o come back. Are you ready for this?

Apparently Democrats are trying to roll out a new tone. So they had a retreat in which they, you know, the Democrats got together to strategize what to do differently. And of course they noticed that Trump is doing well. So they're saying, all right, why don't we do more of what Trump is doing? And what do you think that is? Well, he uses social media a lot, he's authentic and less scripted, and he does more cursing, and they also suggested that they use more Trump-like insults.

So good for the Democrats. They're staying away from policy discussions because they don't do so well on that. And they've decided that the thing they hate most about Trump is the part they're going to copy. That's right. The part they hate the most, which is his personality and his character. They've decided that's the part they're going to copy instead of coming up with good ideas for the country.

I tell you, when I say that I watch the news for the humor, this is it. It doesn't get better than this.

But Senator Chris Murphy said in the wake of Trump, it's really important for us to understand that authenticity is the coin of the realm. The voters can smell insincerity more acutely than ever before. They know when you're using talking points or poll-tested language.

So you tell me if I'm going too far. We've been saying the Democrats are the theater kids, and you've probably heard a lot that a lot of their complaints are, quote, performative, and everything seems like they're acting. They're literally performing, and they're ignoring policy, and they're putting on little shows that are so lame and so cringeworthy that it makes me think, those who can act become actors. Those who can't act become acting coaches. Those who can't act and can't become and are not good enough to be acting coaches become politicians, specifically Democrats.

So apparently that's the fallback position if you didn't make it in Hollywood. Well, maybe I could run for office. You know, I didn't make it as a sitcom, but I feel like I could be a representative from some state.

Well, so the latest thing the Democrats, and this is an exclusive, I have an exclusive scoop, so this is you won't see this on any other network or any other podcast. You ready? Now, I don't do this a lot, so this is an exclusive Scott Adams coffee scoop. The Democrats are so anxious to copy Trump that they're trying to figure out how to make their legs swell and their hands have a bruise. Why? Well, they can't tell what the important parts are. They just think if Trump is doing it and Trump is being successful, it must be something to imitate. So now they're trying to figure out how to make their legs swell. That's my exclusive.

And of course it's true. I wouldn't make that up, would I? Maybe. Maybe I would.

Well, the big news today because it's the summer and you get all the weird news in the summer is that the Wall Street Journal did a big feature article in which they're trying to draw a picture of Donald Trump and Epstein as good friends for many years now.

Are you as blown away as I am that this Epstein story started out as one thing and Trump's involvement was, oh yeah, it's true that Epstein lived in the same town in Palm Beach, Florida, and it's true that he did go to Mar-a-Lago at some events, but Trump found out that he was a dirtbag and had him banned from Mar-a-Lago. So for now several years, I believe that their interactions were minor and that he wasn't a big fan of him and he eventually banned him.

Now, it turns out, according to witnesses and new reporting, that Epstein and Trump were something like best friends. And for something like, I don't know, 15 years or something, they hung out a lot and they would do things together a lot. Now, how in the world are we just finding that out? Is that weird? I feel like reality itself is just bending. And it can't be true that it took us this long to find out that they were not only associated with each other but they had a really strong association. And there's a reason that Trump was on his plane a bunch of times.

Now, one of the questions that was asked by, was it Mark Halperin asking this? I forget who asked. It might have been him on his Two-W