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Jennifer
Foreign.
Pumps
Donald Trump wants to be punitive to California because he doesn't personally like Gavin Newsom. He knows that in his base that he can lean into a decades long attack plan by the Republican Party to demonize blue states and to demonize blue cities. But where the Republican Party has lied to the American public. Mississippi, oh, Oklahoma, Arkansas. The reason you can't have nice things is not because of the people in California. Actually they subsidize everything that your state can't produce. The reason you can't have nice things is because Republican super majorities suck. They prey on the working class and only benefit the upper class. And Gavin Newsom has stepped in as somebody who will take on Trump and hopefully he takes this economic message to the American people because I think that's at the core of where we can get people to swing back outside of this audit autocratic oligarchy that is well underway. But Pumps is going to play some clips where he is basically saying if you're an American from California, tough titties. I'm not your president.
Jennifer
That's right. Play the clip.
Pumps
Kyles dubs of Governor Newsome impact additional wild, wildfire relief out there.
Donald Trump
They've requested 40 billion. Sure. An engine capital. You shouldn't have fires like that. You clean the floor of your forest and you won't have any forest. You know, Austria has very, very flammable trees.
Jennifer
Enough. Austria has very flammable trees. Shut the up. Okay, here's response from Gavin Newsom. Sucking up to the president should not be a requirement for him to do the right thing for the American people. Only a truly disturbed person would threaten to withhold aid from victims. And Trump is doing this across the board. He is threatening to withhold aid. He's threatening to go into blue cities. He's threatening Democrats with their VA health care. This is a man that acts like he's never leaving office because he is consolidating power and becoming authoritarian because all of these policies that he's doing, if they were done on the flip side, if Democrats were doing it to the Republicans, we all know what Fox News would do. But it is so stunning that American president has now decided which cities to pick to give aid to. And might I remind everybody, he still hasn't given FEMA aid to red states.
Pumps
But he, he wants to close down female he wants to close down fema. He wants to end fema. And so this maga Christians think about this. Natural disasters or any sort of disaster that happens where people lose loved ones, there's injuries, they lose Property. That's why we have government to add assistance. We live in Oklahoma where tornadoes have ripped through, even hit schools and kids have died. People's houses completely down, you know, completely ripped up. These are tax paying, hardworking Republican Christian people that are hit. FEMA is the one that comes in and provides assistance. And so these Christian voters that are voting for a man who wants to dismantle and get rid of fema, make it make sense to me how this hypocrisy lives within the MAGA movement. Either you're a Christian and you're for helping those in need or you're a psycho capitalist. And even though you yourself may not be a millionaire or billionaire, you're going to do everything in your power to make sure the millionaires and billionaires have the best pain free, tax free life imaginable. And this is at the heart of what needs to be called out every single time. MAGA Christians, are you good with people suffering? Because it's my understanding that your lord and personal savior was not.
Jennifer
Well, it's just everything Trump does is about him withholding and you have to come and kiss my ass. Getting rid of FEMA hits red states the hardest. California can afford it. Oklahoma can't, Louisiana can't. I mean, it's crazy. But one thing, one person who will not cow down to Donald Trump is Jerome Powell and reducing the interest rates. And Donald Trump is big, big mad about it. Here he, this is what he has to say. This is just more than I can take.
Donald Trump
Too late. I come too late, pal. Because he's always too late. I mean if you look at him, every time I did this, I was right 100%. He was wrong. Maybe I should go to the Fed. Am I allowed to point myself, Doug? I don't know. Am I allowed to point myself at the Fed? I do a much better job than these people.
Jennifer
Ok, let me the Chiron, we have a stupid person at the Fed. That's what Newspex Max Chiron was for. That Donald Trump, just for a quick reminder, every single business he has been involved with has fraud charges, tax charges, bankruptcies, casinos go bankrupt. He has bankrupted his companies six times and he is in the process of doing it again. And Jerome Powell said the reason we can't lower interest rates is, is because his tariff policy is so we're going to do it. We're not so the whole taco situation. But it is unbelievable to me that Donald Trump sits up there and has the hubris to act like he's a good businessman and all these lunatics that support him. I think, oh, he probably would do a great job at the Fed. It's just ridiculous.
Pumps
I think that confession there is exactly what we know autocrats do. He wants to cook the books. He wants to manipulate the market. The reason he doesn't like Jerome Powell is because Jerome wants won't play Trump's game. They want to manipulate data, they want to manipulate inflation reports, they want to manipulate unemployment reports. And guess who else does this. All of the autocrats around the world, Russia. They put out these reports about their economy. It's all bullshit. And Trump wants to do the same.
Jennifer
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Donald Trump
In this case, we had a lot of choices putting it on that hill, putting it different places. It's such a beautiful pole. We thought we'd put it near. I mean it always looks best when it's near a Doral. I put it right near have a similar pole and These are the best poles anywhere in the country or in the world, actually. They're tapered, they have the nice top. You know, I don't know if you people are ecstatic.
Jennifer
You know, stop it right there. I want to play the rest, but I want to stop right there. Have you ever heard anybody talk about poles? The poll, the size of the poll, how the poll looks. I mean, to me there's some subliminal messages in here that he's trying to sell his poll. His polls are the best in the country, best in the nation. I mean, a President of the United States putting up flag polls and having a news conference at the White House. It's just offensive because it's so stupid. It's so stupid. Okay, sorry, finish. I just had. I couldn't let it go.
Donald Trump
I don't know, but it's a very exciting project to me. And then at 11 o' clock we're lifting the flag. Flag. But we're going to lift the pole now and then they're going to the other side. Get that? And then we're going to do, I think two flag liftings. We'll be putting it up at 11 on here and a couple of minutes later on the other side, we'll start here at 11. So that'll be very nice, very patriotic. We're doing well, well. And as a country, if the Fed would ever lower rates, you know, would buy debt for a lot less. It's a shame. This guy. I have a guy. Do you ever have a guy that's not a smart person?
Jennifer
Is that at all presidential or am I crazy? Is he just a lunatic out from the memory care wings?
Pumps
The, the danger in all of this is that with the bass, something as benign and stupid and performative as putting up a large pole with a large giant used car salesman's Texas sized flag on it hits hard with the base. And that. Is this what that was on Fox? This is all a part of nationalist propaganda. And he is able to assuage any concerns they may have about his breakup with Elon Musk or, you know, potential rumors that maybe Social Security might go somewhere going to the Middle east. Because for the rubes that sit at home and watch Fox News and get propagandized every day, that's enough for them. Seeing that he put an American flag up, this feigned patriotism is enough to buy him a little time. And so propagandists are pretty clever about this. He's going to do a bunch of evil, evil, evil shit. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. But then they're going to do this performative patriotism with big flags. This is by design.
Jennifer
Absolutely. And you heard him say, oh, it's very patriotic. It's very patriotic. With they're like oh my gosh, he loves the flag. No US President has loved the flag more than Donald Trump because he's such a patriot because he put two ridiculously stupid looking flag poles up at the White House. I mean this like, I mean we say it all the time. The 77 million people that voted for this are the easiest marks Donald Trump has ever grifted and he's been grifting his entire life. It's absolutely stunning. That's all we have at the moment. I want to encourage you guys to subscribe to our channel. If you're watching and not subscribing, please subscribe. And here's our book, Life is a Lazy Susan of Shit Sandwiches. Please buy it in a bookstore near you. It's also an audiobook. Sam.
IHIP News: Trump Panics After Threats Against Blue Cities Backfires Release Date: June 20, 2025
Hosts: Jennifer Welch & Angie “Pumps” Sullivan
In the June 20, 2025 episode of IHIP News, hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan delve into former President Donald Trump's latest political maneuvers aimed at blue states, particularly focusing on California and its governor, Gavin Newsom. The episode, titled "Trump Panics After Threats Against Blue Cities Backfires," offers a sharp, comedic, and insightful analysis of Trump's strategies and their repercussions.
The episode opens with Angie “Pumps” Sullivan addressing Trump's animosity towards California. She explains that Trump's actions are not merely personal grievances against Governor Newsom but part of a long-standing Republican strategy to demonize blue states and cities.
Pumps (00:04): "Donald Trump wants to be punitive to California because he doesn't personally like Gavin Newsom. He knows that in his base that he can lean into a decades long attack plan by the Republican Party to demonize blue states and to demonize blue cities."
Pumps further criticizes the Republican Party's approach, highlighting that the party's true shortcomings lie not with states like California but with Republican strongholds such as Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. She argues that these states suffer economically not due to their populations but because of Republican super majorities that prioritize the upper class over the working class.
Pumps (00:50): "The reason you can't have nice things is because Republican super majorities suck. They prey on the working class and only benefit the upper class."
Jennifer Welch takes over the discussion by elaborating on Trump's threats to withhold FEMA aid to blue states. She emphasizes how Trump's actions are part of his broader strategy to consolidate power and exhibit authoritarian tendencies.
Jennifer (02:10): "Sucking up to the president should not be a requirement for him to do the right thing for the American people. Only a truly disturbed person would threaten to withhold aid from victims."
Jennifer highlights that Trump's selective withholding of aid disproportionately affects red states financially weaker than California, such as Oklahoma and Louisiana, exacerbating their vulnerabilities to natural disasters.
Jennifer (03:05): "Getting rid of FEMA hits red states the hardest. California can afford it. Oklahoma can't, Louisiana can't."
The hosts shift focus to Trump's antagonistic stance toward Jerome Powell, the Chair of the Federal Reserve. They discuss Trump's disdain for Powell's monetary policies, particularly the decision to reduce interest rates, which Trump perceives as detrimental to his economic agenda.
Jennifer (03:56): "One thing, one person who will not cow down to Donald Trump is Jerome Powell and reducing the interest rates. And Donald Trump is big, big mad about it."
Trump's frustration is evident in his comments about Powell's decisions, reflecting his broader challenges with economic policies that do not align with his own.
Trump (04:20): "Too late. I come too late, pal. Because he's always too late... Maybe I should go to the Fed. Am I allowed to point myself at the Fed?"
Jennifer criticizes Trump's business acumen, pointing out his multiple bankruptcies and fraudulent charges, contrasting them with Powell's responsible economic stewardship.
Jennifer (04:33): "Every single business he has been involved with has fraud charges, tax charges, bankruptcies... He has bankrupted his companies six times."
A significant portion of the episode focuses on Trump's recent stunt involving the installation of oversized flagpoles at the White House. Jennifer and Pumps analyze this move as a blatant example of performative patriotism designed to placate Trump's base despite ongoing political and economic crises.
Jennifer (08:06): "A President of the United States putting up flag polls and having a news conference at the White House. It's just offensive because it's so stupid."
Pumps connects this action to nationalist propaganda, suggesting that such displays are intended to distract the public from more substantial issues.
Pumps (05:56): "They are going to do this performative patriotism with big flags. This is by design."
Jennifer and Pumps critique the hypocrisy within the MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement, particularly among MAGA Christians. They argue that Trump's policies, such as dismantling FEMA, conflict with Christian values of helping those in need.
Pumps (02:29): "Either you're a Christian and you're for helping those in need or you're a psycho capitalist..."
Jennifer further emphasizes the impact of Trump's policies on red states, reiterating how Trump's actions are detrimental to economically weaker regions.
Jennifer (03:49): "Everything Trump does is about him withholding and you have to come and kiss my ass. Getting rid of FEMA hits red states the hardest."
In wrapping up the episode, Jennifer underscores the dangers of Trump's authoritarian tendencies and his manipulation of political narratives through actions like the flagpole installation. She urges listeners to be vigilant against such performative acts that mask deeper issues of power consolidation and economic mismanagement.
Jennifer (10:21): "The 77 million people that voted for this are the easiest marks Donald Trump has ever grifted... It's absolutely stunning."
Jennifer and Pumps conclude by encouraging listeners to stay informed and engaged, promoting tools like Ground News for unbiased information. They dismiss Trump's actions as part of a broader strategy of autocratic rule, urging the audience to recognize and resist these manipulative tactics.
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This episode of IHIP News provides a comprehensive and critical examination of Donald Trump's recent political actions against blue states, his conflicts with the Federal Reserve, and his use of performative patriotism to sway his base. Through sharp analysis and engaging commentary, Jennifer and Pumps offer listeners a clear understanding of the implications of Trump's strategies and the underlying issues within the MAGA movement.