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The Trawl

The Trawl

A Press Secretary, a Firing Squad and a Tiger

Oct 15, 2026 · 36m

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Trump’s America is getting darker by the day, and in this episode Jemma and Marina are asking precisely how low things can go. From a painfully chaotic first outing for the new White House press secretary (actually hilariously bad) to plans to livestream a military execution, the Trump administration appears determined to turn political life into an increasingly grim spectacle. The Trawl ladies discuss the disturbing normalisation of violence, Trump’s decision to share footage of a fatal tiger attack, and why empathy and basic human decency seem to be in increasingly short supply. Plus, Anthony Scaramucci reflects on the Trump era, they examine the bizarre world of billionaire beauty…