# News Trap 12.5.25 - Big Talkers w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

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Podcast: [Nostalgia Trap](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nostalgia-trap-1089996)
Published: 2025-12-05T21:07:00+00:00
Episode link: https://nostalgiatrap.libsyn.com/news-trap-12525-big-talkers-w-justin-rogers-cooper-preview
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This is a preview clip of a subscribers-only episode. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE AND ACCESS OUR LIBRARY OF BONUS CONTENT. Is the Trump Reich in terminal decline? Have we entered a new stage in the madness of this administration? This week Justin joins me to catalog some of the important points of failure and retreat in the White House and beyond, from Trump's faltering ballroom construction project and the quiet shuttering of DOGE, to tech psychos like Sam Altman and Elon Musk selling increasingly unrealistic visions of the future (OpenAI dominance and Nazified white supremacy, respectively). Meanwhile, China sharpens the blades of its own tech projects and Europe casts its eyes eastward.

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