Washington Week with The Atlantic, 7/4/25

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... you said.

All right, Kara, first things first.

Let's talk about Donald Trump-

Sure.

... and his relationship to the media.

I want you to watch something, actually-

Okay.

... before we go into this.

Th- this is Trump, uh, just the other day.

These networks, and these, uh, cable networks are real losers.

They're gutless losers.

I say that to CNN 'cause I watch it.

I have no choice.

I gotta watch it garbage.

It's all garbage.

It's all fake news.

So, the large question is, 10 years-

Mm-hmm.

... what have you learned about Washington media in particular by watching Washington media cover Trump? But, you know, the, the specific question on that is, w- what is he doing there? What's this performance about?

Well, this is a lot of his old performances.

He does a lot of oldies, and he's very good at them.

You know, he's, um...

I think here it's interesting.

He's talking about cable, and calling them losers, and yet he can't stop talking about them, which i- m- which says more about Donald Trump than about cable.