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If you don\\u2019t understand the title of this episode, which suggests some Freaky Friday voodoo between President Biden and ex-President Donald Trump, congratulations, you have logic. Unfortunately, there are many people who don\\u2019t, like the QAnon believers who are still clinging to their conspiracy theories the same way that Donald Trump attempted to cling to the presidency: with nonsensical BS. But seriously, one of the latest QAnon theories that hasn\\u2019t yet been proved false, is that Trump is still somehow president...in Biden\\u2019s body. In this episode of The New Abnormal, Rick Wilson, Molly Jong-Fast and guest George Conway unpack that and a whole lot more. \\u201cIt\'s really the only answer that makes sense,\\u201d Molly jokes. \\u201cIt\\u2019s just so simple and obvious.\\u201d What isn\\u2019t obvious, however, is how the non-QAnon Republicans will move forward with Biden as president, especially Mitch McConnell. (\\u201cThey have the problem of the distortive, gravitational field that Donald Trump casts over some element of the Republican party and they need to stamp it out. And you know that in his heart of hearts Mitch McConnell wants to do that. He just doesn\'t want to leave any fingerprints,\\u201d says Conway.) Then, the three pivot Trump. It\\u2019s a new era, but it\\u2019s impossible to not talk about him. In fact, Molly says Biden has 99 problems, and, yes, Trump is still very much one of them. To start, he left no federal vaccine roll-out plan, and also, to quote Conway, \\u201che\'s basically a criminal.\\u201d Not even a Nixon-style criminal, either. Worse. (\\u201cI mean, [Trump] was like a one man show there and people were trying to get out of the way or avoid doing what he asked them to do," says Conway.) Plus! Daily Beast Washington Bureau Chief Jackie Kucinich tells Molly what to expect from Chuck and Mitch in the next week or so, but also the next two years with a Senate that\\u2019s split down the middle: \\u201cIt\'s still gonna be really hard to govern. This is razor-thin, as thin as it gets.\\u201d

If you haven\'t heard, every single week The New Abnormal does a special bonus episode for Beast Inside, the Daily Beast\\u2019s membership program. where Sometimes we interview Senators like Cory Booker or the folks who explain our world in media like Jim Acosta or Soledad O\\u2019Brien. Sometimes we just have fun and talk to our favorite comedians and actors like Busy Phillips or Billy Eichner and sometimes its just Rick & Molly discussing the fuckery. You can get all of our episodes in your favorite podcast app of choice by becoming a Beast Inside member where you\\u2019ll support The Beast\\u2019s fearless journalism. Plus! You\\u2019ll also get full access to podcasts and articles. To become a member head to newabnormal.thedailybeast.com

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