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An Irishman Abroad

Ceasefires, Wild Fires & The Hegseth Dumpster Fire - Irishman In America

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

Society & Culture, News, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture:personal Journals, Personal Journals, Politics

4.8834 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Marion McKeone chats to comedian Jarlath Regan about the week in US politics including Pete Hegarty’s car crash Senate interview. While the California wild fires rage the Biden administration seems to have secured a reprieve from the mass killing and bombings in Israel and Gaza. Can the peace last? Marion tells us what the Washington insiders are saying. What can we expect from the first hundred days of the new Trump administration? Marion predicts who will get fired first while Jarlath wonders will golf and health become an issue. In the double size Patreon episode we also hear about some of the contenders including A Complete Unknown. Can little Timmy swoop in and steal Adrian Brody’s thunder?

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the return of an Irish man in America with me, Jarlethrigin and the legend Marion McKeown,

0:07.0

and it's just days before Donald Trump takes office for a second time. Can you believe that?

0:12.0

That's going to be a challenging experience for all of us.

0:16.0

Not least him and his clown car cast of characters who are already preparing their book deals for when

0:22.3

they eventually get fired my first question marian which of them gets fires first or does pete heggsith

0:29.6

even make it in the door oh he makes it in the door i think that's a done deal i'm laughing at the

0:34.9

book deals i think you're flattering them i think we're talking about who gets on dancing with the stars, which of course was fair.

0:40.5

Sean Spicer ended up after he got the inevitable acts. I think he was one of the early ones to get

0:48.1

the gate. You know, it's such a rogue galleries. Like, who to choose?

0:54.4

I, you know, Vivacuram Swami and Elon Musk, they will not be able to share the same space

1:00.9

because they're both so egotistical.

1:03.5

So, but there's a weird, Joe Biden made his concession, well, concession, I suppose it is a concession of sorts.

1:11.6

He's dropping out of the race, Marion.

1:13.5

He's trying.

1:14.1

I think, I think he knows now it's all over.

1:17.7

Somebody told him.

1:19.1

He got the message.

1:20.2

But he gave his exit interviewer, his exit speech, as you would have it.

1:26.0

And usually they do the list of accomplishments and et cetera, et cetera.

1:29.9

Look, I'm leaving the place.

1:31.0

And even poor old Joe couldn't muster up the...

1:34.9

I think what he did was quite smart in that he basically said,

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