Trump’s East Palestine PR Stunt was Gross and Cynical... But Good Politics
Channel: The Humanist Report
Date: 2023-02-24

Trump showed up to East Palestine to make a quick speech and hand out water, and attacked Biden for not being there. The irony is Trump's deregulatory policies directly lead to this disaster, but the optics are good for Trump regardless.

Sources:
Brian Kilmeade Endorses Regulations: 
https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1628745444653256704
https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1628750280929038337
Trump Rolled Back Regulations: https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1628490355904503833
Trump Refuses to Take Responsibility: https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1628825266037600257
Trump Brings Water: https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1628481268072456194
Trump Welcomed as a Savior to East Palestine: https://twitter.com/BMarchetich/status/1628538069128466433
Trump Goes to McDonalds: https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1628505949005836288
Trump Hands Out Hats: https://twitter.com/WUTangKids/status/1628545551661776901
Trump Didn’t Mention Norfolk Southern: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1628489770845278210
Buttigieg Takes Photo of Journalist Questioning Him (Republicans are Hypocrites): https://twitter.com/JennieSTaer/status/1628190304284160001
Buttigieg Regrets Not Tweeting Sooner: https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1628801243123445763
Buttigieg Calls Out Trump’s Deregulation: https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1628804650702082050
Trump Went to Flint in 2016: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/donald-trump-flint-visit-water-plant-tour
Trump Rolled Back a Rule That Could Have Prevented an E.Coli Outbreak in Lettuce: https://www.gq.com/story/fda-policy-ecoli-romaine

Chapters:
0:00 Donald Trump Cheered in East Palestine
1:32 Trump's Deregulation
3:43 Trump's PR Stunt
4:24 Pete Buttigieg Comes to East Palestine
7:19 Joe Biden Absent
7:47 Fox News on Regulation
10:10 Political Victory for Trump
11:05 Outro

**************
Support the Show:
Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/humanistreport
YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Q4rvzJDbHeBHYk5rnvZeA/join
Membership via PayPal: http://www.humanistreport.com/support.html 
**************
Visit Our Website: http://www.humanistreport.com/
Join Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/ntzkbyzsdA
Like Us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/humanistreport
Follow Us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@humanistreport
Follow Us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/HumanistReport
Follow Mike on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mike.figueredo/
Follow Mike on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/humanistreport
Download the Opt-Out App: https://www.optout.news/
**************
The Humanist Report (THR) is a progressive political podcast that discusses and analyzes current news events and pressing political issues. Our analyses are guided by humanism and political progressivism. Each news story we cover is supplemented with thought-provoking, fact-based commentary that aims for the highest level of objectivity.

#HumanistReport #trump