What California Wildfires Reveal About Trump’s Leadership

The Chris Cuomo Project

Chris Cuomo

News, News Commentary, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Chris Cuomo examines the challenges Donald Trump faces in transforming from a divisive figure into a unifying leader, using California wildfires as a metaphor for the obstacles ahead. Cuomo critiques Trump’s tendency to blame rather than solve, exploring how this approach contrasts with the leadership required to deliver meaningful change on issues like climate response, fiscal policy, and national unity. Follow and subscribe to The Chris Cuomo Project on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube for new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday: https://linktr.ee/cuomoproject Join Chris Ad-Free On Substack: http://thechriscuomoproject.substack.com Support our sponsors: Oracle Right now, Oracle is offering to cut your current cloud bill in HALF if you move to OCI. For new US customers with minimum financial commitment. Offer ends March 31st. See if your company qualifies for this special offer at Oracle.com/CCP iRestore Our listeners get $625 off their iRestore Elite when you use promo code chris at iRestorelaser.com. That’s $625 off your iRestore Elite at irestore laser dot com with promo code chris. Hair loss is frustrating. You don’t have to fight it alone thanks to iRestore. Select Quote Get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, at selectquote.com/chrisc AG1 And AG1 is offering new subscribers a FREE $76 gift when you sign up. You’ll get a Welcome Kit, a bottle of D3K2 AND 5 free travel packs in your first box. So make sure to check out DrinkAG1.com/ccp to get this offer! Start your new year on a healthier note. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.4	What got Donald John Trump to where he is is is not going to get him to where he wants to be.
0:39.4	And we can show it in a very, very isolated circumstance that is getting a ton of attention.
0:53.1	I'm Chris Cuomo. Welcome to the Chris Cuomo Project. And here's the catch. If you look at the L.A. fires as a metaphor, okay? You see a state of play in this country that, yes, as an extension of the game that I hate so much of political advantage and partisan avarice, but it's something
1:11.8	bigger and there's a big message in it for Donald Trump. Whether you like him or you are
1:16.9	afraid of him, there is a lesson to be learned. And here's what it is. What got Donald Trump here
1:23.8	is not going to get him where he wants to be. Where does he want to be? Making America
1:28.1	great again? I don't think that's his sole concern. By the way, any more than it is for most
1:33.6	politicians, not to be cynical. But at the end of the day, legacy is about how that man or woman
1:41.8	is remembered as themselves, okay?
1:45.3	Even if you were to look at Rushmore, and I get it, Trump wants to be on Mount Rushmore,
1:49.2	I've heard that too.
1:49.9	Is that true?
1:50.7	I mean, what president wouldn't want to be on Mount Rushmore, you know, if you think about it?
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