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3 days ago
- Entertainment
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'You Wussed Out': David Mamet Reveals Trump's 20-Minute Call After He Committed A MAGA Sin
Pulitzer Prize-winning screenwriter David Mamet has recalled once receiving a lengthy phone call from Donald Trump after he dared not to go all in on the then-former president's 2020 election conspiracy theories. Trump loyalist Mamet, appearing on Bill Maher's 'Club Random Podcast' this week, remembered being 'kind of iffy' about whether the election had been stolen from Trump during an appearance on Maher's HBO show, 'Real Time.' At 8 a.m. the following day, the Hollywood veteran said he received a call from Trump who told him: 'I saw you on Bill Maher yesterday, you were great. But you wussed out on the question of the stolen election.' Trump then 'talked to me for like 20 minutes about how the election was stolen,' Mamet told Maher. 'But it wasn't,' Maher reminded him. Mamet, a yearslong vocal critic of progressive causes who has called former President Barack Obama a 'tyrant' and described diversity, equity and inclusion efforts as 'garbage,' responded: 'Well, I think it was.' Maher noted how the claim that the election was rigged for now-former President Joe Biden has fallen flat in dozens of court cases, been dismissed by Trump's own commissioners and analysts have described the 2020 vote as 'the most fair, honest election we've ever had.' Mamet argued Trump would have won by a majority had various issues not been suppressed. 'Oh, please. That's so ridiculous,' said Maher, who doubted they would have swung the result. Watch from the 5:30 point here: Critics Cackle Over Mike Johnson's Awkward Confession About Elon Musk Phone Call Cringe Karoline Leavitt Clip Perfectly Sums Up Trump's White House, Say Critics Critics Gasp At Trump Official's 'The Thing That Matters' Declaration
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4 days ago
- Business
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Lawrence O'Donnell Reveals Why Donald Trump Hasn't Dared To Clap Back At Elon Musk Yet
Donald Trump has so far kept silent on former special government employee Elon Musk's criticism of his 'big, beautiful' spending bill as a 'disgusting abomination.' On Tuesday, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell suggested why the typically 'explosively rageful' president has not yet said a thing. It boils down to Trump actually being afraid of Musk and the way he could weaponize his vast wealth against him, said 'The Last Word' anchor. 'That is how you know who Donald Trump fears in this world,' he said. 'If you attack Donald Trump and Donald Trump says nothing, Donald Trump's silence is the biggest expression of fear that he has.' Musk, the world's richest person, pumped a fortune into Trump's 2024 election campaign. Trump rewarded him with the top role at the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency, which was tasked with slashing public spending. Musk left last week. The president likely now fears Musk may use his cash against Trump-backed candidates in GOP primaries, said O'Donnell. Trump 'fears the richest person in the world convincing Republican members of the Senate and the House not to vote for Donald Trump's budget bill that Elon Musk now calls a `disgusting abomination,'' he added. Watch O'Donnell's full monologue here: Critics Gasp At Trump Official's 'The Thing That Matters' Declaration Trump Official Predicts MAGA Crowd's Sycophantic Moment During Army Parade RFK Jr.'s Gotcha Moment On CNN Goes Viral Again Amid 'MAHA' Report Controversy
