Who EXACTLY is the President? Where Trump Learned How to Play His Own Character w/ Paul Jay

Описание: Pro wrestling is America’s loudest mirror. In this episode I open with a fast essay on kayfabe, heels and faces, and why the ring is the best way to read the national psyche. We look at Trump’s WWE arcs, from Battle of the Billionaires to the “I bought Raw” storyline, and how that performance grammar ported into real politics. Then I speak with Paul Jay about the theater of power, the post-9-11 security state, nuclear policy, and why the official script keeps breaking. This was recorded the day a ceasefire was announced, so you will hear me flag that at the top.

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About Paul Jay:
Paul Jay is the filmmaker behind “Hitman Hart, Wrestling with Shadows” and the journalist at theAnalysis.news. We connect the dots between kayfabe and governance, war logic and media incentives, and why the crowd reaction still decides the story.

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00:00:00 Coming Up…
00:01:20 Note on the ceasefire, why this channel takes a slower view
00:03:27 Paul Jay: Why wrestling is pop art for the American psyche
00:04:23 Heels and faces, foreign villains, the 80s, 90s hero myth of the WWF
00:07:58 The Big Boss Man, Undertaker, Mankind, Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior…
00:11:00 Donald Trump The Wrestler Battle of the Billionaires
00:15:55 Donald Trump Buys Raw
00:19:45 Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Real Populist Hero
00:26:19 Donald Trump Attended The School of Vince McMahon
00:32:32 Politics as theater, tech, TV, and the spectacle machine
00:40:24 From kayfabe to 9-11, the fraying American script
00:51:23 The new project on nuclear danger and profiteering
00:57:44 Gaza, empire, secrecy, and public disbelief
01:17:49 Shared reality, media failure, and suspended disbelief
01:25:07 Trump the face… for now.
01:29:16 Closing Thought: Trump Loves a Good Show
01:30:52 Closing Thought: Next Guest Ali A. Rizvi

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