The New Tactic Trump Thinks Will Rally Voters | 'The Opinions' Podcast
The Iran war isn’t going well. The midterms are approaching. What’s a desperate president to do? Turn to Communism. This week the Opinion national politics correspondent Michelle Cottle speaks to the columnists Jamelle Bouie and David French on how conservatives — are using Red Scare tactics to their advantage against the Democrats. 00:00 — Marx, Gorbachev, & Cold War Nostalgia 02:07 — Welcome to "The Opinions" Podcast 02:17 — Iran, Escalation, & Trump’s "Quagmire" 13:29 — Midterm Peril: Will Gas Prices & War Bite Republicans? 16:39 — Redbaiting Resurrected: McCarthyism in Modern Politics 32:07 — Why Political Messaging Can’t Outrun Economic Reality 35:06 — Weekly recommendations (that are actually interesting) Read the full transcript here: nytimes.com/…25/opinion/trump-iran-socialism-comm…