Episode

Maddow: Trump is terrible at everything except this one thing

Podcast: The Rachel Maddow Show
Published: May 5, 2026
Duration seconds: 2587
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Rachel Maddow makes the case that from the first day of his second term, Donald Trump has been engaged in "a concerted and intense targeting of Black Americans," from firings to executive orders and including his Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act, which will likely largely eliminate Black congressional representation in the American South.