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<v Speaker 1>President Trump is staring down brutal predictions ahead of the

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<v Speaker 1>midterm elections. His Golden Age economy pitch fizzling, with voters

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<v Speaker 1>worried about an endless war and high prices. If you

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<v Speaker 1>look at truth social it might appear Trump is pivoted

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<v Speaker 1>to twenty twenty eight and whether he might somehow be

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<v Speaker 1>allowed to run for a third term. But at least

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<v Speaker 1>one conservative commentator is urging him to take extreme measures

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<v Speaker 1>to save the GOP this November.

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<v Speaker 2>If you declare a national security mergency as the president

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<v Speaker 2>of the United States, they can't challenge it. It can

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<v Speaker 2>only be overturned by a two thirds vote of both

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<v Speaker 2>Houses of Congress. So if you do this in the

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<v Speaker 2>next month, we will get photo ID proof of citizenship

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<v Speaker 2>and a limit to mail in ballots. And I leave

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<v Speaker 2>it a bit.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go to Mallijong Fast Ms now political analyst, New

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<v Speaker 1>York Times contributing opinion writer and host of the Fast

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<v Speaker 1>Politics podcast, and Stuart Stevens, former Mitt Romney twenty twelve

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<v Speaker 1>chief campaign strategist, now senior advisor to the Lincoln Project

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<v Speaker 1>and author of the twenty twenty book It Was All

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<v Speaker 1>a Lie. How the Republican party became Donald Trump. Welcome guys,

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<v Speaker 1>good to see you. So to Trump's words, there Molly,

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<v Speaker 1>have stranger things happened?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, look, there are small armies of very smart

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<v Speaker 4>lawyers who are setting up to prevent stuff like this,

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<v Speaker 4>and if Trump tries to do something like this, it

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<v Speaker 4>will go through the courts and he will lose. But

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<v Speaker 4>that does not stop Wayne Allen Root from suggesting it.

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<v Speaker 4>I think what's notable about this is that Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 4>is polling so poorly the poors polling in modern political history,

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<v Speaker 4>and so he is trying to think creatively about winning

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<v Speaker 4>the midterms, and winning should go on quotes.

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<v Speaker 1>So, Stuart, is the Trump effect ruining GOP chances for November?

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<v Speaker 1>And has he maybe moved on to maybe envisioning himself

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<v Speaker 1>for twenty twenty eight or is that just trolling?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, that's trolling.

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<v Speaker 5>I often think of myself as getting drafted in the

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<v Speaker 5>first round of the NFL.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not going to happen either.

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<v Speaker 5>Look, these numbers, like out of the latest Marquette poll

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<v Speaker 5>are just staggering for Trump. His very favorable which is

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<v Speaker 5>really the only number that motivates voters, is fifteen percent.

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<v Speaker 5>His very unfavorable is forty five percent.

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<v Speaker 6>Wow.

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<v Speaker 3>Now look, I'm a product.

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<v Speaker 5>The Pacific public schools, but I think that's three times

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<v Speaker 5>as bad. And those are really, really terrible numbers. And

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<v Speaker 5>what's fascinating is the faith unfaith of the Democratic Party

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<v Speaker 5>and the Republican Party are pretty much the same. And

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<v Speaker 5>that's why if I was in the Democratic Party, I

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<v Speaker 5>would just shut up about the Democratic Party. Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 5>is own the ballot. This is a referendum on Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 5>This is the simplest race I've ever seen. If you

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<v Speaker 5>like the way things are going, vote for Republicans. If

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<v Speaker 5>you don't give the other people a chance, you don't

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<v Speaker 5>like it, vote them mouth that's what should be the Democrat.

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<v Speaker 3>Keep it that simple and you'll win big numbers.

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<v Speaker 1>So Mollie Trump is taking his fight over ballroom construction

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<v Speaker 1>to the Supreme Court after a DC appeals court ruled

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<v Speaker 1>Congress has exclusive authority over that and Democratic Senator Sheldon

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<v Speaker 1>Whitehouse said Trump actually joined the Kennedy Center virtual meeting

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<v Speaker 1>and voted to reattach his own name to that property.

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<v Speaker 1>Here is what Regime Change co author Maggie Haberman told me,

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<v Speaker 1>Let's watch this.

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<v Speaker 7>This is what he is interested in He is interested

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<v Speaker 7>in construction projects broadly, he is interested in reshaping the culture,

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<v Speaker 7>and he is interested in leaving his name in a

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<v Speaker 7>way that cannot be stripped down and off of buildings

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<v Speaker 7>and out of sight the way it was after twenty

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<v Speaker 7>sixteen when he became president in Manhattan and then after

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<v Speaker 7>he left Washington in twenty twenty one.

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<v Speaker 1>Is this why Maga reelected him to bulldoze his way

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<v Speaker 1>to ballrooms? I mean, can he convince his supporters this

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<v Speaker 1>is in their interest?

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<v Speaker 4>So what are eighty days from the midterms, right? And

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<v Speaker 4>you think what Republicans want him to do is they

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<v Speaker 4>want him to be laser focused on affordability. We heard

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<v Speaker 4>Cuseye Wiles's team talk about this idea that he was

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<v Speaker 4>going to be laser focused on affordability. So what do

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<v Speaker 4>we see him doing? Laser focused on his legacy, his

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<v Speaker 4>building projects, the ballroom, going to the Supreme Court for

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<v Speaker 4>the ballroom. I mean, this is Marie Antoinette style stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>And when you have Americans saying, why is gas a

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<v Speaker 4>dollar more gallon than it was before? Why are you know,

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<v Speaker 4>why is there still this lettuce, this diarrhea lettuce sweeping

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<v Speaker 4>through the country right?

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<v Speaker 3>People not.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, it's not this lettuce problem. You have all

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<v Speaker 4>sorts of different problems, and you have a Trump who

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<v Speaker 4>is just focused on building projects. And I have to

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<v Speaker 4>tell you, I just don't see a world where this

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<v Speaker 4>is a winning midterm message.

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<v Speaker 1>Stuart Trump was also sued over his scheme to sell

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<v Speaker 1>early access to White House and presidential social media posts

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<v Speaker 1>to anyone who wants to pay his true Social company

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred thousand dollars a month. Here's what his former

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<v Speaker 1>White House Council Ty Cobb said about.

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<v Speaker 6>That this is a wholesale violation of the securities laws,

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<v Speaker 6>selling presidential intentions and information in advance of the public

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<v Speaker 6>of receiving that information. That's at the heart of what

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<v Speaker 6>the securities laws were designed to prevent. And the founders,

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<v Speaker 6>if they thought this was ever going to happen, they

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<v Speaker 6>would have said something to prevent it. I'm sure they

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<v Speaker 6>never imagined that the country would be in the hands

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<v Speaker 6>of someone as evil as this president, whose corruption is

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<v Speaker 6>unprecedented not just in America but in history.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, with the barrage of reported deals and government

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<v Speaker 1>contracts tied to companies co owned by the Trumps, will

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<v Speaker 1>Republicans ever be able to recover from corruption questions.

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<v Speaker 5>Look, this is about Republican Party. It's not just about

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<v Speaker 5>Donald Trump. I wrote a book How the Republican Party

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<v Speaker 5>became Donald Trump. I haven't seen a lot of senators

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<v Speaker 5>holding press conferences, Republicans holding press conferences and saying this

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<v Speaker 5>is outrageous. You're selling information that belongs to the United

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<v Speaker 5>States people for personal gain, which is what it is.

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<v Speaker 5>You just look at the sick face value and it's

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<v Speaker 5>like mister Cobbs says, it just reeks of corruption, but

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<v Speaker 5>they go along with it. So when you go along

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<v Speaker 5>with it, you're complicit, and that's what you've become. And

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<v Speaker 5>that really will stick with the Republican Party. This stuff

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<v Speaker 5>becomes generational and impact. Just as the image that Democratic Party,

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<v Speaker 5>which weak on foreign policy, has stayed with the Democratic

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<v Speaker 5>Party for generations. I think now that's changing. It's a

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<v Speaker 5>huge opportunity for it to change. But this stuff doesn't

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<v Speaker 5>go away when it's this egregious, and you just change leaders,

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<v Speaker 5>but you keep the people who supported them, which is

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<v Speaker 5>why a lot of these people are going to lose

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<v Speaker 5>their seats when they're up for re election.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of elections, Molly the Hills, she put me today

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<v Speaker 1>that New York Congress froman Alexandria Kasia Cortez leads the

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<v Speaker 1>field for the Democratic presidential nomination on the two best

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<v Speaker 1>known betting markets, Calcia and Polymarket. So, while these are

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<v Speaker 1>not official indicators by any means, how realistic are her

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<v Speaker 1>prospects at this stage?

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<v Speaker 4>So what I would say about AOC is that she

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<v Speaker 4>is a star and she is taking up more and

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<v Speaker 4>more oxygen in the American political universe, and that is

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<v Speaker 4>good news. And what she's doing with freezing her eggs

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<v Speaker 4>is something that a lot of women in their thirties

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<v Speaker 4>are struggling with fertility, and she's raising awareness for it,

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<v Speaker 4>and she's talking about it in an honest way, and

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<v Speaker 4>she's sharing what the experience is like, and she's destigmatizing

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<v Speaker 4>fertility treatments and that is incredibly cool. So is she

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<v Speaker 4>good for America? I think she's quite good for America.

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<v Speaker 4>And is she good for democracy? I think having electeds

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<v Speaker 4>who give this kind of feminist message and do these

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<v Speaker 4>kind of things in a very transparent way is extremely cool.

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<v Speaker 4>So that and I think since we're so many years

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<v Speaker 4>from twenty twenty eight, I think then that is the

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<v Speaker 4>best any of us can do at this moment.

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<v Speaker 1>Hik Stuart can acta Cortez when anti Trump Republicans like yourself.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, I mean in a world in which Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 5>can win Republicans, why not her? When Annie Trump Republicans,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, Republicans ended up supporting somebody talked in public

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<v Speaker 5>about Dadian's daughter. Never thought that would happen, but it did.

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<v Speaker 5>Do I think she's going to be the next president

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<v Speaker 5>or the nominee? No, I don't, but I agree with Molly.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, the advantages that Democrats have that they have

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<v Speaker 5>a lot of good candidates and they have a watch

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<v Speaker 5>spectrum of opinions, and that's really what a party's supposed

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<v Speaker 5>to be. Does that make offering a unique, a unified

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<v Speaker 5>message more difficult?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>We always got credit and Republican Party for being good

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<v Speaker 5>at message. We sort of were, But it also was

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<v Speaker 5>a lot easier to be own message when you had

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<v Speaker 5>a very homogeneous party. So like putting on a concert

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<v Speaker 5>for people who like sing kind of music not that hard.

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<v Speaker 5>So I think Democrats are advantaged by this and having

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<v Speaker 5>these kind of debates and having images like her.

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<v Speaker 3>Are people like her out there and that's why you

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<v Speaker 3>have a primary weird stuff happens. Whatever we think is

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<v Speaker 3>going to happen now is not going to happen. And

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<v Speaker 3>it's just always the case.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Stuart and Molly, thank you so much. Stuart, real

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<v Speaker 1>quick with the NFL team do you dream about playing for?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just curious which you want to say.

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<v Speaker 3>I am open, I am available if you want to

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<v Speaker 3>call good to.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we'll pass that on. Okay, guys, thank you,