Rachel Maddow: Trump’s Alaska Summit With Putin Is an ‘Abject Humiliation’ | Pivot

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August 15, 2025

Duration

1h 15m

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Scott-Free August continues with none other than MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow! Kara and Rachel talk about the origins of “America First,” Trump’s ongoing D.C. takeover, and The White House’s review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions. Then, President Trump and Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska, and SCOTUS is asked to overturn marriage equality. Then, what are The Ladies of the Right beefing about? #karaswisher #scottgalloway #rachelmaddow #msnbc #trump #dc #smithsonian #putin #alaska #SCOTUS #marriageequality Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 18:12 Trump and ‘America First’ 27:42 Trump Floats Extending D.C. Crackdown 31:48 White House to Review Smithsonian 42:30 Trump and Putin’s Alaskan Adventure 51:16 Will SCOTUS Overturn Same-Sex Marriage? 55:05 Katie Miller’s Podcast 01:01:03 Laura Loomer vs. MTG 01:05:15 Predictions Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Kevin Oliver Audio Engineer: Ernie Indradat Vox Media's Executive Producer of Podcasts: Nishat Kurwa Subscribe to Pivot on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot/id1073226719 Subscribe to Pivot on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4MU3RFGELZxPT9XHVwTNPR Follow us on Instagram and Threads at: https://www.instagram.com/pivotpodcastofficial Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@PIVOTPODCAST Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or at https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Rachel Maddow

  guest

• Kara Swisher

  host

• Scott Galloway

  host

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Pivot, featuring Rachel Maddow and Kara Swisher, Rachel Maddow: Trump’s Alaska Summit With Putin Is an ‘Abject Humiliation’ | Pivot explores rachel Maddow links Trump-era authoritarianism to America’s fascist past Kara Swisher and Rachel Maddow mix sharp political analysis with dark humor, moving from media careers and podcasting to Trump’s authoritarian turn and its roots in 1930s–40s American fascism. Maddow outlines how slogans like “America First” originated in Nazi-influenced movements and draws explicit parallels between those movements and Trump’s current agenda, especially his militarization of domestic policy and embrace of Vladimir Putin.

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