drive his motor crate across the pool surface on Thursday night to hold a press event highing the renovations that might have put a huge amount of weight on the notorious leaky and newly repaired joints between the concrete slabs. Quote, if it were my project, I require an immediate inspection, he said. All right, well, what do you make of this? And do we have any photos of it? Because we could put them up while we're talking. Yeah, here we go.

[Will Sommer]

You know, when I saw this last week, I thought, oh, jeez, is the reflecting pool like highway grade?

[Sam Stein]

I don't think so.

[Will Sommer]

I Mean, you know, these are not just regular SUVs. These are like some of the heaviest SUVs in America with all the security equipment and the armor plating and what have you. So it is totally crazy. I mean this, you know, a few weeks ago when this all began, the MAGA people were like, you know, the Obama, or excuse me, Biden had this plan to fix the pool is going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars. But we figured out you can just slap a coat of paint on.

[Sam Stein]

Thought.

[Will Sommer]

Well, that doesn't really make sense, really. I mean, you know, if the whole issue is the algae, you know, the algae will still come back. Look at this.

[Sam Stein]

The paint's not even uniform. What is going on here?

[Will Sommer]

It looks really, really bad. Yeah. You know, you mentioned that this company doesn't have a lot of experience doing this. Someone looked at their website and some of the examples were like, well, we sealed like five parking spots at an apartment building or we sealed like this small staircase at a school. So I mean, it's crazy. I think this is something that, you know, clearly this is like a rush job ahead of the July 4th America 250. And you know, I, I suspect even before this administration is over, we'll be dealing with this again.

[Sam Stein]

Yeah. Okay, to your point, the pool repair. This is from the Times. The pool repair contract was given on April 3rd to Atlantic Industrial Coatings, which is based in New Canton, Virginia. Contracting records show the firm had never previously held a federal contract. That's great. Mr. Trump said he consulted with three companies that had worked on his swimming pools, but he chose one that had performed work at his Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia. Problem is, as the piece goes on, Atlantic Industrial Coatings does not appear to advertise an expertise in painting swimming pools. Company's website shows specializes in waterproofing, highway culverts, pipes, roofs, and chemical and water storage tanks. The site does not mention swimming pools at golf clubs, at Trump Golf Clubs or anywhere else. So it looks like we just found these guys somehow. I'm eager for the follow up reporting on this.

[Will Sommer]

Well, they have a pretty badass logo. I don't know, you know, can we show the picture where it's kind of the overhead shot. I think it's maybe the next one in the slideshow. This one? Yeah.

[Sam Stein]

Let's download.

[Will Sommer]

Look at this. Badass. It's like a, like a, it's like a guy with all the gear on, the mask gear and he's just like spray painting an American flag. And so I don't know if Trump saw that and said, that's cool, you know, let's let them take care of one of America's most treasured monuments.

[Sam Stein]

It gets to a larger thing that in this. And I'm not trying to be, I'm not trying to joke by bringing the golf course back up because there was a breakthrough in the golf course. They did have a deal. Trump is going to take over East Potomac. But the other two golf courses, I

[Will Sommer]

think we could take this down. Yeah, I think we got it.

[Sam Stein]

Yeah, we can take this in. Yeah. So it does get to this, which is the imperialness of it all. Like just absolutely bulldozing small and big projects, sentimental works, historical works, whatever. And like, if it gets done, it gets done. Right. Like we're, I have no confidence in how it's going to get done. But if you can't do a reflecting pool like this, what are you going to do with the Kennedy Center? Right. Like they have a two year rental for the Kennedy Center. They are supposed to renovate the East Potomac Golf Course. Now they obviously have the ballroom that they have to do. Apparently they're going to paint the old executive office building next to the White House, which is a massive edifice. They're just going to paint it white. Are they going to go to the aquatics company and do that again? Like, hey, you did such a bang up job on this. Like, come on down the block. It is, it's destructive and it's imperial and it is narcissistic to think that you can just do this. And, you know, if it gets done, it gets done. If not, who cares? And now the other thing that I saw is they're going forward with the UFC fight for.

[Will Sommer]

Oh, yeah, Yes. I have something to contribute on this.

[Sam Stein]

Yeah, go for it.

[Will Sommer]

So me and the boys, we really wanted to go and so, you know, unfortunately, I don't think you can get tickets to the thing itself, but they have a, they have like UFC day on the Saturday. It's like a big fan festival at the Ellipse. And then they have like the weigh in or something. There's some other thing on that Sunday or maybe they're simulcasting the fight. And so we all applied for tickets and I thought, there's no way, you know, this UFC mania has hit D.C. there's no way we can get tickets. But everyone who applied got, got two tickets. So I think I, you know, the Ellipse is pretty big, so maybe.

[Sam Stein]

Did you get two tickets?

[Will Sommer]

Yeah, yeah. So I'll be, you know, I'll be posting. Yeah, you want to go see? You know, maybe we can do a little brawl. Maybe we can weigh in, whatever.

[Sam Stein]

I have zero desire, honestly. Zero desire. Have you gone to a UFC fight?

[Will Sommer]

No. I mean, this is. This is truly like American carnage type stuff. You know, it's like we're all living in D.C. we might as well go. Go see what the country has come to. So it is though, right?

[Sam Stein]

It's, like, so insane to me, just gonna use the White House front lawn for this.

[Will Sommer]

Well, and they posted some, like, kind of image. I don't think we have it, but just sort of like what it's supposed to look like. And it's like, well, yeah, I guess that's if you put a big UFC fight in front of the White House.

[Sam Stein]

We gotta find that image. It does look ridiculous. There was also some question about whether the tickets are being like. Or sponsorships are being sold off for like, a million to a million and a half dollars. You see that?

[Will Sommer]

Yes.

[Sam Stein]

I mean, I. So they. The UFC said, this is going to be a free fight. Anyone could come. It's open to the public. They're going to lose $30 million and is how they've said it publicly, but apparently they're selling sponsorships for like, an insane amount of money, and people are buying them up, so.

[Will Sommer]

Well, you know, UFC guy Dana White is famously a big time gambler. He's, you know, here it is in Vegas casinos.

[Sam Stein]

Is this really what it's supposed to look like?

[Will Sommer]

Oh, my God, it looks so bad. Meanwhile, in China, they're building all this new technology, and it's like, well, we figured out how to put the UFC in front of the White House.

[Sam Stein]

Oh, my God, that looks hilarious. You're gonna be there. I can almost see you right in the back up there. That's where you're gonna be seated.

[Will Sommer]

Well, to be clear. No, I'm sure the actual White House fight is only well connected people. I will be a mile away at the Ellipse watching a TV way back there.

[Sam Stein]

You're way back there. It's just so ridiculous, so stupid. All right, well, I guess speaking of sponsorships, because this is. Look, I'm nailing the freaking segues right now. This one is both a story of hubris, neglect, and greed and potentially corruption. So we have a Transportation secretary. His name's Sean Duffy. You might know him because he was a member of Congress prior to this from Wisconsin, but prior to that, he was a cast member of the Real World on mtv. I think it was season two, if I'm remembering Correctly. You can fact check me in the comments if you'd like. Apparently the. The love of the game never really escaped him because he is. This is kind of shocking to me as he's been serving as transportation Secretary. He's also been part of a. Seven month. Is this right? Seven month documentary, documentary reality type thing where they're like doing a road trip, him and his family, and they're like checking out the country and celebrating how great it is. And they got a camera crew following. So will, what is actually like the background here?

[Will Sommer]

Yeah. So I think this is called Great America Road Trip. This was unveiled late last week. They said, guess what Sean Duffy's been doing? And, oh, is he fixing the air traffic controllers? Has he been fixing the supply chains? No, he's been off with his nine kids and wife and they've been seeing the country. And so they dropped this trailer. They said to love America is to see America.

[Sam Stein]

Are we able to play some of the trailer? Can we place we have that? Maybe. Well, keep talking while we, you know,

[Will Sommer]

I, I mean, look, it's. They hang out with Kid Rock. They hang out with John Rich of Big and Rich. They kind of get like, couldn't they get anybody? You know, I mean, they got like a Ben Franklin impersonator. They've got.

[Sam Stein]

They got a Ben Franklin, literally.

[Will Sommer]

They go to see the Liberty Bell and he's like, I'm Ben Franklin. And the youngest Duffy goes, wow. And so you might say, well, wait a minute, where did. Is Sean Duffy just so rich from real world that, you know, 30 years ago that he can fund this huge vacation for his family? And the answer is no. It's funded by companies like Boeing, companies that are regulated by the Department of Transportation.

[Sam Stein]

We're going to get into that in a second. Two things as we effort to get the trailer. We do have the Fox interview where they talk about it. And we can play that if we don't have the trailer. One is they need a new, like, group of celebrities that they can turn to for these events. Like, they have exhausted Kid Rock at this point. He's done.

[Will Sommer]

Remember when RFK went to Kid Rock's like, Cold Plunge?

[Sam Stein]

He's done the Cold Plunge. He was hanging out with the Apache helicopters that Pete Hegseth sent his way to, like, worship America and be badass. And now he's got this Sean Duffy thing. Like, what's next? Like, who else is going to use Kid Rock? Where's Howard Lutnick? Hanging with Kid Rock. I'm sure we can find some footage of that, I'm sure. There's Kid Rock. Kid Rock's been used by every member of the cabinet at this point. They need to find someone new. And secondly, the corruption part is the most important part of the story. As ridiculous as the. Well, there's two important parts. One is he's got a job. Right. Like, he does have a job. Real stuff is happening to our transportation sector. Some of the stuff, you know, is. Is very serious. Right. Like there's been airline traffic crashes. Sorry. The gas price situation is obviously out of control. A little unclear how much that falls under dot. But still, he blamed Pete Buttigieg for this when it was people. So let's play the. Let's play the Fox interview first and see what. See if we can get the trail.

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[Sam Stein]

Secretary, I assume this was your idea.

[Sean Duffy]

So I wanted to lean into America's 250th birthday. Rachel and I actually met on a road trip on a reality TV show. And so over the course of seven months, we just kind of found these moments where I might be able to do some work. I could take the kids with me, do a road trip.

[Will Sommer]

Oh, yeah.

[Sean Duffy]

And our motto is to love America is to see America. And there's so much to see in this beautiful country. We did that with our family. The President kicked us off, as you're seeing right now. We went to the Oval with the kids, by the way. Who gets to do that? The kids were wildly excited, and he was so generous with his time. The president was.

[Will Sommer]

I mean, well, I'm glad they had fun.

[Sam Stein]

Yeah, I'm happy for the kids. Yeah.

[Will Sommer]

So in the trailer, Trump goes, you know, I mean, it really is like, I think Trump imagining himself being trapped with his family for weeks at a time. And he goes. He's like, are you all excited about this? Or some of you don't want to go? You know, you all really want to go.

[Sam Stein]

One is, I love that. He's like, who gets to bring their Kids to the Oval. How cool is that? Like, a lot of people do get to bring their kids. It's not. It's not an abnormal thing. Plenty of people.

[Will Sommer]

Yeah, you're in the Cabinet, buddy. Aim a little higher.

[Sam Stein]

Yeah, it's like kids get brought to the Oval all the time for photos, but it is beside the point. But, like, the idea that you're just kind of touting that you spent good portion of seven months hitting the road with your family, it's absurd. It's crazy.

[Will Sommer]

You're.

[Sam Stein]

You're working for the government. You're the. You're a member of the Cabinet.

[Will Sommer]

Like, the vacation aspect, this administration's, like, commitment to, like, work, life, balance and vacations is really remarkable. I mean, you know, for one example, obviously Cash Patel jetting around. Another was, I think, the guy who was like, either. I think he was the FEMA head at some point. He was like. He wasn't reachable because he was on vacation with his family. He was camping.

[Sam Stein]

I think that guy. I think that guy didn't believe in cell phones or, like, he put his cell phone away after work, and he was just never, like, touching. I think that was the problem. But he was vacationing. Yeah.

[Will Sommer]

So in this case, I mean, it's. It is totally crazy. And so, you know, we'll get into the payment aspect of it, but, I mean, he brings. He starts out in the trailer, and it's like just the. It's like him and his wife and I think four kids. And it looks like, okay, the family's on the road, but then it gets more and more elaborate and more expensive. And so they're like. At one point, there's like a dozen snowmobiles, like, you know, on this, like, private track. And I mean, it looks pricey. And so they've been saying, well, we weren't paid for this. Well, we only got free vacations for, like, 11 people, I think. So, you know, I mean, this is like, if, let's say Pete Buttigieg and Chastain and the kids. Boeing had been paying for their vacation, but they didn't film it. Right. People would have been furious. But if you add the camera crew, I guess it's all over.

[Sam Stein]

Curious at Pete for taking paternity leave. Yeah. Yeah.

[Will Sommer]

It's. It's truly. It's. It's. It's crazy.

[Sam Stein]

Yeah. I will just say we. I. I edited the piece on Pete taking paternity leave. People got really mad at it because I was at Politico, and we. People are so mad at us. For writing the piece. We were just pointing out that they had paternity leave as an option then, and people were, like, freaking out that the. The. I mean, the Department of Transportation. Well, on the left they're figuring out because we thought they thought we were ridiculing people, which we weren't. On the right, they're figuring out because about how the hell do you get off of work when you are part of the cabinet? And those same people are dead silent right now about the exact same cabinet position taking what is a glorified vacation. We do have parts of trailer. I'm going to warn you. Trail is four minutes long. We're not playing the whole thing, but let's play a little bit of it and I'll scream stop when I've had too much.

[Donald Trump]

What a beautiful family.

[Sean Duffy]

Hi.

[Sam Stein]

To meet your president. Kiss editor to President Trump. Taking a little trip.

[Road Safety PSA Narrator]

Yes.

[Donald Trump]

A little trip all over.

[Sean Duffy]

So the motto is to love America

[Sam Stein]

is to see America.

[Sean Duffy]

It's more than a road trip. It's a civic experience. It's one of the most powerful ways to understand the vast, beautiful, complicated place we call home.

[Will Sommer]

Little Toyota.

[Sam Stein]

Yeah, Stop for a second. Stop for a second. That was incredibly just. Hey, it's brought to you by Toyota right there. What a gift. Unbelievable. That are they sponsor?

[Will Sommer]

Yeah, they're one of the sponsors.

[Sam Stein]

Okay. So Toyota paid for this, put a lot of money into it, and in exchange, they clearly got ad placement. Perfectly right there. All right, let's keep going.

[Donald Trump]

We're going and you're going. But I don't want to go.

[Sean Duffy]

Bob, seatbelts on.

[Donald Trump]

Everybody wants to go, right?

[Sam Stein]

I think Mud's kind of mad.

[Will Sommer]

I know you're mad.

[Sean Duffy]

We're not going to fight on this trip. Put your seatbelts on.

[Donald Trump]

So we're inviting you along with our family on the great American road trip. Stop scrolling and hit the road. Mile by mile, window down and hearts wide open.

[Sean Duffy]

Welcome to Montana.

[Will Sommer]

They've got tons of snowplow.

[Sam Stein]

Okay, stop.

[Will Sommer]

John Rich.

[Sam Stein]

John Rich. Big Rich. But the snowplow is definitely a sponsor. Stop scrolling. I love as an idea, we're all where she needs us to scroll and watch her trailer, but we got to put the phone down to actually hit the road ourselves. We don't have a paid corporate sponsor to sponsor our travel, unfortunately, so that's a problem. Any other thoughts before?

[Will Sommer]

That's going to be you guys piling into the bus from San Diego to la like, oh, Sam's mad. I'm not mad.

[Sam Stein]

You know, no fighting on this trip, kids. All right, Keep playing.

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[Sean Duffy]

something. Is there a difference? We're encouraging everyone to go take a road trip to celebrate America's 250th birthday. We said we're going to do a road trip.

[Sam Stein]

I love it. It's fun, family.

[Will Sommer]

It's like a succession vacation in the

[Commercial Announcer]

US we're going to actually see it in person.

[Sean Duffy]

They lived in Boston for six months.

[Sam Stein]

How did you live in Boston? But you don't know any, like, fun things to do in Boston.

[Donald Trump]

To love America, you gotta see America and meet her people.

[Sean Duffy]

We appreciate you guys.

[Will Sommer]

Service. You gotta meet Doug Burgum.

[Sam Stein]

Yeah.

[Sean Duffy]

Here he is, became Kid Rock. You're traveling over the country.

[Sam Stein]

You're basically an Aerostar van.

[Donald Trump]

I haven't seen everything there is to see.

[Commercial Announcer]

This bell arrives.

[Sam Stein]

They do a test ring on it,

[Sean Duffy]

and it cracks on the test ring.

[Will Sommer]

Yeah, yeah.

[Commercial Announcer]

Imagine that, right?

[Sean Duffy]

Refund.

[Sam Stein]

Yeah, Exactly.

[Will Sommer]

Yes.

[Sam Stein]

First of all, this is such an unrealistic depiction of a family road trip. I want like, the fights in the car, the music, who. Who gets control of the radio or. Or in this case, the Spotify. There should be like junk food everywhere. That's just an unrealistic depiction. Also, if he didn't know that the Liberty Bill cracked on first ring, then he's an idiot. Everyone knows that.

[Will Sommer]

I like the look. It's all the big attractions. Fenway park, the Liberty Bell, and can I go to Kid Rock's house? Like, what are we promoting here?

[Sam Stein]

All right. I think I've had enough of this trailer.

[Will Sommer]

Yeah. So there's one. Yeah, we can stop playing it. There's one more part of the video I want to mention, though. So it's like, you know, did he

[Sam Stein]

go on a cruise? Is that part of the trip?

[Will Sommer]

Kind of looks like it. Right? Like, presumably they aren't just visiting a cruise ship in port, but like the. At one point they're like, it's gonna show you, like, the highs and occasional lows of the Duffy family road trip. And I think like one of the kids falls on the snowplow and then I think maybe one gets like a tummy ache or something. And like look, my sympathy to the kids. But like, does this need to be a Department of Transportation project? No, like, I mean it really looks like, it looks like a Fox Nation show or something. Like something that.

[Sam Stein]

She's a fox, the wife is a fox host. We should, we should know.

[Will Sommer]

Yeah, so I mean, so I think that's like basically what we're looking at here. So, so let's, let's just get into the corruption aspect. Let's look at it head on.

[Sam Stein]

All right, well, before. Yeah, Quick, quick note. I'll just say. And we could pull up the tweets. Chasm. Buttigieg. Pete's husband was not thrilled with this. He. He put up a tweet. You can see right there. Same duffies who threw endless fits on national television when Pete was working at our sons from our son's ICU bedside are not bragging about their multi month taxpayer funded family road trip while gas and grocery means. He's right. He's absolutely right. Well, of course. Sean Duffy's wife, Rachel Campos Duffy responded. Stand down, Chaz. That's cute. Okay, here we go. All, all production costs were paid for by the non profit, the Great American Road Trip Inc. Do we know anything about this nonprofit?

[Will Sommer]

No, I, I mean, I think it existed probably a week. It was created a week before, you know, the Toyota got loaded up. You know, I think. Yeah, this is not like a real

[Sam Stein]

organization and I'm assuming every major company that has business before DOT contributed to non profit. And you don't have to show your donors. Perhaps no one in my family, including my husband, were paid to do this. Oh no, you just gotta. We did it for free. Oh, the sacrifice that they had to make to go across the country and see all these sites to celebrate America 250 and encourage other Americans to get off couches and screens and spend time together. Seeing our country was filmed in small one and two day stops over the course of seven months. You and I both know that my husband has done more in one year to transform the DOT and ATC than your husband did in over four years. Blah, blah, blah, blah. Okay, so let's get into the corruption.

[Will Sommer]

Yeah.

[Sam Stein]

Sponsors here. Yes, go ahead.

[Will Sommer]

I just wanted to know briefly. In the video, Duffy says, we're encouraging everyone to go on a road trip this summer, presumably filmed before the Straits of Hormuz were closed. And you know, it's Sort of like, geez, thanks, Sean. Unfortunately, gas is $5 a gallon.

[Sam Stein]

All right, here's the sponsors that were pulled up. You can see right there, Toyota, which we mentioned. Shell, Boeing, Electrical Payments Coalition, Google. Some of these are too small.

[Will Sommer]

Royal Caribbean. So probably, yeah. The American Bus Association, Enterprise, Rent a Car. All of the. I mean, some of these are kind of just like, promoting travel, like American Express Travel, but then you got some kind of like the Grand Canyon group, whatever. But definitely, like, I think I would say several of these are, like, very, like, closely regulated or should be by.

[Sam Stein]

What is the end goal of this idea? Is it really? Oh, we need people to just go and travel the roads this summer. That can't.

[Will Sommer]

I think there's a couple things going on here. I think Duffy probably wanted to suck up to Trump by having, like, an America 250 type of promotion. You know, maybe there is, like, you know, we, you know, there are sort of some ancillary benefits here as well. So obviously we talked about, you know, it's fun to go on vacation with your family, but also, you know.

[Sam Stein]

Is it Duffy?

[Will Sommer]

Well, well, I know often it's more work with kids than kids, but maybe if Boeing's paying for the nanny, I don't know. But so, so the, the other aspect, though, I mean, Sean Duffy potentially has a political career. Right. And, you know, you know, we can

[Sam Stein]

kind of overspeak, potentially. He does have a political career. Well, he's in politics. That's true. Oh, future political career.

[Will Sommer]

Yeah. So a future political career or media career. And his wife, obviously is a Fox host, as you mentioned. His daughter, Evita Pilar Duffy, you know her, you know, she has, like, a right wing influencer career. Her husband is running for Congress. So, I mean, there are all these other kind of benefits to being humanized and kind of joking around with Ben Franklin or whatever that they're getting from this trip that they ostensibly weren't paid for.

[Sam Stein]

Yeah. It does get to the larger point, which is Trump loves spectacle. He likes a good show. I think he values the idea of TV more than anything else. And so this all fits together. It's like the reflecting pool is gonna be bright blue, and we're gonna have this UFC fight that everyone's gonna watch. And, you know, my transportation secretary is just with his big old family hanging out on the road, and they're just looking great, and that's that. And doesn't really solve anyone's problems, just creates more. All right, man, you had one other thing you want to talk about sort of Stray topics or. No, I think there was. You mentioned Loomer, but I don't know.

[Will Sommer]

Well, yeah, I'll just preview today's False Flag. Yeah, there is a white nationalist influencer revolt against Nick Fuentes. This ties in with last week. We talked about the conference that went south. That was a huge embarrassment, disaster. Now Nick Fuentes is kind of trying to banish all those people and I think a lot of them, including Dan Bilzerian, who wasn't at the conference, but is once a kind of gambling carrot misogyny influencer and now has become a real anti Semite guy. He's running for Congress against Randy Fine. I think a lot of these people looked around and they were like, wait, why is this little guy the face of American racism? We should overthrow him.

[Sam Stein]

I think it's so much better.

[Will Sommer]

There's a broader revolt and we're gonna. We're gonna dive into that.

[Sam Stein]

I'm excited as hell for Falsify, which people should obviously subscribe to. The other thing to know, which we didn't. Sorry, can we put the. Let's put the Will statue back up when I read this, please? If we can. Okay, just gonna. Let's keep this up here because this is important. It's relevant. Will Summer, this deity that we worship to here at the Bulwark, is joining us, folks, in San Diego May 20 for our live show. Breaking news. Will Summer will be in San Diego for the live show Bulwark live show. It's gonna be awesome. It is May 20th. You can get your tickets still at the bulwark.com events. Again, alert. Will Summer, author of False Flag Golden God, pictured here, will be in San Diego on May 20th. And then on May 21st, we're going to lay. And we have an incredible cast for that show. We got Jane Coston of Crooked, as long as Jon Favreau of Crooked. We got the Ringers, Van Latham, we got Brian Tyler Cohn, BTC YouTuber famous. All of them are going to be with us in LA. So if you are in the area, that's May 21st. Come get your tickets again. It'll be me, Sarah, Tim Miller and that cast of characters. You can get the tickets@the bullwork.com events. They're going fast, folks. Come and get it, guys. Thanks for watching another edition of MAGA Monday. Sorry for the little technical issues up top. It rains here in D.C. and the Internet kind of doesn't do. Doesn't do very well. Well, looking forward to False Fox. Talk to you later, buddy.

[Will Sommer]

See you later. Thanks, everyone.