# The Politics of Spectacle: Gold Statues, Missing Phones and Delusion Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mary-trump-podcast-7148777/the-politics-of-spectacle-gold-statues-missing-phones-and-delusion Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mary-trump-podcast-7148777/the-politics-of-spectacle-gold-statues-missing-phones-and-delusion.md Podcast: [The Mary Trump Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mary-trump-podcast-7148777) Published: 2026-05-11T21:39:16+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/the-mary-trump-podcast/episodes/6a024c84b443364556123eec Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/675b829492bfc0e8869676aa/e/6a024c84b443364556123eec/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-mary-trump-podcast-7148777/episodes/the-politics-of-spectacle-gold-statues-missing-phones-and-delusion Duration seconds: 1415 ## Resource Economic Advisor Kevin Hassett says the economy and the midterms are looking great for Republicans, but today’s reality check includes rising debt interest costs, Donald claiming he’s ended eight wars, millions losing SNAP benefits under the “big, beautiful bill,” backlash over the missing Trump phones, and a MAGA prayer ceremony built around a towering gold statue known as “The Don Colossus.” Please send comments/questions info@marytrumpmedia.com Consider visiting MaryTrump.org   and subscribing to my Substack: The Good in Us Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-mary-trump-podcast-7148777/episodes/the-politics-of-spectacle-gold-statues-missing-phones-and-delusion/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mary-trump-podcast-7148777/the-politics-of-spectacle-gold-statues-missing-phones-and-delusion.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.