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Molly Jong-Fast on 'How to Lose Your Mother'

2025/6/23
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Molly Jong-Fast: 我认为特朗普未能履行其作为和平缔造者的承诺，这令人失望。他曾承诺成为统一者、和平缔造者和交易撮合者。他竞选时承诺避免外国战争，并批评伊朗协议，但现在却采取了与承诺相反的行动。很难预测他是否会因此面临政治后果，因为他与共和党内的其他人不同。即使他对COVID的处理不当，也没有面临政治上的后果。在特朗普的第二个任期内，国会在履行职责方面严重失职，本可以阻止关税，但他们拒绝使用权力。迈克·约翰逊只是特朗普的橡皮图章。民主党的基本盘对领导层感到愤怒，因为领导层没有反映出让他们走上街头的愤怒。现在是立法和民主党领导层可以采取的和平反击的时刻，但他们似乎无法抓住这个机会。福克斯新闻经常是特朗普的编辑任务。唐纳德·特朗普制造了更大的结构性问题，特朗普主义揭示了美国国会没有尽到应尽的职责。预测特朗普的行为是不可能的。特朗普总是需要展示力量。共和党人和新保守派长期以来梦想轰炸伊朗。特朗普在不介入中东问题上获得了广泛的两党支持，但他现在不再能说他不会介入中东事务。民主党当选官员需要有效地叙述正在发生的事情。国会未能对技术进行立法，导致互联网上充斥着未经证实的新闻。现在媒体更少，准确的媒体也更少，所以很难知道真正发生了什么。由于媒体的现状，民主党政治家有责任告知公众。

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Molly Jong-Fast discusses President Trump's decision to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, its implications, and the response from both Democrats and Republicans. She highlights Congress's inaction and the challenges faced by the media in accurately reporting the situation.
  • President Trump's decision to strike Iranian nuclear facilities contradicted his campaign promises.
  • Congress's failure to act and hold the president accountable is highlighted.
  • The media landscape is discussed, with concerns about the spread of misinformation.

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“As much as I love my mother, I’ve often found myself regarding her with feelings that are somewhat closer to the opposite of love,” writes political analyst Molly Jong-Fast. The mother of which she writes is feminist icon Erica Jong, whose 1973 debut novel “Fear of Flying,” jetted Jong to a level of fame that she spent the rest of her life grasping on to. In 2023, her mother’s declining health and diagnosis for dementia forced Jong-Fast to reconcile her feelings about her mother: Was Jong a good mother? Probably not. Was Jong-Fast a good daughter? She herself is not sure. We talk to Jong-Fast about her book, “How To Lose Your Mother: A Daughter’s Memoir.”

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**Molly Jong-Fast, **author, "How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir"; host of the podcast "Fast Politics"; special correspondent, Vanity Fair

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