Pointe du Hoc
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Oct 23, 2026
Jon LovettHOST
Nothing is more manly, by the way, than bragging about being able to get through a speech on a fall day in the American South with only a light jacket.
Jon LovettHOST
Like the men who took the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc.
Jon LovettHOST
And then Trump returned to one of his favorite recent topics, the body of Ohio Senator John Husted, who of course has absolutely no connection to North Carolina.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So he's over here.
54 MINS LATER
Jon LovettHOST
I'm also sorry that I spent so many time, I played that Trump sound where you go bleh.
Jon LovettHOST
I played it three or four times and that probably is too much.
Jon LovettHOST
And then the writers do wanna know, why did I change Normandy to Pointe du Hoc? Why did I do that? And you know why? I'll tell you why.
Jon LovettHOST
I'm gonna answer your question.
Jamie DimonGUEST
There are flags up there from the USS Constitution, which is the Revolutionary War boat.
Jamie DimonGUEST
One of the flags is from the top of Pointe du Hoc, June 6, 1944.
Jamie DimonGUEST
And there's a picture up there.
Jamie DimonGUEST
The range is still taking prisoners.
Ed ClementsHOST
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Ed ClementsHOST
Pointe du Hoc-
Jeff WardHOST
I'm sorry
Ed ClementsHOST
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Mark FastosoPANELIST
Um, that's good.
Mark FastosoPANELIST
I, I know every time you guys talk about the Marines like this, I think back to, we had an episode where someone asked, "Why didn't..." You know, there was supposed to be Marines that landed at Pointe du Hoc.
Kevin HymelHOST
Yes.
Mark FastosoPANELIST
There was, like, 50 of them, and at the last minute they got pulled out, and w-what we were saying is, "Man, could you imagine if those 50 Marines had landed on Pointe du Hoc? There would be, like, books and documentaries and everything about how the Marines took Normandy."
Kevin HymelHOST
We would never hear the end of it.
John C. McManusHOST
Nor there'd be.
Steve SchmidtHOST
Not a mean place.
Steve SchmidtHOST
One of the greatest heroes of the state, James Earl Rudder, is the man who led the Rangers ashore at Pointe du Hoc.
Steve SchmidtHOST
He returned to Texas.
Steve SchmidtHOST
He was a Democrat.
Steve SchmidtGUEST
Not a mean place.
Steve SchmidtGUEST
One of the greatest heroes of the state, James Earl Rudder, is the man who led the Rangers ashore at Pointe du Hoc.
Steve SchmidtGUEST
He returned to Texas.
Steve SchmidtGUEST
He was a Democrat.
Elizabeth SaundersGUEST
Lots of presidents and secretaries of state have given speeches that are like exploiting some historical.
Elizabeth SaundersGUEST
Think of Reagan at Pont du Hoc.
Elizabeth SaundersGUEST
Right.
Elizabeth SaundersGUEST
The boys at Pont du Hoc.
Elizabeth SaundersGUEST
stirring oratory and is really about a fight between good and evil.
Elizabeth SaundersGUEST
Right.
EricHOST
Mm-hmm.
Tyler OxleyGUEST
And, well, they fought in China, Burma, and India, but the Ranger battalions by and large were in Europe, you know? We talk about them climbing Point du Hoc and all that kind of stuff, but over time there's been this, kind of this merging.
Tyler OxleyGUEST
You know, you wanna keep those, those traditions and all that together.
EricHOST
Hmm.