different directions with conspiracy theories and a lot of other lunacy to numb the listener. to numb the population. so soon they can not only not distinguish between the truth and a lie, but they just stop trying. and so they ll cling on to the big lie. you wrote a book all about the big lie. talk about how talk about santos, trump s 30,000 plus lies, the big lie and how it all feeds in together for this trump republican party? yeah, the power of repetition is indeed a key part of this, joe, and that s something we saw from donald trump right away, back in 2015, 2016, he s a master brander, remember, he certainly was not shy about lying about his resume, about himself, about what he ll do in the oval office, et cetera. and night after night, he would say the same things over and over. and that continued while he was in office, and so much of it
crumbling bridge. someone said today that the democrats need to tell our grandmothers, what is in this bill. so, biden at long last, is going out on the road, and peter is there a timetable at all and more importantly is there a road schedule which plays he s gonna hit? i have not seen one yet, but you re right it s northerly in the process to be doing, this was remarkable is his entire base sounds, like you say, it s all jargon. reconciliation, bill what is that mean, reconciliation is a budgetary term. it doesn t actually mean by the way bringing people together. it s common definition of the word, would be water americans getting out of this, all we know about this bill really is the cost 3.5 trillion dollars. because that s how it s described overtime. it does not have the kind of branding that fdr did with the new deal. or donald trump did rather successfully, that donald trump was a master brander. all the americans are seeing today s fight over to
out on the road. and peter, is there is there a timetable at all? and more important, is there a road schedule which places he s going to hit? yeah, i haven t seen one yet. but you re right, it s rather late in the process to be doing this. what s remarkable this entire debate sounds as you say all jargon, right? reconciliation bill? what does that mean? it s a budgetary term. it doesn t actually mean, by the way, bringing people together. it s what the common definition of the word would be. what are americans getting out of this? all they know about this bill really is it costs $3.5 trillion because that s how it s described all the time. it doesn t have it kind of branding fdr did with the new deal or donald trump did successfully when donald trump was a master brander. all democrats are seeing today is a fight between progressives and moderates but they don t know what s in it. they don t know what biden is promising is, you know, free
master brander. it s threatening to become this brand he can t shake. to get to the question you asked me, trump does have a history of comments and behaviors that in some instances are plainly racist. for instance, i ll put point you to a tweet president trump sent a month ago referring to the four democratic senators he told to go back to the countries to which they came. three out of four was born in the united states. the fourth was born in somalia but is a naturalized u.s. citizen. president trump came to the presidency by propagating the racist theory of birtherism. there s a long list of his past behavior.
korea or at least eliminate the threat from north korea, even though we all know that north korea continues to pose a threat. they have not allowed inspectors to go in and see what kind of nuclear weapons they have. they have not taken any significant steps to get rid of those weapons. but the president is likes to think of himself as a master brander and marketer and he s going to market whatever comes out of this meeting as a great victory, a victory for the american people, something that would allow the american people to sleep more safely at night, even though his intelligence officials are saying the opposite. saying that the north koreans are not likely to give up their weapons at all. yeah. so josh, you recently wrote about this topic. i m going read a portion of an op-ed you recently penned. you said when the trump team began its north korean diplomacy, it assured the american public it would not repeat past mistakes. yet a familiar pattern is repeating itself. the united