‘Politics is a dirty game’: Trump’s viral interview with podcaster Lex Fridman

RKJFAW U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Cabinet Room as he prepares as he meets with Republican lawmakers to discuss proposed trade legislation at the White House in Washington, D.C. on January 24, 2019.

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President Donald Trump shared an interview with podcaster Lex Fridman that aired Tuesday, addressing the “dirty game” of politics, religion, Vice President Kamala Harris and a wide range of other topics.

Fridman’s interview also touched on the recent controversy over Trump’s visit to Arlington National Cemetery to honor the 13 service members killed in Afghanistan three years ago.

“I went to Arlington at the request of people who lost their children… and lost a child because of Biden and Kamala… I got to know them because I brought them here,” Trump stated.

“Afghanistan was, in my opinion, the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to our country,” Trump added.

Trump also spoke out on the topic of religion, offering his thoughts on its importance in American society.

“I think our country’s missing a lot of religion. I think it was a much better place with religion. It was almost a guide… you want to be good to people. Without religion, there are no guardrails. I’d love to see us get back to more religion in this country,” he noted.

Another controversy concerned the client list of Jeffrey Epstein. Trump responded that he would have “no problem” releasing the full list.

“A lot of big people went to that island. But fortunately I was not one of them,” Trump said. .” He touched on that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did go to Epstein’s island, but that it was many years ago and that he was different from the situation. 

Trump, when asked if he would release the list, said, “I’d be inclined to do the Epstein thing,” and added, “I’d have no problem with it,” referring to releasing the list.

Another area of concern included the border crisis. He attacked Vice President Kamala Harris on the issue for her failure to take responsibility for the millions of illegal immigrants entering the U.S. while she served as border czar.

“We have coming into our country right now millions and millions of people at levels that nobody has ever seen… We have a person who was the border czar who’s now saying she wasn’t the border czar,” he stated.

The full podcast is available here.

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