NewsBusters Podcast: Dems Pounce on Trump's Nukes vs. Economy Answer
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NewsBusters Podcast: Dems Pounce on Trump's Nukes vs. Economy Answer

Democrats want to exploit the war in Iran to claim they’re the Affordability Party. Trump bluntly answered a question from Daily Caller reporter Reagan Reese by saying Americans’ financial situation didn’t matter “not even a little bit” in his negotiating with Iran to end the war. “They can’t have a nuclear weapon.”   MRC Business associate editor Joseph Vazquez and NewsBusters contributor Steve Malzberg joined the show to discuss this topic and more. The Reese exchange went like this:  REAGAN REESE: When you're negotiating with Iran, Mr. President, to what extent are Americans financial situation motivating you to make a deal? DONALD TRUMP: Not even a little bit. The only thing that matters when I'm talking about Iran, they can't have a nuclear weapon. I don't think about Americans financial situation. CNN Democrat contributor Xochitl Hinojosa was eager to exploit this statement: "I don't know why we don't have ads up running in every swing congressional district with those comments, but they need to be up fast." Trump was clearly asked about his negotiating position with Iran, and he doesn't want go soft in the press. But his ratings on the economy right now are dismal.  Steve reported on CNN reporter Mathew Chance getting the opportunity to report inside Iran....with all the Iranian government-managed talking points. They proclaimed: "We'd like to note that CNN only operates there with the permission of the Iranian government, as is required under local regulations, but maintains full editorial control over what it reports." It sounded more like a rerun of Peter Arnett's robotic reports from inside Iraq. They lament the bombing of bridges...without discussing the security objectives of cutting off arms supplies.  Joey explained how Alex Soros has now pledged $30 million to fight antisemitism, which is a little odd since the Soros empire has sided with anti-semites. Joey wrote:“Alex Soros pledging a fortune to fight antisemites is about as believable as an arsonist dressing up as a firefighter.” MRC Business also exposed a horrific 2007 pro-Hamas op-ed written by George Soros himself calling on America and Israel to “open the door to Hamas.”  So they can bring a gun or a bomb? Finally, there's the tilt of Saturday Night Live. NBC's jumped the comedy shark in 2016 when Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton and their "cold open" to begin the show was their Hillary impersonator Kate McKinnon singing Leonard Cohen's sad song "Hallelujah" instead of trying to be funny. They were all too emotionally wrecked to be funny. Right after Trump was inaugurated, they wallowed in their feelings again by singing "To Sir With Love" as a tribute to President Obama. It's become quite clear that this "iconic" show has become weaponized against Trump, as it seems almost every show opens with an anti-Trump skit, and the "Weekend Update" fake-news segment is a cesspool of ugly anti-Republican mockery.  Season 51 recently came to an end, and it was considerably more liberal than Season 50. A new NewsBusters study by Alex Christy has found that 91 percent of the season’s Weekend Update jokes were directed at conservatives, while 81 percent of its “cold open” political characters were conservatives or Republicans. You can enjoy the podcast below, or the audio is here.