# Trump Calls State Officials 'Scum' Over Prediction Markets | CoinDesk Daily Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/coindesk-podcast-network-334494/trump-calls-state-officials-scum-over-prediction-markets-coindesk-daily Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/coindesk-podcast-network-334494/trump-calls-state-officials-scum-over-prediction-markets-coindesk-daily.md Podcast: [CoinDesk Podcast Network](https://stenobird.com/podcast/coindesk-podcast-network-334494) Published: 2026-05-27T18:04:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CDI8795103732.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CDI8795103732.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/coindesk-podcast-network-334494/episodes/trump-calls-state-officials-scum-over-prediction-markets-coindesk-daily Duration seconds: 80 ## Resource President Trump defends the CFTC's authority over prediction markets. President Trump defended the CFTC's exclusive authority over prediction markets in a Truth Social post, calling state officials trying to regulate them "scum." His attack targeted Chris Christie, Letitia James, Tim Walz, and JB Pritzker — all of whom have moved against prediction market platforms in their states. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/coindesk-podcast-network-334494/episodes/trump-calls-state-officials-scum-over-prediction-markets-coindesk-daily/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/coindesk-podcast-network-334494/trump-calls-state-officials-scum-over-prediction-markets-coindesk-daily.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.