Aug. 4, 2025

Trump Calls Charlamagne the God a 'Sleezebag' Over Epstein Files Comment

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Patrick Gutfield breaks down Trump's Truth Social meltdown after Charlamagne tha God suggested traditional Republicans could use Epstein files to retake the GOP. Plus, the incredible story of Tiah McCreary who legally stole a car dealership's name after they repossessed her vehicle. Also covering the White House's continued resistance to releasing Jeffrey Epstein files and what might actually be in them.

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Callaroga Shark Media from Washington, DC, where Trump is taken

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on Charlemagne, this is ballot. How do I get Trump

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to get mad at my show? I could use the

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promotions you suck at golf Pal. I'm Patrick Gutfield and

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President Trump had some thoughts about radio host Charlemagne the

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God this weekend, And by some thoughts, I mean he

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went full Twitter tantrum mode on truth social Here's what happened.

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Charlemagne went on Laura Trump's Fox News show. Yes, the

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President's daughter in law has her own show now, which

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is totally normal and not at all nepotistic. Charlemagne suggested

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that traditional Republicans might use the Jeffrey Epstein files to

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wrestle control back from the MAGA crowd. Now you'd think

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Trump would maybe ignore this or respond with some dignity,

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but no, this is Donald Trump. We're talking about the

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man who won. Stared directly into a solar eclipse, decided

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the best course of action was to call a radio

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host a sleezebag. On social media. Trump wrote that Charlemagne

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is a low IQ individual who has no idea what

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words are coming out of his mouth, which is rich

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coming from the guy who once suggested injecting bleach to

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cure COVID. But sure, let's talk about knowing what words

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are coming out of your mouth. The President then went

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on this bizarre tangent about ending five wars, including something

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about a thirty one year bloodbath between the Republic of

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the Congo and Rwanda where seven million people died. I mean,

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that's quite a pivot from radio host hurt my feelings

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to but I stopped international conflicts. And here's my favorite part.

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Trump actually questioned why Charlemagne is allowed to use the

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word God in his name. Can you imagine being so

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petty that you're gatekeeping the word God? The man who

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literally had the White House post a photo of him

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dressed as the pope is now the relation religious naming police.

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The whole thing started because Charlemagne suggested traditional conservatives might

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use the Epstein files to take back the Republican Party.

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And honestly, watching Trump's reaction, you have to wonder if

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Charlemagne might be onto something there. Now, what would actually

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be in these files? According to former FBI agents, we're

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talking about witness interviews. One former prosecutor said it could

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be an enormous universe of original documents and the current

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universe were getting two witnesses who testified before grand juries.

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That's it. Two people. The administration's argument against releasing the

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files is that it could unfairly tie third parties to

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Epstein's alleged crimes, which fair point. There are probably plenty

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of people who just went to Epstein's parties for the

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fancy appetizers and awkward small talk, not knowing what else

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was going on, and one of those third parties might

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like casinos and firing people. But here's where it gets interesting.

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Trump I hoartedly found out in May that he's named

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multiple times in these files. And suddenly the administration that

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promised unprecedented transparency is moving slower than a Windows ninety

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five computer trying to load the Internet. Meanwhile, the conspiracy

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theories keep swirling, and the longer the administration delays, the

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more people think they're hiding something significant. At this point,

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the files could contain nothing but Epstein's grocery lists, and

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people would still think there's a cover up. Yahoo reports

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a story that proves revenge is a dish best served

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with proper paperwork. Tia McCreary bought a used Kia from

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Taylor Kia of Lima, Ohio. A month later, they repossessed

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it when her loan fell through. Most people would just

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cry into their cereal and move on with their lives,

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but not Tia. This woman discovered that Taylor Kia of

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Lima had forgotten to renew their business name registration with

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the state of Ohio. So she did what any reasonable

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person would do. She registered the name herself and then

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sent them a cease and desist letter. That's right, she

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basically told a car dealership, you can't sit with us anymore.

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Think about this for a second. The dealership took her car,

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so she took their name. That's not just revenge. That's

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bureaucratic poetry in motion. Can you imagine the dealership staff meeting, Well, team,

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we've got good news and bad news. The good news

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is we successfully repossessed a car. The bad news is

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we accidentally gave away our entire business identity to the

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customer we screwed over. This is like if Netflix forgot

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to renew their trademark and suddenly your neighbor Steve owned

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the rights to stream movies under the Netflix name. Portions

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of Today's show were made with the help of AI

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released the Epstein files. You cowered