Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as Spin on Mental State Flies Off Rails

Facing persistent questions about President Trump’s unfitness for office during his latest cabinet meeting, the White House press secretary offered one of the ugliest defenses we’ve ever seen. She singled out Trump’s vile racist attack on the Somalis and hailed it as an “epic moment” that put an “exclamation point” on the meeting “for the whole world to see.” Never mind that Trump seemed to fall asleep there and, in his speech about the Somalis, called them “trash” who “contribute nothing” and suggested he wanted them all to leave our country, even though many are American citizens. We spoke to Vedant Patel, a former State Department and White House official. We discuss what it means that Leavitt has achieved cult status by giving the White House approval for his vile bigotry, why the targeting of Somalis is so gruesome, and wThis is what Trump really intends to do when he threatens denaturalization and “remigration,” as he is doing now. Listen to this episode here.