Save Your Tears fro Kai Trump's new fashion line

The White House claps back at Ariana Grande using her own song titles, Trump promotes cannabis benefits for seniors while dealing with multiple health issues, and his eighteen-year-old granddaughter launches a clothing line from the White House.

Episode Transcript

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Callaroga Shark media from Washington, d C. Where I'd make
an Ariana Grande joke if I knew any of her songs.
This is ballot. Yeah, Thank goodness we use AI to
make this show because I got nothing. Let's hit this.
I'm Patrick Gutfield and pop star Ariana Grande reposted a

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message on Instagram Sunday questioning Trump voters about whether their
lives have improved two hundred and fifty days into his
second term. The post asked if groceries have gotten cheaper,
if health insurance premiums have gone down, and whether the
widespread suffering of others paid off for you in the
way he promised it would. The White House responded Monday

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through Deputy Press Secretary Cush Decide, who referenced Grande's own
song titles in his statement, Save your tears, Ariana, because
President Trump's actions ended Joe Biden's inflation crisis and are
bringing in trillions in new investments. He even signed an
executive order just like Magic that paved the way for
the FTC to crack down on ticket Master for ripping

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off Ariana Grande's concert going fans get well soon, Ariana,
Save your tears just like magic, get well soon. The
only thing missing was thank you next. Now, using someone's
own song catalog against them is admittedly a power move,
but when those songs are being weaponized by a White
House Press secretary in an official statement, it does raise

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the question is this the communications strategy we're going with,
because I've seen middle school come back wars with more gravitas.
The original message Grande reposted came from Matt Bernstein and
asked about ice raids, transgender rights, freedom of speech, and
cost of living. The size response mentioned inflation and ticketmaster,
which is one way to answer a question by not

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answering the question at all and instead talking about concert
ticket fees. Grande, who endorsed Kamala Harris during the twenty
twenty four election, has been vocal about her concerns with
the administration. After Trump was elected, she posted that she
was holding the hand of every person who is feeling
the immeasurable heaviness of this outcome. Today, the White House

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told her to save her tears, so at least we
know the executive branches keeping up with Top forty radio
between policy decisions. President Trump shared a video on Sunday
promoting the medical benefits of cannabis for seniors, which is
interesting timing considering he's seventy nine years old and dealing
with chronic venus insufficiency, a mysterious hand bruise, and what

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some observers have called occasional mental gaffes. The video posted
to truth Social was produced by the Commonwealth Project, a
Massachusetts organization that advocates for medical cannabis care for seniors.
The narrator discusses how older adults struggle with pain, inflammation,
cognitive decline, and other ailments of aging, then argues that

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CBD can restore the endocannabinoid system, with benefits like reduced pain,
better sleep, and lower stress. When the system is restored,
disease progression can slow down and years are added to
your life, the narrator claims, which sounds great, except there's
a notable lack of scientific information backing up these sweeping promises.

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The Daily Beast reached out to the White House to
ask whether Trump personally uses CBD, which is a reasonable
question given that he's promoting it and he has several
health conditions that supposedly benefit from it. Images of Trump's
face appearing to sag on the right side in September,
set off speculation that he may have suffered a stroke.
The White House has pushed back using statements from Representative

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Ronnie Jackson, who wrote, President Donald J. Trump is the
healthiest president this nation has ever seen. He is mentally
and physically sharper than ever before. That's quite a claim
from the same doctor who once described Trump's health in
such glowing terms that medical professionals questioned whether he was
examining a president or an Olympic athlete. Jackson claimed he

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continues to consult with his current physician and metal team
and still spends significant time with the president, which sounds
less like medical oversight and more like hanging out. So
we have a seventy nine year old president with venus disease,
a chronic handbrus, swollen ankles, and possible stroke symptoms, promoting
a video about how cannabis can help seniors with pain, inflammation,

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and cognitive decline. The timing is either incredibly ironic or
incredibly transparent. This also comes just days after Trump briefly
shared an AI generated video promoting medbeds those conspiracy theory
alien healing chambers. He deleted that one pretty quickly, probably
after someone explained that med beds aren't real, but cannabis

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that's actually real. President Trump's eighteen year old granddaughter, Kai
has launched her own clothing brand from the White House,
because apparently running the country leaves plenty of time for
fashion entrepreneurship. Kai Trump, Don Junior's daughter un failed her
clothing line on social media last week, featuring one hundred

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and thirty dollars sweatshirts with her initials on the chest
and her signature at the cuff. The promotional photos were
taken on White House grounds, which is either excellent product
placement or the most expensive photo shoot location in American history.
On Friday, Trump introduced her to the White House Press Corps,
saying this is Kai, by the way, while she wore
one of her brand sweatshirts. So we've now reached the

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point where presidential press briefings double as fashion shows for
teenage clothing lines. The sweatshirts are described as plain crew necks,
which seems like a modest description for something that costs
one hundred and thirty dollars. For that price, you could
buy an entire wardrobe at most stores, but then you
wouldn't get the prestige of wearing initials that nobody outside

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the Trump family recognizes. After the impromptu fashion introduction, Trump
and Kai boarded a helicopter to attend the Ryder Cup.
The timing is particularly interesting since Kai's mother is reportedly
dating Tiger Woods, which means this family now has connections
to both the White House and the world's most famous golfer.
That's either incredible networking or the plot of a very

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confusing reality show. Trump is already known for selling various
self branded merchandise, and critics regularly accuse him of using
his position to promote the family's financial interests. Adding teenage
granddaughter clothing lines to the mix just expands the Trump
business empire into new demographics. What's remarkable is that we
now live in a world where the President of the

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United States can casually introduce his granddaughter's clothing brand to
the National Press Corps and that somehow counts as normal
political news. The White House has become part campaign headquarters,
part family business, and apparently part fashion boutique. At this rate,
the next State of the Union address might include a
segment on upcoming Trump family product launches. My fellow Americans,

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the State of our union is strong, and my granddaughter's
hoodies are now available for pre order. Today's program was
made with the help of a bunch of idiots and
AI